Coho (Silver) Salmon in Edmonds & Shilshole Bay, WA

We went Coho (Silver) Salmon fishing in Edmonds out of Shilshole Marina Sunday, September 23, 2012. Thanks to Chef Jose Chavez for the invite.
We hit the water just before sun up and headed straight to Edmonds. We fished the channel between the Edmonds ferry and the water plant on the shore, Maine area 10.
With three of us on board, we manged to hook 3 Coho salmon within the first 1 hour. The forth fish took a bit longer. After catching four between us in 3.5 hours we called it a day.
All were caught on topical spinners and flashers in depths of 80-150 feet of water. All fish between 8-12 pounds.

A very good day for fishing.

Gone fly fishing,
EARTHangler

Winter Fly Fishing on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Each year the week after Christmas, the family heads to the Olympic Pennisula for a little R&R and fly fishing. In general, this is Steelhead country & some of the finest fishing in the world.
Well, our annual trek on 12/26/11-12/29/11 couldn’t have been more soaked. Rain in the Ho Rain Forest is expected each time we visit. But, generally there is enough decent water in some river to find fish.
This year it was raining hard, really hard. All day. Every day.
Every day we went in search of a river that wasn’t at flood stage or filled with mud. Each day we looked for any sign that there might be fish that could see a fly that didn’t smack it in the eye. We went to the Ho River, we drove to the Clearwater River, we checked out the Bogachiel River, we drove to the Calawah, and we drove to the Sol Duc River.
After hundreds of miles of surveying we finally gave up. We left the rods in the truck and decided that we need to try somewhere new next year.

On the bright side, we did find some new spots that would be great to fly fish if the rivers were’nt flooded. See below.

Condition: FLOODED
Notes: Check water levels before driving the distance

Skykomish River – Sultan, Washington

Fished the Skykomish River for Steelhead just East of Sultan, Washington. Fished float rigs for 2.5 hours spin cast with various pink & orange jigs sunk under an indicator. Caught nothing. There was about 6-7 sleds going up & down the river, & about 12-15 waders on the south side of the river. I only saw 1 fisherman hook a good size one from shore about 10:30am, nice fish.

GPS:47.859912,-121.812783
Time: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 8:30-11:00am
Weather: 52 F
Water: 46 F, High, swift , & a bit cloudy still
Access: Great
Rig: Steelhead float with jigs
Notes: This is a great place to fish, close to Seattle and surrounds

Tokul Creek, Snoqualmie River – Fall City, Washington

Fished a float rig at Tokul Creek near Snoqualmie, Washington for a while with a spinner corkie and yarn. After 1 hour, dropped the float and proceeded to fish with orange winged corkie, slinky weight, and white & pink yarn. Two and half hours of fishing in sub freezing temperatures…caught nothing. Did manage to drop my AT&T Samsung Captivate in Tokul Creek though. I fished it out immediately and surprisingly it is still functioning after cleaning and blowing out moisture. No water got into the case…shocking.
Anyways, great place, about 20 others there coming and going. Only saw 1 that was caught pre-arrival on South side of Snoqualmie River right past the Tokul outlet.
Time: 8:30am-12pm
Weather: COLD!!!! 23 degrees
Maybe next year…

-gone fly fishing,
EARTHangler