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Yakima River Spring Fishing Turns On
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What a week for weather. I have experienced snow, rain and high winds, but it didn’t keep me from having some great fishing first on the Yakima River and then at Lake Chelan. Weather for the coming week is much more mild and I would suggest that you get out take advantage of it. Last Wednesday my fishing buddy Rollie Schmitten and I floated the Yakima River. We went with Johnny Boitano of the Troutwater Fly Shop in Ellensburg. I floated the river a bit earlier last year, and had a spec...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 3/26/2013
Author: Dave Graybill
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Brandts Landing on Rufus Woods
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I had a busy week. My sidekick Eric Granstrom and I decided to take a trip up river and fish for steelhead from shore. Day two we traveled to Brandts Landing on Rufus Woods Reservoir and tried our luck for triploid rainbow. We finished our trip with a visit to the new Colville Tribal Hatchery and learned what this state of the art facility will mean to the future of salmon fishing in our region. We started our steelhead fishing adventure in Chelan Falls, where the hatchery outlet flows i...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 12/29/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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More Wells Dam Steelheading
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I finally have some snow in my yard here in Leavenworth, but overall the weather remains mild in our region. It makes it easy for me to make plans to get out on the water. No freezing temperatures or high winds to worry about. The closure of many of the rivers in our region to steelhead fishing hasn’t slowed me down. There are enough fish on the upper Columbia to make for some great days. I mentioned that fishing below Wells Dam saved the day for Rollie Schmitten and I last week. Well...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 12/18/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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Wells Steelhead Action
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We’ve had a lot of wet but actually pretty mild weather in the region. Anglers that like to chase steelhead have had good conditions for it. The announcement of the closure of the steelhead seasons on several of our rivers here in Central Washington wasn’t as severe as anticipated. I will provide the details of the closures and share my experiences on the water in this column. There is still a lot of water open to fishing. I am continuing to do my duty to remove as many hatchery fish from ...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 12/3/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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Chelan Falls Steelheading Consistent
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My fishing buddy Rollie Schmitten and I took advantage of one of the “dry” days we’ve had over here to try for steelhead on the upper Columbia. We originally had planned to travel to Ephrata and fly fish at Rocky Ford Creek, but the high winds forecast for the area prompted a change in plans. We really wanted to get as many steelhead trips in as possible, anticipating a season close at the end of the month.The day was a repeat of a pattern we established a couple of weeks ago; starting ou...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 12/3/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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Entiat Big Boys
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We are definitely coming into the winter season now. Temperatures have dropped and snow is at lower elevations. Some folks would call me crazy, but to me this is a good thing. Colder weather means lower water in our rivers and lower water temperatures means better fishing for steelhead! I did get out again this week, and did have success, but I know it could be better if the water was a bit more chilly. My fishing buddy Rollie Schmitten wanted to get back up to Entiat and give the fish...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 11/18/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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Pateros Steelhead
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I turned in the Jetcraft to Bob Feil Boats and Motors, and am waiting for the new Kingfisher to get rigged up for the Seattle Boat Show. I waited until the rain stopped and then got in a couple of days of steelhead fishing at the end of last week. Lucky me I have some great friends that found room in their boats to get me out on the water. My fishing buddy Rollie Schmitten uses Barb’s Boat in the winter, and invited me to fish off the mouth of the Entiat River for a couple of hours las...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 11/5/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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Bridgeport Steelhead
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I couldn’t have timed my fishing trip better last week. It was the only day that it didn’t pour down rain in the area. My wife and I had clear, sunny skies and no wind when we traveled to Bridgeport for a day of steelhead fishing. It was the last trip that we could make in the Jetcraft that I have been using, thanks to the folks at Kingfisher Boats and Bob Feil Boats and Motors. It was a perfect day to say goodbye to this great boat, a 1925 Discovery. Before I give everyone the blow by...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 11/5/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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Columbia River and Fish Lake
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Steelhead fishing opened on the Columbia and most of the tributaries this week. Anglers are out in force to participate in this treasured fall and winter fishery. Steelhead catches are expected be good, particularly at the mouths of the rivers, as flows are very low on all of the streams in our region. While I waited for the announcement of the steelhead season, I took advantage of a sunny fall day and visited Fish Lake. I also made trip to Vernita to finish a video on the fall fishing do...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 11/5/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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Steelheading on the Methow
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I sure picked a great two days for my first steelhead trips of the season. The weather was mild, with very little wind and no rain. I started out fishing bobbers and jigs in the Pateros area, and then floated the Methow River fishing with flies. Last Thursday, my fishing buddies Jim Passage and Tom Bartlett helped me launch the Jetcraft at the ramp at the mouth of the Methow River. I chose to start fishing in the estuary. We would be using jigs without bait and scent. I didn’t want to...
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Category: Rivers
Date: 11/5/2012
Author: Dave Graybill
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