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| Yakima River - March 29th, 2008 |
RECORDED: 
31 °
FISHING: Great
This Yakima river report is brought to you by the staff of Puget Sound Fly Company, with help from our customers. Please feel free to call us at (253) 839-4119 for further details or for help with pattern recommendations.
If you’ve been complaining about our “spring” like me, take advantage of a positive side effect. So far my gloomy predictions for wet warm weather with the Yakima running like a super-sized chocolate shake aren’t coming true. The upside to this cold weather is a low clear Yakima, with Blue Winged Olives and Skwala Stones. Nymphing has been very effective and Blue Wings have been popping off during the day.
For you streamer guys, you can still pull up a few big fish by chucking the big uglies to likely spots.
Flies:
Nymphs: Pat’s, Jelly Bean Baetis, Micro Mayfly.
Dries: B.W.O. cripple, Paracute Baetis, Bullet Head Skwala .
Streamers: Sculpzilla, Sheila
FLOWS: Click here to get Real Time flows at Umtanum
Shuttle service is available from Red’s Flyshop.
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| Cady Lake - March 29th, 2008 |
RECORDED: 
39 °
FISHING: Great
Cady Lake near Belfair is our favorite Westside lake. Offering a unique combination of private property with public access, this is a resource that should be enjoyed but respected. “Cady Lake Manor” (a beautiful bed and breakfast) controls the only access to this fly fishing only lake. This is not a “pay lake,” but in return for the privilege of access, fishermen are asked to respect the rules of the lake and leave a small donation. Please call us at Puget Sound Fly Company if you have any questions 253-839-4119.
FISHING: Because Cady is spring fed, this lake maintains excellent fishing throughout the year. Dress warm, bring a hot beverage and be prepared for some real big fish. Cady has been producing decent numbers of big fish this spring.
FLIES: Streamers such as Flesh Flies, Sheila Sculpins and Beldars are very effective on full sinking lines. For you Chironomid guys, long leaders and smaller (#16's and 18's) will work well under an indicator. Black, Snowcone and Chromies have all worked well. Believe it or not, small adult and hatching midge patterns can work on warmer days.
EQUIPMENT: You can fish with a variety of line weights but a good assortment of sinking lines is essential to cover the depths. To cover your bases, everything from a floater to a type 6 will come into play on a typical day at Cady.
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| South Puget Sound - January 30th, 2008 |
RECORDED: 
36 °
FISHING: Good
Puget Sound Fly Company is proud to offer current fishing reports for the exciting saltwater opportunities available in the South Puget Sound. These reports come from staff fishing trips, customers and friends. Please call us at (253) 839-4119 if you are new to the area or estuary fishing in general.
FISHING: Our beach class picked up a few fish last weekend. Keep moving and keep casting. The fish are on the move so make sure you line is in the water as much as possible. Fish with confidence and cover as much water as possible. Purple and olive over white seems to be working well.
FLIES: Olive Shock & Awe, Grey Miniceiver, and Olive F.F. Herring Come by the shop or give us a call (253) 839-4119 if you have questions about any of this stuff.
Check out our Beach Selection for a great sampling of flies.
RODS: 5-8 weights with 6-7 being ideal
LINES: Standard intermediate (Clear) lines are good, but the next generation of integrated shooting lines like the Rio ‘Outbound’ are ideal. We played a small part in the design of this line and our input was totally focused on the local beach fishing.
TIDES
NOAA MARINE WEATHER
If you are in need of any help assembling the proper tackle for beach fishing, please call or stop by.
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| Quinault River – Lower - January 15th, 2008 |
RECORDED:
39 °
FISHING: Good
The lower Quinalt River runs through the Quinalt Indian Reservation. It (or any river on the reservation) can only be accessed when accompanied by a licensed Quinalt fishing guide. The lack of public access and the numerous tribal enhancement programs combine to create some of the best Steelhead fishing in the state. Please call us here at Puget Sound Fly Company (253) 839-4119 if you have any questions.
Clark, Chris, Jordan and I all fished the Queets drainage on Sunday. Fresh fish continue to trickle in. We are experiencing a mix of a few wild fish and the tail end of the hatchery run. Numbers are not high right now, but the quality of fish is (see our photo gallery).
Flies: EGGS! (beads, Glo Bugs and Crystal Eggs) And Egg Sucking Leeches were effective patterns for us.
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| South Puget Sound - January 8th, 2008 |
RECORDED:
38 °
FISHING: Good
Puget Sound Fly Company is proud to offer current fishing reports for the exciting saltwater opportunities available in the South Puget Sound. These reports come from staff fishing trips, customers and friends. Please call us at (253) 839-4119 if you are new to the area or estuary fishing in general.
FISHING: Resident silvers are starting to show up again. This year they don’t seem to be keying in on prey near the surface. Our own experiences are backed up by reports from numerous other fishermen: Just because you aren’t seeing fish doesn’t mean they aren’t there. These normally surface oriented fish aren’t showing themselves as well as they normally do. While you should always keep an eye out, make sure you let your fly do a lot of searching for you as well.
FLIES: Olive Shock & Awe, Grey Miniceiver, and Olive F.F. Herring Come by the shop or give us a call (253) 839-4119 if you have questions about any of this stuff.
Check out our Beach Selection for a great sampling of flies.
RODS: 5-8 weights with 6-7 being ideal
LINES: Standard intermediate (Clear) lines are good, but the next generation of integrated shooting lines like the Rio ‘Outbound’ are ideal. We played a small part in the design of this line and our input was totally focused on the local beach fishing.
TIDES
NOAA MARINE WEATHER
If you are in need of any help assembling the proper tackle for beach fishing, please call or stop by.
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| Puget Sound - August 16th, 2007 |
RECORDED:
67 °
FISHING: Excellent
Puget Sound Fly Company is proud to offer current fishing reports for the exciting saltwater opportunities available in the South Puget Sound. These reports come from staff fishing trips, customers and friends. Please call us at (253) 839-4119 if you are new to the area or estuary fishing in general.
Brian and I fished this morning from the Skiff. After checking out a few spots, we wandered farther into Commencement Bay. To say that the fishing was great would be an enormous understatement. You could catch fish on almost every cast by simply blind casting, but Brian and I got so spoiled, we began only casting to rolling fish. If our flies were in the water and we saw rolling fish, we would hurriedly retrieve enough line to pick-up and cast, hoping that no fish would grab our flies before we could cast to the fish we just saw!
FLIES: Shock and Awe in ‘Bozo’ color and other flies in pink over white. Let us help you pick some flies, try our BEACH SELECTION.
For more info: Take our beach fishing class.
TIDES
NOAA MARINE WEATHER
If you are in need of any help assembling the proper tackle for beach fishing, please call or stop by.
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| Puget Sound - August 11th, 2007 |
RECORDED: 
72 °
FISHING: Excellent
Puget Sound Fly Company is proud to offer current fishing reports for the exciting saltwater opportunities available in the South Puget Sound. These reports come from staff fishing trips, customers and friends. Please call us at (253) 839-4119 if you are new to the area or estuary fishing in general.
I’ve been fishing the beaches several days a week. Yesterday, the fishing was fantastic. Dash Point and Brown’s Point both have large numbers of fish. Unfortunately for fishermen hoping to fish before work, the best fishing is occurring near the turning of the Low tide (right now the low is around 11:00 a.m.). Even if you can’t make the best tides, don’t give up, the fishing at other stages is still excellent.
FLIES: Shock and Awe in ‘Bozo’ color and other flies in pink over white. Let us help you pick some flies, try our BEACH SELECTION.
For more info: Take our beach fishing class.
TIDES
NOAA MARINE WEATHER
If you are in need of any help assembling the proper tackle for beach fishing, please call or stop by.
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| Puget Sound - August 3rd, 2007 |
RECORDED:
76 °
FISHING: Great
Puget Sound Fly Company is proud to offer current fishing reports for the exciting saltwater opportunities available in the South Puget Sound. These reports come from staff fishing trips, customers and friends. Please call us at (253) 839-4119 if you are new to the area or estuary fishing in general.
We’re beginning to see more Humpies than Silvers at both Dash Pt. and Brown’s Pt. Both beaches are producing good numbers of fish with the average angler landing between 1-3 fish.
FLIES: Shock and Awe in ‘Bozo’ color and pink over white. Let us help you pick some flies, try our BEACH SELECTION.
For more info: Take our beach fishing class.
TIDES
NOAA MARINE WEATHER
If you are in need of any help assembling the proper tackle for beach fishing, please call or stop by.
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| Puget Sound - August 1st, 2007 |
RECORDED:
70 °
FISHING: Great
Puget Sound Fly Company is proud to offer current fishing reports for the exciting saltwater opportunities available in the South Puget Sound. These reports come from staff fishing trips, customers and friends. Please call us at (253) 839-4119 if you are new to the area or estuary fishing in general.
We get daily beach updates, and the word from guys we trust, has been a fat zero on the humpies down here… until yesterday. Just to make sure, we went down this morning to confirm. In 2005, the first Humpy I know of caught in our area, was caught on 7/31. Fast forward two years and surprise, on 7/31/07, we get the first verified report for the south end.
Dash Point Park produced two silvers and 1 Pink for me in about one and a half hours this morning. I can’t tell you what rock to stand on (as the saying goes), but I will provide a few tips for those of you new to beach fishing or new to fishing for Salmon. Here are my 5 tips for catching Salmon from our local beaches:
FLIES: Shock and Awe in ‘Bozo’ color and pink over white. Let us help you pick some flies, try our BEACH SELECTION.
PREPARE AND CHOOSE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT: My favorite set-up is as follows: 9’-10’ fast action 6 weight, large arbor reel, and Outbound line or clear intermediate. A good stripping basket is invaluable and can add 20’ compared to a cast without one. You can fudge with a few things, but if you decide that your 4 weight with floating line “will do”, don’t blame us if you don’t catch as many fish.
SHARPEN HOOKS AND TIE GOOD KNOTS: On most days, you will only get a few takes. Make them count! This also means stretching your line before you fish. You don’t want to be untangling your line as a school of fish is swimming by.
PRACTICE YOUR CAST BEFORE YOU HIT THE BEACH: If you are not an accomplished caster, it will show on the beach. Take lessons, learn to double haul and then hit the beach. This type of fishing is great casting practice, but you have to have some fundamentals first. Distance can often mean more fish. Today, I caught one fish at 80’ and the others around 50’ feet out.
FISH WHEN YOU CAN, BUT CHOOSE YOUR TIME: We all wish we could fish whenever we felt like it. Real life means that we can’t fish everyday. The fish aren’t always readily available. Tide and light level are the two most important factors for beach fishermen. Low light is good and tide will depend on the beach you are fishing. Any generality about which tides are best would be worthless. Each beach fishes differently on different tides for different fish, with differing amounts of light. So once again, fish when you can, but try to stack the odds in your favor.
STAY ALERT: Fish will often show themselves. Sometimes it is as obvious as jumping fish, at other times it will be ‘nervous water’ or scattering baitfish. One other indicator is to observe other fishermen. If the next guy down the beach hooks a fish at 60’ make sure you continue to cover the water in front of you beyond 60’. Salmon typically travel parallel to the beach, you will be next in line if you can continue to present your fly.
For more info: Take our beach fishing class.
TIDES
NOAA MARINE WEATHER
If you are in need of any help assembling the proper tackle for beach fishing, please call or stop by.
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| Cedar River - June 1st, 2007 |
RECORDED:
65 °
FISHING: Good
This Cedar River report is brought to you by the staff of Puget Sound Fly Company, with help from our customers. Please feel free to call us at (253) 839-4119 for further details or for help with pattern recommendations.
We fished the Cedar this morning with good success. The fishing wasn’t red hot, but in a couple of hours we landed several good rainbows, a whitefish and a couple dozen suckers. The river is low, so fish the cut banks and the deeper holes to find the trout.
Flies:
Nymphs: Prince Nymphs, Double Bead Stones, Fat Bastard Stone, Vinyl Lightning in pearl, red, green, blue, Gold Bead Yellow Sally, GHRE
Dries: Tarantula (Yellow #14), Stimulator (Yellow #8)
Streamers: Sculpzilla, Sheila Sculpin, Olive Stalcup Sculpin
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