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August 27, 2003 Fishing Report
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What ever happened to Summer Vacation? For those of you who still experience extended periods without responsibility during the non-rain months, say 'hi' to 'The Man' for us when you have to go back under his thumb next week.. Fishing around the Sound is very good right now, what with Mars so close, and there are lots of options to suit even the biggest couch potato/workahaulic. Store up some browning-points for the next week or two 'cause the California-governor's-race is going to hit the fan on the fishing scene. As the Yakima drops into tune, things always get crazy over there, more an more anadramous fish are entering the Puget Sound and it's tributaries, and the first rainfall or two will undoubtedly create giant pushes of spawn-crazed, half-witted hormone-overloaded fish with a penchant for trickery...not to mention the local creeks and lakes which will mellow out and continue to improve with cooler temperatures and shorter days. Puget Sound- It's never more the case than now that you
never know what you're going to see or catch when fishing in the
sound. Fishing from the beach or from a boat likely catches include
pinks, coho, blackmouth and cutthroat. Good reports are streaming
in from every location, and even when the reports are of poor catches
there are still loads of fish observed. They're in there, and sometimes
they bite. If you have the option of carrying around several rods
rigged and ready to fish this can be a big help when both salmon
(feeding and staging) and trout are available in the same stretch
of water. A deep system and a not so deep system will cover your
needs nicely. The deep system can be useful for getting a shrimp
imitation down to holding pinks, a sculpin pattern down for a big
cutt or big baitfish fly down to coho or blackmouth. The not so
deep system will be the most commonly used as it is best for- fishing
the great variety of flies from wet flies to streamers and even
the dry flies that are Puget Sound standards. Yakima River - The river flow is down and continuing to change even as we read from up in Easton to down in Umtanum. Historically, the powers that Be begin to drop the water by about 500 cfs each day starting around Labor Day weekend, but they may have begun early, or it's just so dry that the river is evaporating at an unholy rate.. Nymphing in the morning with a stonefly nymph and an all purpose mayfly nymph or caddisfly pupa should produce. A big bead head prince (#8 or#10) and a #16 pheasant tail, or a #8 bead head rubber legged stonefly with an emergent sparkle pupa trailing would do. As the day progresses fishing big attractor dries such as hoppers, the parachute madam-x, rubber legged stimulators, ants, chernobyl ants, Turk's tarantula and the like will do. Of course grasshoppers, summer stoneflies and other big aquatics and terrestrials are what you're imitating with such big wildness. Caddisflies rule the evening. Start with emergers like the emergent sparkle pupa when the sun leaves the water, switch to adults like the x-caddis or the (ultra-reliable) elk hair caddis when you see a lot of fish rising and end at twilight with an ovipositing adult like the hot butt caddis. The lower river is still high enough to be tough wading, but as it continues to drop look for great access down through the lower canyon, with fish podded-up in the pockets along the shore and in deeper trenches. Other sporatic hatches include PMD's, Blue Winged Olives, some craneflies here and there, maybe. Local Lakes have been pretty average for this time of year, in spite of so many days in a row above 70 degrees, and the exciting new record that has established for us. Scant reports from the likes of Rattlesnake, Alice, Pine, etc...have yielded mostly bass, (except rattlesnake), and as the cooler days prevail, the fish will be spending some more of their busy day near(er) to the surface, giving us a better shot. Sinking lines will still be your best bet all around, with the possibility of some dry fly fishing very late in the day (early in the night- before Mars rises, though, so don't worry)...it seems like only 45,000 years since Mars was so close...hard to believe it's been 60,000. Snoqualmie Forks continue fishing very low and very clear. Seeking out the cover for the fish becomes increasingly important in these water conditions, but they're in there. Most reports have been from the Middle and South Forks, both of which have been producing some action-packed evenings for those of you who don't have higher authorities to constantly answer to. Attractor patterns such as parachute adams, Humpies, small (#10-14 rubber-legged stimulators, and the October caddis is right around the corner, so bring some big orang-ish pupa. Steelhead reports have been pretty well in accordance with
the fishing God's rules for very low water and early-times. (that's
pretty slow), but those out there pounding away have been making
due, roping a few here and there. Like the trout fishing, you'll
wnat to pay extra attention to the deeper slots and the heads of
runs. Swing silver hilton twins and other scantilly dressed sexy
summer patterns. See you local flyshop for details. You can't lose what you never had, so go fishing and just say NO
to worm viruses. Hugh Pastoriza & Seth Taylor
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