Did anyone catch any steelies in any holes besides Fortson?
I drove down below and went shopping Saturday with my family(since our
power was out all day) and saw there were a ton of fisherman at Hazel.
Took last Thurs. off from work and floated the Skagit with my brother. We
did Swift Creek to Fabers. First stop was Swift Creek bar and my brother
hooks a Chum on his first cast. He was floating a peach colored jig under
a bobber. I waded out with my 8 weight and managed to hook several fish...
all totally kicked my ass and I landed none of them. We had the Swift
Creek bar all to ourselves till about 9:30am when a couple other guys
showed up.
My brother basically couldn't keep the Chums off his peach jig. We worked
our way downstream targeting Chums that looked aggressive. I found a
couple nice schools of Coho in some slower water and was able to get 3 of
them to bite some small flies. One didn't fight at all and the other 2
gave me about all my 5wt. could handle. I hooked some more Chum on another
drift and they all smoked me way into my backing before I finally lost
them.
All in all it was a very fun day. In addition to the eagles and herons we
saw 2 beavers cruising around. My brother even got a couple shots off with
his shotgun at some mallards.
The chums were by no means thick except at Swift Creek .
Sincerely,
Keith
