Leland and Dan:
Sorry for the late report, but my computer was not available to me the last
two weeks.
I put in serious time looking for steelies before Christmas on the Skagit,
Whidbey (ran into Dan there), and finally the Nooksack, with the same luck
you guys had. . . zilch!
I can confirm that during this time that a net was in fact stretched across
the mouth of the Cascade. You have never seen an uglier pile of red/black
coho!
It is no secret, that a shot of fish came up the Skagit after the
rain/snowmelt spell. I was 1-2 and 2-2 on consecutive mornings during the
week after Christmas. They were Cascade fish (apparently the net wasn't in
at this time) resulting in elbow to elbow combat conditions when they got up
in there.
Rumor was these fish were hanging in the lower river for some time before
squirting upstream. Some color on about 1/3 of them was consistent with
that. Report.
Tom
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Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 12:59 PM
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Subject: Re: Whidbey steelhead
Dan,
I have put a few hours a day for the 27th, 28th and 29th and
yesterday on
the Sky at the Reformatory with no result and no reports of
anyone catching
fish either. Heck, I just assumed you all were intercepting
the steelhead
on Whidbey. One thing, though - I have been hitting silvers
in the salt on
euphasids, but I'd trade these 12-16 inchers for a good
winter-run steelie
anyday. Also, going back and forth from a 6wt. single-hander
with a dryline
to a two-handed speyrod with a type-3 tip every other day is
an amazing
exercise in tailing loops and flopped casts. Turns out I
have a meeting in
Oak Harbor next monday so it looks like I have an excuse to
do a little
steelhead casting on Whidbey.
Leland.
>I spent several days before Christmas casting for steelhead
off Whidbey
>island but had no luck. Apparently the fish didn't think
my Christmas fly
>was as appealing as I did. Didn't see anyone hook anything
so I don't
>suppose that there were many fish around. I did manage to
meet a couple
>of friendly flyfishermen (and a couple of spin) on the
beach though.
>
>Does anyone have an update since Christmas? If the reports
that I am
>hearing from the rivers are right it sure seems like there
should be fish
>swimming the shore of the island. Also, has anyone been
fishing the
>Sky? I thought I would try for a couple of hours tomorrow
morning.
>
>Dan
