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Nice little cutt, 1 of several landed and seen yesterday in the south Sound. Taken in Black and White, it isn't your computer!

Top view of a nice cutt from Puget Sound. Over sand they are pretty visible but once over the gravel and rock bottom, forget about it, they disappear.

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Puget Sound, Washington
48° water temp. @ Southworth
Current Seattle Tide
Current Puget Sound Winds
6-13-09
So our weather of late has made some of the fishing in the Sound a bit tough but for the most part, if you are willing to work a bit, get up early or stay up late, there are still fish around. Many smaller coho from late releases around the Sound are coming out of the water to say hello, not big yet but at least you see some fish. Fly patterns may have to change a bit as some of the fry are getting larger and so are the herring. Expect to see Sand Lance showing up here soon too so start getting those longer flies ready.
Favorite flies for this season: Titanic Baitfish, West's Smelt, West's Herring, Southworth Special, Herring Popper, Reverse Spiders, Morrish's Small Fry, Rolled Muddler, Silly Leg Spider and Euphasid patterns, Saltwater deer hair dry flies, Chernobyl ants/hoppers, Miyawaki's Popper, Shock and Awe, small Surf Darts, Strawbucks Shrimp.
Learn more about fly fishing Puget Sound:
Amphipods, Krill, Candy Striped Shrimp, Copepods, Euphasids, Bull Kelp, 5 Ribbed Kelp, Isopods, Sand Lance, Surf Smelt, Shiner Perch, Eel Grass

Lake Nunnally, Lenice, Beda, Dry Falls and basin lakes, Washington
Eastern lakes are looking good right now and should only get better as the temps become a bit warmer and more consistent. This cold spell will likely prolong the high water temps for a bit longer this year which is good news.
Favorite flies for this season: Hale Bopp Leaches, wooly worms, Thin Mints, olive buggers, brown buggers, snow cones, chromers, bionic worms, midges, blood worms, buggers, damsels, dragon flies.
Cowlitz River, Washington
5570 cfs @ below Barrier Dam 41 ° water temp.
Cowlitz River fish counts
2-19-09
This time of year the Cow tends to slow for hatchery fish but late ones do arrive and others sit around trying to figure out if they should attempt to spawn in many of the wonderful gravel beds throughout the river below Barrier. There are also some, and I mean some, nice wild fish that return here still but they are few and far between. Water levels still look good but clarity is a bit off still, try larger patterns, some say in bright colors, we still swing black and it seems to work just as well. Think more about presentation and less about the fly!
Favorite flies for this season: Bunny Leeches, Egg Sucking Leeches, Flatwing General Practitioners, Mega Moal, Morrish's Trailer Trash, River Rats, Fergus Rock Star, Metal Detector, Skunks, Purple Perils, Skykomish Sunrises. Mickey Finns, spiders, reverse spiders, orange soft hackles, hares ears, rolled muddlers, woolly buggers for SRC's, pink and chartreuse flies for the springers and coho.
Shuttle Service: Trudy 360-864-2277 or Matt 360-864-2388
Yakima River, Washington
3430 cfs @ Umtanum
58° water temp.
4-20-09
Yak is way up with the recent snowfall followed by warm spring conditions. Hatches are happening but at this level, walk and wade anglers should beware. Fishing has been good when the river is in shape, this time of year, depending on where you are choosing to fish, come prepared for the gamut, caddis, March Browns, Baetis, PMD's and Skwalas both above and below. Water and air temps are going to fluctuate as the day proceeds, expect hatches to run in tandem with this. Baetis are a cold water insect so expect to see them early followed by PMD's and caddis in the mid day to evenings until they are full on hatching all day. Throw the rest in as weather permits.
Favorite flies for this season: Dave's Hopper, Chernobyl Hopper, Bullet Head Hopper, Skwala adults, San Juan Worms, Elk hair caddis, X- caddis, brown and mottled streamers, soft hackles, hare's ear nymphs, Bloody Mary's, lightning bugs, small hopper patterns, Turk's Tarantulas, caddis emergers, para caddis, cutter's caddis, princes, JJ specials, Tekillya's, Morrish's Anato-may nymphs, caddis pupa, rubber leg caddis, PMD's.
Klickitat River, Washington
1470 cfs @ Pitt
Good number of steelhead in the Klick right now. Swinging flies DOES work here despite efforts by many to prove otherwise. By choosing to swing, you will become a better steelhead angler on larger waters in the region and you have the added bonus of the "tug", something missing when pretending they are just resident trout.
Favorite flies for this season: Stoneflies, leaches, Brads Brat, Boss, heavy wire skunks, Green Butt Lum Plums, articulated eggs sucking leaches and Purple Perils.

Skykomish River, Washington
3320 cfs @ Goldbar 37° water temp.
3-24-09
Puget Sound steelhead have been named to the NOAA Endangered Species List. This fishery is closed to all fishing until June 1 to protect spawning wild steelhead.
Favorite flies for this season: Small speys, Coal Car's as opposed to Cop Cars, Purple Perils, Olive Egg Sucking Bunny Leeches, Starlight Leach, Flatwing General Practitioners, Metal Detector, Skykomish Sunrises, Mega Moal, Morrish's Trailer Trash, River Rats, Fergus Rock Star, Wally Wakers, Bombers, and flesh flies and eggs for Dollies.
Shuttle Service: Matt Burke 206-660-7555

Snoqualmie River and Green River, Washington
1680 cfs @ Snoqualmie 52° water temp.
856 cfs @ Tanner on Middle Fork 44° water temp.
216 cfs @ Alice Creek on South Fork
218 cfs @ Palmer on Green River
3-24-09
The main stem is closed until June 1st to protect spawning wild steelhead. The forks all remain open for the entire season. When the middle is below 500 cfs, fishing can be pretty good up there, even now. Most anglers don't appreciate the fact that many of the hatches occuring on the Yakima are also taking place on the Snoqualmie.
Favorite flies for this season: Para Adams, Humpys, Royal Wulff's, H&L Varients, Madam X, lightning bugs, Anato May's, stimulators, red copper johns, skunks, purple perils, small marabous, egg sucking leaches, stone fly nymphs, skunks, purple perils, and similar patterns for steelhead. Mickey Finns, reverse spiders, and other streamer patterns for the SRC's, Egg sucking leaches, Green-butt Skunk Intruder, Mega Moal, Morrish's Trailer Trash, River Rats, Fergus Rock Stars, Moal leaches for steelhead.
Skagit River, Washington
7490 cfs @ Marblemount
5-11-09
Puget Sound steelhead have been named to the NOAA Endangered Species List. This fishery is closed until June 1st. Skagit finished the year with a nice push of fish the last few weeks and saw more anglers than it likely had in years.
Favorite flies for this season: Bunny Leeches, Egg Sucking Leeches, Flatwing General Practitioners, Flash flies, clousers of various colors, Skagit Minnows, Intruders, Skagit Mist, Mega Moal, Metal Detector, Morrish's Trailer Trash, River Rats, Fergus Rock Star, Marabous all in various colors and flesh flies for Dollies.
Shuttle Service: Larry at the Rockport Market 360-853-9180

Sauk River, Washington
3050 cfs @ near Darrington
12,200 cfs @ near Sauk, WA
5-11-09
Puget Sound steelhead have been named to the NOAA Endangered Species List. This fishery is closed until June 1st. The Sauk also finished up the year giving up some nice fish to those were dedicated some time to get up there. Let's hope it can remain open for the month of April next year as well.
Favorite flies for this season: Bunny Leeches, Egg Sucking Leeches, Flatwing General Practitioners, Mega Moal, Intruders, Skagit Mist, Sauk River Shrimp, Prawns, Morrish's Trailer Trash, River Rats, Fergus Rock Star, Metal Detector, Skagit Minnows, Marabous all in various colors and flesh flies and egg patterns for Dollies.

North Fork Stillaguamish River, Washington
3500 cfs @ Arlington
5-11-09
Puget Sound steelhead have been named to the NOAA Endangered Species List. Stilly is closed until June 1st to protect the returning wild steelhead during their spawning process.
Favorite flies for this season: Small Egg Sucking Leeches, Flatwing General Practitioners, Skunks, Bombers, Waller Wakers, Skykomish Sunrises, Purple Perils and purple/orange/black spey flies.

Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Sol Duc River, Bogachiel River
Hoh 702 cfs @ Highway 101
Queets 342 cfs @ Clearwater
Bogachiel @ La Push
While the Hoh and other rivers have been putting out some fish, the WDFW has decided to close the Hoh early this year, like the Puget Sound rivers due to low expected returns of fish in the system. The entire Hoh drainage, including the South Fork will close on April 3rd so better get out and hit otherwise you will have to join the 100,000 other steelhead anglers on the small number of other rivers in the region with fish in them.
Favorite flies for this season: Bunny Leeches, Starlight Leeches, Egg Sucking Leeches, Flash Fly, Flatwing General Practitioners, Skagit Minnows, Mega Moal, Metal Detector, Morrish's Trailer Trash, River Rats, Fergus Rock Star, Marabous all in various colors. Mickey Finns, spiders, reverse spiders, rolled muddlers, woolly buggers for SRC's and flesh flies for Dollies.
Shuttle Service: Ted Miller 360-374-5195

North Umpqua and mainstem Umpqua Rivers, Oregon
1040 cfs @ Winchester Dam
Fish Counts Over Winchester Dam
Good news here. Legilation finally passed so that there is to be no more killing of wild steelhead on the Umpqua River, period, they are a mandatory catch and release specie. There are some huge numbers of fish that have headed over Winchester dam this year and the number of fish we have been hearing about confirms it, we should be down there instead of here! Fly water should be stacked with fish and for those with a boat, keep in mind getting away from the crowds and either hitting the mainstem near Elkton or floating the South Umpqua, more fish go up there than most people know or even think about. Report provided by EWA guide Mike McCoy.
Favorite flies for this season: Mega Moal, Metal Detector, Morrish's Trailer Trash, River Rats, Fergus Rock Star, egg sucking leaches, articulated marabous.
Grande Ronde River, Oregon
1130 cfs @ Troy
Wow!  River flows have doubled in the past few days to over 1000 cfs.  Just what the DR. ordered.  Watch for flows to drop and stabilize (check our river flow link on our home page) -- perhaps give the fish a few days to move upstream -- then drop everything you are doing and call us for a guided trip -- or just head to Troy.  Over 135,000 steelhead have crossed Lower Granite Dam this season! Steelhead are already being caught, look for more of a push when the water stabilizes. Report provided by the Joseph Fly Shoppe.
Favorite flies for this season: Leeches, Comets, egg sucking leaches, marabous depending on water levels and color.
John Day River, Oregon
571 cfs @ McDonald Ferry
Fish Counts Over John Day Dam
Sorry for the delay in report from down here. Bass fishing has been quite good although the water levels dropped in such a huge hurry, the end of the season is already very near. The lower floats are done when the river is above 2000 cfs at the start of the trip and we have already hit that obviously. As is usual, fish will hit nearly anything you throw at them, for finding the huge ones, go deep and be persistent, you will have to catch all the small ones first sometimes.  This report provided by EWA staff guide Marty Sheppard.
Favorite flies for this season:
Bass Flies: Frogs, mice, shrews, jj specials, marabous, BWO's, stone fly nymphs, crazy charlies, deceivers, hoppers, Zonkers, Pearl Shiners, beetles, baby ducks and road kill, it almost doesn't matter.
Steelhead Flies: Articulated Leeches, Purple Perils, Skunks, Brats, Bombers, General Practitioner, Purple People Eaters, Skykomish Sunrise, Boss
McKenzie River and Willamette River, Oregon
1100 cfs McKenzie @ Walterville
Fish Counts Over Willamette Falls
 SNot much more can be said about this time of year on the Mac. Tons of dry fly activity with Baetis and caddis as well as some October caddis. Dead drift them or swing and skitter them, either way will work. Subsurface when they are not around on top, same bugs, just different time of their lives. Report provided by The Caddis Fly Angling Shop and EWA guide, Mike McCoy.

6120 cfs Willamette @ Harrisburg
Trout fishing same as Mac but also some good numbers of steelhead in the system this time of year. If you have to nymph for them, you can but the Willamette has some of the easiest swinging water in the state. Easy to wade, easy to read and willing fish to boot, so why bother treating them like trout? Skunks, leaches, spey or marabous, doesn't really matter, just get it in front of them. Report provided by The Caddis Fly Angling Shop and EWA guide, Mike McCoy.
Favorite flies for this season: Pheasant Tails, Crown Jewel PT's, princes, micro mayflies, baetis, woolly buggers, March Browns, para adams, midge patterns, egg sucking leaches, bunny leaches, steelhead princes, stonefly nymphs, marabous.

Deschutes River, Oregon
4860 cfs @ Moody
Fish Counts Over Bonneville Dam
Numbers of steelhead up the Deschutes this year are outstanding, much like other parts of the Pacific Northwest, mainly BC. Fall is likely our favorite time of year to be on this river as crowds fall away and cooler days make it feel more like steelheading. Still plenty of fish to be had from top to bottom so don't think you need to rush up to Maupin just to find them. October caddis are already around so skating flies will most certainly work well, maybe not as many fish but then again, maybe more. Never hurts to try. Report provided by Brian Silvey, Mike McCoy and The Caddis Fly Angling Shop.
Favorite flies for this season: Stoneflies, leaches, Brads Brat, Boss, heavy wire skunks, and Purple Perils.
Big Lost and Big Wood Rivers and Silver Creek, Idaho
6-13-09
Big Lost 1020 cfs @ below McKay Res.
Unfortunately, the Big Lost is still too high to fish.

Big Wood 1570 cfs @ Hailey, ID
The Big Wood has been dropping and clearing rapidly over the past five days. Adventurous anglers can start to fish the braids and side channels with large nymphs and dries, but should use caution when wading. If the Big Wood continues to drop and clear at this pace, we should be in for some great Green Drake fishing this year.

Silver Creek 73 cfs @ Sportsmans Access
Due to the abnormal weather we are experiencing, The Creek’s hatches have been unpredictable lately. Brown Drakes have finally made an appearance but not at their typical time of day. We normally see Brown Drake activity in the evening, but over the past week we’ve witnessed some great daytime Drake spinner falls, mainly in the Willows and Point of Rocks. These spinner falls usually coincide with calm overcast conditions so they should continue as long as the weather holds up. Daytime anglers will also encounter PMD (size 16) hatches as well as small (size 22) Beatis hatches and spinner falls. The sloughs and ponds have had occasional Callibaetis hatches that will continue to pick up as we head into summer.

This report provided by Silver Creek Outfitters.
Favorite flies for this season: Hoppers, Turk's Tarantualas, Stone fly nymphs, pheasant tails, black copper johns, princes, midge pupae, JJ specials, caddis, turks tarantula.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, Colorado
1870 cfs @ below Crystal Res.
5-30-09
Though fishable at this this level, we expect the Gunnison to drop another 500-800 cfs over the next couple weeks.  This is prime timing for the fabled "Salmonfly" stoneflies, which normally emerge in the second or third week of June.  Get ready!
Favorite flies for this season: Stone fly nymphs, copper johns, princes, pheasant tails, BWO's, JJ specials, egg patterns, San Juan worms, WD40's, micro may nymphs, baetis nymphs, lightning bugs, Morrishs' Anato-may, small hare's ears, Autumn Splendor.
San Miguel River, Colorado
703 cfs @ Placerville
5-30-09
San Miguel River:  700 cfs below Placerville.  Three days ago, the San Miguel was over 1,200 cfs.  It's dropping and clearing very fast, but will likely hang onto it's high elevation snowpack longer than the Dolores.  Target fishing date:  June 20 Reports provided by EWA on-line staff guide Troy Youngfleish, co-owner of Telluride Angler.
Favorite flies for this season: Elk hair caddis, para caddis, X-caddis, caddis emergers, Turks Tarantuala's, Terranasty, stone fly nymphs, bitch creeks, copper johns, LaFontaine pupas, princes, sprouts, Griffiths Gnats, Para Adams, BWO's, lightning bugs, Morrish's Anato May.
Uncompahgre River, Colorado
478 cfs @ Colona
5-30-09
480 at Pa-Co-Chu-Puc.  The hammer fell yesterday afternoon, when the Bureau of Reclamation wrenched flows back from 800 cfs to 480 cfs.  The Uncompahge fishes very well between 400 and 500 cfs.  Wading is still a little tricky, but the Unc is our first river to drop into shape for the summer of 2009. Reports provided by EWA on-line staff guide Troy Youngfleish, co-owner of Telluride Angler.
Favorite flies for this season: Chernobyl Ants, Stimulators, Turk's Tarantulas, Stone fly nymphs, griffiths gnats, bitch creeks, aggravator, 20 incher, copper johns, princes, Barr's Emerger, Walker's Mayhem, micro may nymphs, Morrishs' Anato-may, WD40's, midges, small para adams, BWO's, Cahills, Grey Drakes.
Rock Creek, Montana
394 cfs @ Clinton
2-21-09
Pretty much an exclusively subsurface deal at this point with the upper 1/2 of the river fishing considerably better than the lower sections. Egg patterns in pink and orange have been the most productive for us and red San Juans have been good also. The weather pretty much all week is looking favorable, but don't expect the warm up to resurrect the dryfly fishing. If you're on the creek, bring your subsurface boxes and mindset! Report provided by The Kingfisher Fly Shop.
Favorite flies for this season: San Juan worms, princes, pheasant tails, lightning bugs, copper johns, stone fly nymphs, brassies, green drakes, golden stones, caddis.
Tampa Bay and Key West, Florida
Current Tide for Tampa Bay
Current Tide for Key West
Moon Phase Calculator
3-24-09
Tampa Bay -- Spring is one of my favorite times of the year to fish in Tampa Bay. The water temps warming, getting the fish active and moving around on the flats. Snook are starting to bite and can be found milling around searching for an easy meal. We recently found a good sized group of early season Tarpon in Tampa Bay that have responded well to flies. These fish are "laid up" and floating just below the surface. A perfectly placed fly will either get a total denial or a savage hook up. This is some of the most exciting sight casting that I've seen! Our other inshore species such as Redfish, Trout, Jacks, and Cobia can all be found this time of year on our flats. The good is still yet to come and in late April we should expect to see some of the early arrivals from our gulf coast Tarpon migration. Stay Tuned...
Report provided by Capt. Brian Jill of Lost Coast Anglers.
Key West -- Tarpon fly fishing has been fast and furious here in the Keys, I have been fishing both daytime and night time charters for the last couple of weeks. We had 2 1/2 days of worm hatch which was wild while at the same time it makes the Tarpon act crazy and hard to catch while they are thinking about those Paolo worms. the weather has switched to the summer pattern with high humidity, HOT days and warm nights with relatively calm wind patterns. Report provided by The Saltwater Angler in Key West. Check out some sweet footage from Andy Mills' new tarpon movie, "Chasing Silver", this will get you pumped to head down!!
Favorite flies for this season: Bonefish Bitters, crazy charlies, gotchas, Cockroaches, Schminnows, polar fiber minnows, Flashtail Whistler, Tarpon Taker, Sand Devil, George Bush, Banana Sunday, Okeefe's Missing Link
Oahu, Kauai and Molokai Island, Hawaii
 Current Tide for Oahu
2-20-09
Winter weather have set in for the past couple of weeks here, which means intermitent rains, steady wind and a horribly uncomfortable daytime temp of around 70! All of this doesn't mean there aren't fish around but this time of year, tides can and do make all the difference. If planning a trip here to fish, make every effort during the winter to hit as much of a spring tide as possible. That said, still plenty of fish around the frustrate and reward you, just have to work a bit harder for them.  Reports provided by Capt. Duff of Coach Duff's Hawaiian Bonefishing.
Favorite flies for this season: Flatwing baitfish, Merkins Crab, Gotcha's, Bonefish Puffs, Bonefish Bitters.
Cape Cod and Nantucket, Massachusetts
 Current Tide for Cape Cod
6-13-09
The Stripers are biting and there are a lot of them!!!!! If you haven't been out fishing yet now is the time. I am getting glowing reports of fish all over the place. The best being the Eastern Shore of the Island . Seems they are all pretty big too.. Its great that the big fish are around, but where are the little guys? There is a growing concern about the smaller Schoolie Striper. Where are they? Its great that there are a lot of fish being caught but please remember to be conservative with your fish. If you want one for dinner that's okay but please think of tomorrow and the future. If you are going to release your fish please be careful with them. If they are handled roughly they may not survive. Try not to keep them out of the water to long. Maybe crimp the barbs down on treble hooks so they are easier to get out of the mouths of your catch. On flies you can also crimp your barbs down even a little and that will make it easier. Circle hooks are a great option too especially if you are using bait. Please think of tomorrow when you are out there today. Reports provided by Capt. Lynn of Cross Rip Outiftters.
Favorite flies for this season: Flatwing baitfish, Surf Darts, Half and Half, Big Bunker flies, Popovic's Silicones, Pop Lips, Tabory's Snake Fly, Skok's White Bait Mushy, Geno's Bunny Angel, Hollow Fleye, Mega Mushy, Flatwings.
Southern California Saltwater, Rivers and Streams
6-13-09
Catalina Island
Had clients on Saturday and Sunday over to Catalina Island. Both days were good for calico's and big bonito. I was surprised at how well the bonito were taking the fly on a slower calico strip. Water temperature is running around 63 degrees depending on where you're fishing. The first bonito caught on Sundays trip was on a 6wt. Sage Z-axis 691-4 by Keith Munemitsu. The fish really tested this outfit, but still lost. Also on the boat was a Montana fly fishing guide Mike Mansfield and his friend Jason. Everyone caught big bonito and lots of calico's. Double's on the calico bass was not uncommon. This report provided by Capt. Bill Calhoun of OC Fly Fishing.
Talachulitna River, Alaska
This past summer was a far cry from the previous couple at Talahiem Lodge with fishing for Kings, Coho and Rainbows being very good this year. More water in the river and more consistent rainfall through the year proved to be what it took to have a successful fishing season. There are limited dates available for the coming season, check our hosted travel page for availability.

Kanektok River, Alaska
The Kings showed up a little early this year and are already about done in the lower river. All this means is the other species are close behind and the trout are moving in and following the salmon up river. Reports provided by Alaska West.
Houma, Louisiana
Current Tide for New Orleans
This part of the country is quite stable for much of the year, meaning that the fishing is great provided there are no hurricanes in the forecast! Different seasons bring in some better conditions for drum and reds at various times but they are always around in the flats around the Mississippi Delta. For info, contact Capt. Danny Ayo at www.flyfishlouisiana.com.
Favorite flies for this season: Merkin Crab, Barr's Crab, carpet crab, Wobbler, clousers.
Various Rivers of Iceland
The Icelandic countryside is truly magical with spectacular scenery, roaring geysers, therapeutic hot springs , thundering waterfalls and possibilities of hooking Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Sea Trout, and Arctic Char. The lodging ranges from gourmet to rustic self catered privacy. Although Iceland ’s rain-starved rivers this year meant late runs of salmon,  that has not prevented 2007 from being the fourth best season in our island’s sport fishing history. River levels in June and July were the lowest ever recorded, forcing large numbers of salmon to wait off the coast. When the rains finally came, many anglers had tremendous sport. NASF is predicting a total catch of around 47,500 salmon. There were over 13,000 salmon from the Rangá rivers alone. West Rangá broke the 6,000 barrier of salmon caught and the East Rangá topped more than 7,000 salmon. The new Tungufljot River beat boasted over 500 salmon with several plus 20 pounders in the mix. What a great start for this brand new Iceland fishery. With so little rain for four months the other Icelandic rivers had only average years. Their seasons were saved by magnificent runs of fish in August and September with the following fine results:

Blanda 1117
Midfjardara 1150
Lax-á á Ásum 537
Vídidalsa 695
Svartá 301
Laugardalsá 307
Langadalsá 228
Tungufljót 480
Asum 550
Reports are provided by Angling Club Lax-a.     
Favorite flies for this season: Pool Fly, Arctic Runner, Snaelda and Willie Gunn.
Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa, Mexico
Current Tide for Zihuatanejo
4-18-09
According to Captain Temo Verboonen, the fishing was very difficult during the past week of the full moon phase and the offshore bite took a beating.  While the offshore temps remained good, the clarity has changed and he reported some red tide conditions are starting to show up in some of the areas. Beating the odds this past week was returning angler Lad Shunneson fishing three days with Captain Chiro aboard the Bloody Hook.  Although they were shut out on one day they did manage a  SAILFISH and Nice Dorado on the second day. On the third day Mr. Shunneson realized a life long dream landing an estimated 500 Lb BLACK MARLIN> This fish put Mr Shunneson within 2 BILLFISH of catching at least one of every Billfish  specie.  Temo reported some patches of red tide showing up in various areas offshore, but for now, the inshore areas remain clear.
Bait Supply: Plenty of bait with no problem
Favorite flies for this season: Decievers, large poppers, Boilermakers, Master Blasters, Sar-Mul-Macs, Sea Ducers and Sliders.
Great Sailfish Company, Guatemala
Moon Phase
6-13-09
There is much we could write, and much left to be written………..about flyfishing for large pelagic sail fish in Guatemala. Such topics as the right tippet, knots, hooks to use (single ? double ??), hook setting etc etc………..but in the end probably the most important factor in at least getting a bite out of a lit up sail fish is what you land in front of him at the stern. About half of our clients now exclusively flyfish when they come fishing to Guatemala - and we have seen all kinds of great gear. Often, inside the gear box is a grand assortment of flies, some tied lovingly by hand. We used to carry a decent selection on our boats as well - but after years of testing and observing, we now carry only two…………and they are the same fly just in two color options. As far as I know, just about every charter operator in the region, when pressed, will vouch for the same fly - Cam Sigler in pink&white. Save some baggage space - this is what the fish want !! Oh! and the other fly ??…………..Cam Sigler popper in Chartreuse.Report provided by The Great Sailfishing Company.
San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands
Moon Phase
3-13-09
Well folks we are now well into March and 2009 has not let us down in Galapagos.  Plenty of marlin continue to swim and feed off Rosa Blanca banks.   The last week has been a little windier than usual but nothing like the rougher Atlantic Ocean.  The Pacific Ocean that surrounds the Galapagos is true to its name most of the time.

Here is the latest Galapagos action report submitted by the various boats fishing:

 March 9, 2009 Pete Santini from Boston who manages and operates the Sea Hands reported very good deep blue water color.  Schools of squid and sardines were prevalent on the monitor as well as dozens of tailing striped marlin seen through the day.  Fish were very aggressive on lures and seemed to have some size to them.  Pete mentioned most fish were probably in the 180 to 200# range which shows a population of possibly older or fatter fish than earlier in the year.  One fish released was estimated near 250#. The Sea Hands had 20 raises, 13 bites and 7 releases.  Not bad!
March 10, 2009 Captain Alan Star, fishing a freelance group on his own aboard the Blue picked up a group of fly fishermen out of Santa Cruz and headed for the controversial (in name at least) bank known as 0/30 (also known as Braden´s Bank, Pacific National and the Big Bank) just East of Santa Cruz.  Star reported lots of tuna feeding but no marlin.  This bank has been off for 2 years now which seems unusual as it has seen incredible runs of marlin through it in the past.
Pete Santini fishing onboard the Sea Hands with his clients headed for Rosa Blanca banks.  Conditions of the water were beautiful dark blue.  The ocean was choppy due to the wind. Pete reported a high amount of bait and tailing marlin everywhere.  Fish did not seem as aggressive but there were plenty of them.  They managed to raise 22 stripes, 10 bites and get 3 releases.
March 11, 2009 Pete Santini onboard the Sea Hands was almost speechless when he related the experience of this day.  He expressed that the fish were everywhere and they seemed to raise fish with every turn.  They were not as aggressive on the bite and despite the high amount of raises solid hook ups on lures were hard.  Water conditions were choppy with deep blue color.  35 stripes, 1 blue and 1 black marlin were reported raised.  2 stripes and a blue estimated around 500# were released.Captain Alan Star onboard the Blue was fly fishing.  He reported raising 27 striped marlin from which they had one bite on the fly and lost the fish after a short fight.March 12, 2009 While this report is being written I called Pete Santini on his cell and he reported until 1 pm that the Sea Hands had raised 7 stripes and released 1.  Conditions were beautiful deep blue water but the ocean was still a bit choppy with 3 ft waves. I would like to thank the captains who provided this valuable information.  Without this report would not be possible.
Cozumel and Ascension Bay, Mexico
Current Tide for Cozumel
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As long as the weather has been cooperative the fishing for bones in the Cozumel areas has been pretty steady. However, the weather has not been on its best behavior so fishing has been pretty difficult, especially for anglers without a lot of time in the salt conditions. Also, in Ascension Bay, it’s high season for Tarpon fishing from May throughout September. Even though there are lots of them around the shallow waters of the flats, be prepared for a rough adventure. Hooking and landing any size of tarpon, is always a difficult challenge! Fishing has been very good for Tarpon as well as permit the past few weeks and of course bones are always to be found here.
Favorite flies for this season: Bonefish Bitters, crazy charlies, gotchas, Tan Dandy, Yucatan Specials, and Agent Oranges for the bones while Merkins Crab, Barr's Crab, Chilli Pepper, Flashtail Whistler, Tarpon Taker, Sand Devil, George Bush, Banana Sunday, Okeefe's Missing Link
Alphonse, Farquhar, Amirantes Groups, Seychelles
Current Tide for Port Victoria
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February 2007 saw the introduction of our’s latest saltwater destination - the remote Indian Ocean atoll of Providence . For three months anglers experienced some of the most pristine flats fishing available on planet earth. The sheer diversity of the fishery was mind blowing, with new species such as Bump Head Parrotfish of up to 60lbs and many others being successfully targeted. The Bonefishing is without question the best anywhere in the Seychelles , with numerous fish over the 10lb mark being landed. Enormous GT’s roam the endless flats, cuts and channels, with a fish over the 100lb mark being the largest landed! Milkfish and Triggerfish abound, with many anglers sampling the thrill of landing these magnificent fish. If the first season is anything to go by, Providence shall soon be mentioned alongside the worlds fly fishing’s elite!

February 2007 saw the introduction of our’s latest saltwater destination - the remote Indian Ocean atoll of Providence . For three months anglers experienced some of the most pristine flats fishing available on planet earth. The sheer diversity of the fishery was mind blowing, with new species such as Bump Head Parrotfish of up to 60lbs and many others being successfully targeted. The Bonefishing is without question the best anywhere in the Seychelles , with numerous fish over the 10lb mark being landed. Enormous GT’s roam the endless flats, cuts and channels, with a fish over the 100lb mark being the largest landed! Milkfish and Triggerfish abound, with many anglers sampling the thrill of landing these magnificent fish. If the first season is anything to go by, Providence shall soon be mentioned alongside the worlds fly fishing’s elite!
Duma River, Tanzania, Africa -- Giant Tigerfish
4-22-09
With the discovery of Duma 2 in Nov 2008, a river as productive as Duma 1, we are in a pleasing position of being able to offer 6 river beats of 15 - 20km each at Duma River Camp.  All beats are exclusive to TF guests.  The season has been limited to the 12 absolute best weeks in the year with a max of 4 rods per week. Each beat will be fished once every 6 days, ensuring no area is over fished. All fishing is strictly catch-and-release with barbless single hooks only. By having exclusive fishing rights to these magnificent stretches of water, we can actively and successfully manage the fishery with the aim of maximum consistency, productivity and most importantly sustainability.  All of these steps are taken to ensure Duma remains Africa’s finest tiger fishery for your enjoyment.

This is one venue that our guides, and the lucky few guests who have fished it, cannot wait much longer to get back to.  Eight world record fish in eight days, virgin rivers, big game, and untouched wilderness, what more can you ask for?  Tourette Fishing management will be heading up to the famed waters of Duma River Camp in early July to begin preparing for what is set to be the most epic season of tiger fishing the fly fishing community has yet to experience.  The Duma season runs from end of August through to early November.  Tourette Fishing will be guiding 12 groups of 4 rods each.  The duration of each trip is one week.  As it stands we have three weeks still available for the 2009 season, with a couple of single rods spaces to full. This report provided by our partner in Africa, Keith Clover of Tourette Fishing.

Los Jardines de la Reina, Isla Juventud, Las Salinas , Cuba
Current Tide for Manzanillo
The tarpon fishing has been outstanding lately in the Juventud area with easly 15-20 plus shots a tarpon each day per angler and fish ranging from 20-60 pounds. This is the ideal size for those who enjoy silver kings but do not enjoy the King sized ones. All the arials, runs and visual takes of the big ones but landed and back to fishing in less than an hour, much less usually.
Quepos, Golfito, Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica
Current Tide for Quepos
Fishing around Matapalo Rock, has been producing some decent rooster action but the problem right now is that there is virtually no bait to be found.  A few amberjacks have been milling around as well but the region has just finished up with some extremely heavy rain for the past few weeks and should begin to see fishing pick up here soon as most of the seasonal lodges in the area have opened for the season this past week.
Favorite flies for this season: Decievers, large poppers, Boilermakers, Sliders, Master Blasters, Sea-Habits, Sea Ducers and Sar-Mul-Macs.

Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Opala, Pymta, Icha, Tikhaya, Kolpakova Rivers
Good news in some ways not in others for those looking to do Kamchatka this season:
The flight will depart in either direction on Mondays from July 7 to September 15 of 2008 with an additional flight on Thursdays from July 17 to August 21 of 2008 with the following departure and arrival times:
Anchorage - Petropavlovsk dep. 7:45am, arr. 9:45am (the next day)
Petropavlovsk - Anchorage dep. 10:00pm, arr. 5:45am (same day)
Coach class fares start from $1890 round-trip plus taxes and service fees (about $2095 with taxes and service fees included). Business class fares start from $3690 round trip plus taxes and service fees (about $3895 with taxes and service fees included). There are only 8 business class seats on this aircraft, so early reservations are encouraged.
Favorite flies for this season: Rajah, Zonkers, Battle Creek, Pink Sparkler, Flash Fly, Mouse, Bomber, Bitch Creek, Wulff, Black Gnat, Caddis, Wooly Worm, Egg Sucking Leach.
Tofino, British Columbia
Current Tide for Clayoquot Sound
5-18-09
With recent weather patterns providing a day to day mix of all types, springtime conditions may be a little delayed, but not totally abnormal.

Also a little later than normal, the Tofino sport fishing conditions and opportunities for Chinook Salmon and Halibut were slowed a bit by the mixed weather conditions, as well as the anticipated wait for the first strong runs of transient Chinook  Salmon heading south past the coastline of Clayoquot Sound. The springtime waiting game is over on many fronts, with timely indicators prevalent in many areas both on land and sea. During the same time that local Cherry trees blossom, and the Black bears roam the hillsides and beaches in search of their spring forage, there are also many ocean indicators that help notify anglers that the “Spring Season” is upon us. Local Fishermen know the Salmon are here or near when current indicators at sea are so obvious. Acres upon acres of Krill or Plankton a short distance offshore have created massive clouds of the nutrient rich base food source for most local aquatic species. Amazing numbers of Humpback whales, marine mammals and birds, as well as aggressively feeding Chinook salmon, Halibut and various other fish species are currently enjoying one of nature’s best spring-time offerings. On a very positive note, there have been reports from many areas of the coast that the plankton abundance is extremely strong, supporting many marine species.

Over the past week in the Tofino/ Clayoquot Sound area, Chinook salmon fishing has increased dramatically, with consistent action and catches for those to enjoy the best tasting salmon of the season. Most Chinook Salmon have been caught offshore from Tofino approximately 4-6 miles, while trolling near clouds of bait like the pre-mentioned Plankton, as well schools of commonly abundant Needlefish. On the tougher weather days, the salmon fishing inshore has been very good as well, with spots very near Tofino harbour, creating close and reliable option. The offshore areas for Salmon fishing have also been hot spots for Halibut fishing, with many Halibut being caught while trolling for Salmon. To catch Halibut this way is not uncommon, especially when trolling with baits like Anchovies or Herring near the bottom. Coho Salmon are also starting to show up, with these likely being the start of the Columbia River summer run of Coho that is anticipated to be extremely strong over the next three to Four months.

This report is provided by EWA online staff guide, Jay Mohl of Tofino Fishing.
Skeena River System, British Columbia
3-25-09
We are happy to have started our guiding season!  Our anglers have been catching some big beautiful steelhead in really low, clear water, which has been an interesting challenge.  Yesterday, Dr. Steve had two strong takes in three casts.  After missing the first, he set hard into the second, and when the fish hooked up, his rod exploded in two places just above the butt!  After a seesaw battle with Scott holding the tip, they beached a chrome buck about 15 pounds.  Congratulations, Steve! The weather is warming and fresh fish are showing up; yesterday, both boats hit chrome bright steelhead.  Following are some photos of this season’s steelhead.  Yahoo, it’s great to be fishing with guests who’ve come back for more, and meeting new ones that are enjoying the excitement of fishing in our neighborhood! This report provided by Brad Zeerip of Z Boat Lodge River Guide.
Chrismas Island, Kiribati, South Pacific
Current Christmas Island Tide
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We have great news for Christmas Island Anglers.  We have been able to confirm flights for all anglers currently booked January, February, and March.  A new agency started managing the charter flight about a week ago and they are great to work with.  The charter flight is taking 18 lucky people to the island each week and anglers are reporting fishing rested and uncrowed flats with some telling us the fishing as good or better than they had in the early 90's.  There is still space in a few January, February, and March weeks so if you are looking for a saltwater getaway give us a call.
Favorite flies for this season: Bonefish Bitters, Christmas Island Special, crazy charlies, gotchas, Tan Dandy, Pink Sands, Paris Flat bonefish fly, Greenie Weenie, mini Puff and Flats Master for bones. Large deceivers, Boilermakers, Reef Demons, poppers, baitfish patterns and clousers for the Trevally and Lemons.
River Spey, River Dee, River Tweed and Findhorn River, Scotland
As we moved into early June, the weather remained fairly settled. However, there were some odd days of persistent rainfall which made very little impact on the water levels on our rivers in this part of the Highlands. On Monday, June 9th, I was fishing up on Drynachan Beats of the Cawdor Estate. The river levels were down to zero inches on both Shenachie and Forres gauges. The weather forecasters were yet again predicting rainfall and I was feeling a little optimistic that maybe, just maybe, this week we would see some improvement on river conditions. I knew full well that many of the beats, including Banchor, Lethen, Glenferness, and Logie beats were indeed, full of Spring salmon, just waiting to move upstream. The weather today was certainly feeling much cooler, cloudy with some sunny spells and the wind was howling.Lady Barbara and I arrived up on the Dalbuie Beat that morning and I was keen to just take a look at the pools and check out conditions as to where our best bet might be. As we surveyed our beat, we watched Oyster Catchers and Sand Pipers carefully guarding their young chicks endeavouring to draw attention away from their tiny offspring. We then spotted a male Osprey quartering high above the tail of the Dalbuie Pool looking for an opportunity of an easy kill. We followed the bird as it made its way upstream in search of prey. Suddenly, from a high position, the magnificent bird folded his wings and made an unsuccessful lunge at a fish in the tail of the Red Stream Pool. It was a magnificent sight, despite the fact that our Osprey had failed this time!Having viewed all pools, I have to say, the options were indeed pretty limited in these conditions, but the cloud cover and wind would definitely offer an advantage of catching a fish. I decided to tackle up with my 11'. Thomas & Thomas seven weight with a Lee Wulff Triangle Taper #7 full floating line. Fishing in these low water conditions, one has to be a little craftier than usual. Light tackle is important to cover the streams and pools without any disturbance to avoid spooking, easily spooked salmon in these lower water levels. I was trying to decide what fly to use and had opted for a small ¾" Silver Stoat plastic tube fished on the hitched style. In low water, these wee tubes can be skated over the surface with great effect often resulting in a savage take from a salmon. Report is provided by Ian Neale, check out his site at www.speycaster.net.
Favorite flies for this season: Gary Dog, Black Doctor, Durham Ranger, Hairly Mary, Silver Highlander, Ullsocken, Parrot Spey, Black Sunburst, Thunder Spey, Munro Killer, Dunkeld, Silver Wilkenson, Thunder and Lightning, Stoats Tail, Cascade, Ally Shrimp variations, Willie Gunn, Purple Haze, Purple Cascade, Temple Dog, Legolas, and Sunray Shadow.
Famous Chalk Streams, England
6-13-09
Wow, that was quite a Mayfly season and definitely one to remember! That said we shouldn't forget that we are only a third of the way through the season - there are still four glorious months ahead of us. Long summer days, sultry evening rises, perplexing hatches that confound your every effort to match them, clumsy sedges the fish leap for and rivers in perfect condition. And all that at a time of year when the prices drop way below the Mayfly peak - some beats are 60% below the prime time. As Dermot Wilson so eloquently put it the summer is the time of year that the City gents climb into their fast cars and head back to town. A stillness hangs over the river valleys where a wonderful feeling of solitude and tranquility pervades the countryside. These reports provided by Simon Cooper of Fishing Breaks and William Daniel of Famous Fishing.
Estonia
Brown trout fishing begins in April, look for reports about the trout and Atlantic Salmon fishing in Estonia to begin in a few weeks.
Report provided by Vahur Mae of Estfly LLC .
Favorite flies for this season:
Placencia, Belize
Current Tide for Belize City
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Fishing has been very productive lately with large tarpon around, plenty of permit and of course the year around presence of bones. Tarpon at a couple of the places we work with have been boated in the 140 lb. class and many anglers having mulitiple shots as schools of permit each day.
Favorite flies for this season: Merkin Crabs, Crazy Charlies, Moe Heads, feather crabs, McCrab, Barr's Crabs for the bones and permit, Cockroach, decievers, barred tarpon fly Black Death, Chartreuse Decievers, Gotchas, Tarpon Glo's, epoxy squid Chico's Shallow Water Tarpon, Stu Apte and surf eels for the Tarpon.
This report provided by Capt. Charlie Leslie of Kingfisher's Tarpon Caye Lodge.
Grand Bahama, Exumas, Andros and Abacos, Bahamas
Current Tide for Andros
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Jason and I went out at 2 pm yesterday afternoon for a quick look for permit on the ocean side ( we both caught a small one each 2 days ago – attached are some pics ) but we got clouded out after only 10 minutes and it looked like a large thunderstorm may build so we decided to poke our noses offshore on the flats boat as it was so calm. We do this from time to time. Anyway, 2 minutes later the attached happened. You can see the beach in the background of one of the pics. We had lots of other opportunities to catch plenty more dolphin/dorado but we saw a couple of yellowfin tuna in the 35-40 lb range in with the dolphin so that then took priority. It was hard to get them as the dolphin were just to ravenous. We tried desperately to get a yellowfin hooked as to date we have only caught small yellowfin ( up to 10 lbs ) on fly from a flats boat ( Plenty big ones from our offshore boat ) but even though we were pulling the flies away from the dolphin we could not keep the yellowfin around long enough. We are wondering if Permit / Bonefish / dorado is some kind of SLAM ??
Favorite flies for this season: Gotchas, Crazy Charlies, Bonefish Puffs, Chili Peppers, Moose Turds, Phylis Diller, Borski's Super Swimming Shrimp, smaller clousers, in tan for the bones, poppers, Cuda Killers, Popovics Banger and Candy Eels for barracuda, clousers for jacks, Veverka's Golden Mantis, Borski's Chernobyl Crab and yarn crabs for the Permit.
Amazon River Region, Brazil
The river is lower this season than we have ever seen it but the fishing so far has been very good. The first group was a group out of Missouri and they had 526 fish with 4 over 20lb and 39 over 10lb. The best popper was a black & orange peacock special made by Jim Kaempfer. The second group was a group from Texas and they had 484 fish including a 20lb, 22lb, 23lb, and a 25lb. Its surprising how well things have gone so far with a new boat and ect. but of course the crew & guides have a ton of experience. Everyone needs to experience this trip one time in their lifetime.
Favorite flies for this season: Big surface poppers!
Patagonia, Chile/Argentina
During Thursday about 70 earth shocks were felt in Chaitén. I felt some small vibrations here at the lodge too. Nobody thought about the volcano “Chaitén”; which was presumed to be extinct. Friday morning however it turned out to be a bit different. When I woke up all was covered in a thin layer of ashes, just like morning dew. The situation in Chaitén was much more worrying. During the night heavy shocks (up to 5.9 on the Richter scale) were felt and the volcano started spewing ashes covering the village with a white layer of 2 to 3 inches. No lava erupted, though. The ashes contaminated the potable water of the village and the graze lands and some people had prickly eyes. As the volcano is located at only 10 kilometers from the village the immediate fear existed that a real lava eruption might cover and destroy the whole village. A river which runs through the village comes from the slopes of the volcano.

The authorities decided to evacuate all the inhabitants. And they truly did an amazing and impressive job there. In one day all of the 4000 inhabitants have been evacuated to Puerto Montt and Chiloe by sea. Less than 200 people remain in the village.

This morning, Sunday, and last night it rained; which came as a blessing. All the ashes are washed away and all looks clear and safe again here. The sun is out, skies are blue and the birds are singing again. In Chaitén, however, small shocks are still felt and the village remains “closed”, but nothing compared to what happened on Friday. The earth seem to have calmed down. The ashes reached as far as Futaleufu and Esquel in Argentina causing problems there too.

At this moment it is too early to know what will happen to the evacuated people and the village. For our operation, however, I don’t see any consequences of what happened so far and if the worst case would happen (let God help us here), we might have to use the airstrip of La Junta or Lago Verde for next season. This report provided by EWA staff member Joe Delling, owner of Rio Azul Fly Fishing Lodge in Chile.
Favorite flies for this season: Chernobyl Ants and Hoppers, Mazuka, Ziwi, Gaucho, Galunga's, Turks Tarantulas, wooly sculpins, Pancora, Terranasty's, muddlers, mice, lemmings, JJ Specials, bunny leeches and other big dry flies and streamers.
New Zealand
Well into November here in NZ. And we have rain! Its quite normal here for this time of year and the good thing is the rivers and lakes are getting a good top up.It has put things back for a week or two but the fish will be feeding hard again soon.\par The fishing has been good so far with reports coming through of large fish being caught. Ive heard of a couple of double fish getting caught locally, but so far nothing quite that big for my clients. With the weather getting warmer and the days longer we are starting to see more fish rising to dries. A combination of a large indicator dry with a nymph fished a couple of feet below that is proving to be the ideal set up for searching out the fish. This is great as the fish often see the dry and grab the nymph of the way up. \par Next week I'll be heading into the Fiorldand National Park to fish some of the small streams that flow into larger lakes, the country can be a little rough but the rewards are great. With Large rainbows and browns holding in pocket water, these streams are characterised by dense bush often over hanging the water and i'll be looking to fish with dries imitating the many terrestrials that fall in the the water. The countryside is stunning, with a back drop of bush covered mountains. We'll be using a boat to get around, staying in some out of the way huts and even if the fishing isnt red hot at least the surounding will make up for it. This report provided by Neil Robinson of Hooked on New Zealand Fly Fishing.
Sydney, Australia
Current Sydney Tide
5-18-09
Whilst the kingfish have not been all over the place the size of them has been fantastic. We have encountered fish in the 8-10 kg class on most trips and there has been several schools working the surface throughout the past few weeks.Tuesday 19th and Thursday 21st are both available to try for the larger Kingfish and I have scattered availability over coming weeks.The cooler months are also some of the best fishing months and I always start a little later in the day to avoid the morning cool and breeze. The later part of the days are usually fantastic and warm. Even on larger fly rods and heavy spin gear we have found it hard to stay connected to some of the bigger fish as all our hook-ups have been near structure. The truth is that even our larger spin gear is not able to exert as much pressure on the fish as an expertly used fly rod. The fish have been taking deep fly and poppers and I have seen numerous garfish and yellowtail being pursued by the larger fish as well.Report provided EWA online staff guide, Justin Duggan of Sydney Fly Fishing.

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