Hello Michael: I moved here last year and was looking for good water to fish only for trout. Well still fish for local native trout, and got hooked on big stellhead. I would recommended cool book on fishing streams/lakes in the state. Book is : Flyfisher's Guide to Washington by Greg Thomas cost $26 but is great book by great Fly fisher. Also book my Email adress , in Spring we can try some of my local waters, very nice and remote , for nice native trout , they run about 8-14" but using 1-3 weight rod it's lot of fun. I live near Norh Band in town of Issaquah 20 min from Seattle. Anyway welcome in Washington and have great time fishing. Les Korcala ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Jones Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New to the State At 11:42 AM 12/12/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello my name in Michael Bartnik.
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>I moved to Washington State fro Wisconsin a few days ago. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction to find more about flyfishing here.
>I'm living in the Longview/Kelso area. I'm looking for a flyfishing shop in my area. What are some of the streams to try in the SW part of the state? Is there a Trout Unlimited chapter in my area? I'm used to fishing the small streams of the Coulee Area of SW Wisconsin. I'm hoping to find fishing similar to that to start out.
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>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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>I would be happy to return the favor for anyone interested in Fly Fishing in Wisconsin
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>--Mike
Hi Rex
Welcome aboard. I'm a few miles south of you in Lake
Oswego, OR.
It sounds like you are mostly interested in trout but
in the Longview/Kelso area you have easy access
to a number of excellent steelhead streams. The
Kalama is probably the closest. Route 4 west from
Longview will take you past a number of good streams
including the Elochoman. If you are going to live in
Longview/Kelso you are going to have to become a
steelhead fisherman or they may run you out of town.
I don't fish the streams in SW Washington for trout
can't supply much info on small trout streams. But I
would certainly explore that area. A "Washington
Atlas and Gazetteer" should probably be your first
purchase.
You are reasonably close to two good lakes...Cold
Water and Merrill. Both have some reasonable
fly fishing.
The Clark-Skamania Flyfishers are located in Vancouver.
I think hey are affiliated with the Fly Fishing Federation, but
I'm not sure about Trout Unlimited. They have a web page
at http://www.clark-skamania-flyfishers.org/.
Jim Jones
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