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Posted: 7/15/2016
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 7/14/2016
Hot Spots: 0
File this under "you never know".... Visiting relatives on Orcas Is, like we do every July, my son and I make a trip or two hiking into Twin Lakes in Moran State Park. Very pretty spot, the eastern...
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Posted: 6/12/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/11/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Sorry for the late report...busy on the east side! Went for a short local fly fishing morning at Robbins lake in mason Co. with a good friend. While checking the WDFW plant stats for updates, there...
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Posted: 6/10/2016
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/6/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Back east with the cartopper to do some rowing and meeting up with a few bowling buddies for some camping and fishing... Since my pals were staying at Conconully, I thought we should try a lake I'v...
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Posted: 6/10/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/7/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Drove a ways from the house in Gig Harbor to fish this one...but was it worth it? Every mile, folks!!! Read about the fly fishing (the lake is fly only) for westslope cutthroat in Long Lake for a...
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Posted: 6/3/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/21/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Went local for a few day to try out some new fly rods, patterns, etc. Carney Lake is a no motors lake only 15 minutes from my house in Gig Harbor, I was pleasantly surprised. There were only a few ot...
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Posted: 6/3/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 2
Fished: 5/31/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Visited Beth Lake end of May, after leaving nearby Lost Lake, which just experienced a nasty algae bloom which covers lines, leaders, flies and lures making fishing difficult. After seeing older re...
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Posted: 5/18/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 5/17/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Back to Black Pine Lake 5/17.... Last time, all you needed was a small gold spoon, all the hookups you wished. Today, bring the tackle box! The westslopes were almost shut down to lures, onle for ...
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Posted: 5/9/2016
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2016
Hot Spots: 2
Well, Eastern Wash can't all be great... Went to Lost Lake near Bonaparte Lake on 5/3 looking for eastern brooks. Found some, but not as many as I would like. The lake itself was very pretty...
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Posted: 5/9/2016
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 5/8/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Finally visited Black Pine Lake in the Okanogan on the 7th and 8th of May.... Wow. Snow is 95% melted around the lake, I was the only angler around both days. Very windy made rowing the pram tou...
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Posted: 4/29/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 4/29/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Brought the rowboat to Don Lake today....goooood choice. One boat on the whole lake...mine, and it was terrific fishing. Primarily cast 1/8th oz gold Little Cleos and copper 1/8th oz Cyclones, no...
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Posted: 4/21/2016
Species: Brown Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2016
Hot Spots: 3
Fished Antilon Lake for browns on 4/20 and 4/21. Haven't caught a brown trout since 1978 in the Gallatin River in Montana. Made up for lost time, however! What a pretty lake, except for a bit of...
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Posted: 4/18/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/18/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Fished Kokanee lake this morning for four hours...rowed (yes...ROWED...against the current...stoo-pid) all the way up past the waterfall, almost to deadline, could not quite get there due to current.....
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Posted: 4/8/2016
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 4/6/2016
Hot Spots: 1
Fished with ultra light gear, both rods and line...4 pound maxima, 1/8th oz slip sinker, tiny swivel, 4 feet of 3 pound maxima, #10 hook and orange Power Bait. Right next to the boat launch, in 10 fee...
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