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Fished the Calawah on St. Patrick's Day with my wife on a guide trip. Put in at about 7:00 at the launch just east of Forks and headed downstream ahead of 2 other boats. Boated the first steelie about an hour later, a spawned female about 10lbs. Then my wife (we booked this trip for our 29th anniversary. Needless to say I married the right gal) hooked her first steelhead, a nice buck about 12lbs.
At the end of the day, we hooked 4 and landed 3. Had a lot of fun with Mike running the high water rapids. Not a single dent in his new Willie Boat! The weather was a combo of rain, sleet, hail, snow, and sun (repeat every 1/2 hr.)
We hoped to do a little plugging on the Bogachiel, but it was unfishable, except for the plunkers we passed.

solducsteve

3/21/2013 5:51:00 PM

You picked the right river to be guided down and the right guide , excellent job my friend

LittleTrib

3/23/2013 4:45:00 PM

Nice dead wild kelt

Skykomishsunrise

3/25/2013 5:49:00 PM

The O.P. is a special place, and the same can be said for its rivers and the fish that return to them. With the closure of all Puget Sound tributaries, the Olympic Peninsula is pretty much the only show in town for wild steelhead. If some time in the future these runs start to experience similar declines such as those that resulted in the closure of Puget Sound tributaries, than we are pretty much left with nowhere else to fall back on. Regardless of what the natives are doing (as far as netting is concerned), please, please, treat these fish with respect and practice catch and release. You can still enjoy them without intentionally killing / harvesting them.

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