On 3/22/2010 1:17 AM, riverman wrote:
I have a visit to the Great Northwest (based out of Seattle) from
April 5-9. What's fishable then? I don't want to haul a bagload of
gear, so it can't be gear intensive (camping gear, boats, waders etc).
I'm looking for some venue that might be good for shore casting, and
drive-in access. I'm good for things far from Seattle...from the
morning of the 5th to midday on the 9th my goal in life is to ramble
with SWMBO and show her the beauty of the region.

The Yakima River (Ellensburg, about a 1 1/2 hours east of Seattle on
I-90) could be very good if the March Browns are happening, (it's
Skwalas right the moment). It looks like the BWO hatch might fire off
anytime, and in another two weeks, the March Browns??? Well, who knows.

I do NOT advocate fishing the Yakima on your own the first time you go
there and you really do need waders. The trout are very educated and you
really, really need to know what works and doesn't work. Also the Yak is
big enough (1200/1600 cfs this time of year) to be more than a little
dangerous to the unwary.

I'd recommend you seriously consider booking a guide for a day. Let
someone else row while you fish and enjoy the scenery.

Here are two websites to check:

http://redsflyshop.com/powerhour.html

http://www.worleybuggerflyco.com/Yak...ing_Report.htm

Both of these outfits are very good to deal with and I wouldn't hesitate
to recommend either for their guide services.

Red's has brand new digs (see their website) that look very nice from
the outside. I haven't been in the hotel as I've always been in wet
waders by time I made it that far into the canyon. :-)

Anyway, that's one possibility....

Fishing the Puget Sound shoreline for sea-run cut-throat is another, but
is kind of a specialized pursuit and you really do need waders for that one.



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