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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...

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...

Headed over the pass on Thursday to see what I could find over in central WA. Lots of fog along the drive, but from what stillwater I could see, most of the ice is now gone. Here's a photo of Dry Falls from the Interpretive Center (but that is not where I fished!): Looks like Dry Falls will...

Visited a western WA lake this past Thursday and it had lots of algae floating on the lake, as seen in this photo: In places where the wind collected the algae, the blue-green color was very apparent, almost like someone had dumped some paint into the water: Here's another photo in a...

This is a foraging report, not a fishing report. Many Japanese-Americans like me go mushroom hunting in the autumn to search for the elusive matsutake (sometimes called the Japanese Pine Mushroom). The matsutake have a unique aroma and good texture; it is my favorite of all the edible wild...

Only my second time to this interesting general regulation lake that Billy MacDonald alerted me to. It is a mixed use fishery, with largemouth bass, perch, rainbows, browns, black crappie, pumpkinseeds and brown bullheads. This was sunset at the lake with the sun lighting up the rain that...

Fished a small lake near Mount Adams at around 4,100 feet in elevation. This lake has a great view of Mount Adams: I only landed 7 fish, but surprisingly had 3 varieties of trout; 5 browns in the 8 to 18 inch range, one 13 inch Westslope cutthroat and one 10 inch Tiger trout. Here's a photo...

Thought I'd re-try one of the sub-alpine lakes I fished last summer to see if the Brookies had increased in size at all. I was worried that it might have winter-killed like so many of the high altitude lakes in Washington and BC. On this outing I landed and released 16 Brookies in the 12 to 14...

On Wednesday I only had a few hours to fish, so I went to a western WA, put & take, general regulation lake to see what I could find. I only landed 3 fish, but luckily, two were big ones. That fish above is a 22 incher, but very fat and weighed 6.5 pounds on my handheld scale (I weighed it 3...

One of my friends wanted to go bass fishing, so even though I'm not a bass fisherman, we hiked into a central Washington lake to see what we could find. It was a change of pace from the usual rainbow trout fishing I normally do. I was fly fishing and had a tough time of it, but managed to find...

Did a day trip this week to a westside lake as I didn't have time to make a trip to central WA. No solitude on this outing, as there were about 25 anglers there (4 boaters and the rest fishing from shore). I was the only fly caster in the bunch, which is usually the case at this lake...

After encountering that huge crowd of anglers on Opening Day, I sure was happy to find no one else at a small, hike-in seep lake this past week. Of course, it could be due to the very murky water with only one foot of visibility, and the very low water level that deterred the others. Or, it...

I usually don't fish on Opening Day to avoid the crowds, but for various reasons I couldn't fish during the week this past week. I thought I'd try a small hike-in seep lake where I usually find solitude and when I arrived I was the only one: Well, that didn't last too long as within an hour...

After that tough hike the day before, I decided to try a more level, but much longer hike to a small lake I haven't fished in 9 years. On previous outings to this lake I'd only found fish to 16 inches, but have heard of 20 inchers in years long ago, probably from before it became infested with...

I haven't been to this hike-in lake in several years, and on this outing I wondered whether I'd be able to make it back up the steep hill. Since that kidney stone procedure I seem to be having some heart issues, shortness of breath and loss of balance (hopefully it is just a medication issue)...

Had a nice afternoon with just a little wind for this lake. It is all very shallow in this area of the lake and I found fish in 1 to 4 feet of water. The Lahontans ranged in size quite a bit: A couple of fish were dark, but most had good coloring, like this one: All the fish fought...

On Wednesday and Thursday I went to this spectacularly scenic lake in central WA to give it a try. The planting rate was reduced by half several years ago, and although that means that there are fewer fish, those fish have more food and thus are fatter and stronger fish. I had a tough time...

After freezing overnight while camping out, I had a nice hike to warm up. No one else was crazy enough to be camping out in freezing weather and no one was at either the lake I fished on Thursday or the lake I fished on Friday. So if you like solitude, these seep lakes might fit the bill...

My start was significantly delayed on Thursday due to news of the closure of eastbound I-90, as there was a fatality head-on collision near Easton. The freeway didn't re-open till mid-afternoon. I waited around, then finally decided to travel via Stevens Pass, even though it is a much longer...

I've been out of action for the past 5 weeks due to dealing with kidney stones and associated surgery. Just hope you never get kidney stones... Never knew one could get so many tubes, cameras and tools stuck up one of a man's most sensitive private parts. I wasn't able to do any exercising...