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My apologies for arriving late and not being able to be the official photographer and witness to Billy catching this monster fish! This seep lake doesn't give up fish easily, and Billy's outing yesterday tied my best outing to this lake, and his monster fish is the largest fish I've yet seen...

Great report and photos! Very cool getting that rainbow shot in that canyon!

Since I'm finding empty stomachs on both sides of the mountains, I guess they compare similarly.

I've been posting about the husky rainbows in central WA, but western WA also has some husky rainbows. Check out this husky rainbow hooked today on a western WA lake (a general regulation lake): It was 21 inches long (based on my Measure Net) and 5.25 pounds (based on my handheld scale). It...

Tried one of the small, hike-in lakes in central WA on Friday 4/26/2024 and surprisingly had the lake to myself the entire time. The air temperature was perfect in the 63 to 65 degree range and the water temperature was also nice in the 59 to 61 degree range with about 8 to 10 feet of...

Even though this fishery is known for the good winter fishing, I thought I'd give it another try to see if any of those big rainbows were still around. For the longest time I didn't even get a hit. But in a deeper spot I was waiting for my fly and fly line to sink and a fish intercepted the...

One would think so, but why are their stomachs totally empty?

Yes, but no takers.

I went back to this fishery on Sunday 3/17/2024 to see if I could find any fish in locations where there was better substrate for any fish that might be responding to their spawning instinctual urges. I even found this small inlet creek: This small creek is too small for spawning, but it...

This central WA lake has to be one of the most scenic fly fishing venues, especially when the water is calm like this. Since the March 1st opener, the reports I've received for this lake have been mostly dismal, maybe due to the cold water temperatures and lack of any hatches? With the...