I am now shifting gears back to focusing on the Skykomish River summer-run steelhead. If you’re looking for a peaceful float down the river, with the opportunity to catch a summer-run chromer, look no further than your own backyard. The fish have moved up the system and it’s time to break out the drift boat.
I will start off with the mother nature report: calm one minute, raining the next with hurricane like winds right after that, and finally the sunshine decides to make an appearance…but with all that weather came the fish.
Todd’s still out finding late winter-run steelhead and is gearing up for record runs in Columbia River tributaries….
After a Hawaiian vacation, Bonner Daniels is back in business! Bonner gets us caught up:
Todd is encountering the best fishing he’s seen in years on the Cowlitz. Check out the goods!
We’re honored to have a guest post by Nathan, who documents a couple of days with his dad, friends and Fetha Styx guide Todd Daniels (Tall Tails Guide Service).
Bill, Derek got out for some steelhead and blank testing.
Expect some good winter-run steelhead for the next few months, despite all the river closures in Washington. In fact, it’s Bonner’s favorite time in the steelhead cycle!
Bonner’s been all over steelhead — despite the weather — and fully expects more surges of hatchery steelhead, as well as the start of early winter-run natives.
Todd Daniels is hooking steelhead, and already anticipating “springers” on the Columbia!