Puget Sound, Washington
48° water temp. @ Southworth
Current Seattle Tide
Current Puget Sound Winds
Salmon fry, Bullhead fry and a lot of other bait have all descended on the beaches and the fish are responding, a bit slowly but they are. Cruising pods of small silvers have been feeding regularly on the various food forms and the most effective method has seemed to be slower retrieve with smaller patterns. In areas where current is really strong, allowing the fly to swing has been working quite well. Up north, Dollies are beginning to show up as well on the beaches accessible around the Skagit Bay. With the weather we have been having, expect the season to not hit its peak for a little while still.
Favorite flies for this season: 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

Skykomish River, Washington
2260 cfs @ Goldbar 37° water temp.
Puget Sound steelhead have been named to the NOAA Endangered Species List. Closed until the 1st of June to all fishing.
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

Sauk River, Washington
870 cfs @ near Darrington
2870 cfs @ near Sauk, WA
Puget Sound steelhead have been named to the NOAA Endangered Species List. Closes the end of March this year. A few wild fishies around right now for those willing to brave the cold weather. There have been a number of anglers getting wild and still a hatchery steelhead or two on the Skagit as well as the Sauk. Just because these might close during the normal time frame where wild steelhead are most prevelent, doesn't mean that a decent number of them don't arrive early, some years, many do. Not to mention, there are some very nice sized dollies around right now 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
20,800 cfs @ Arlington
Puget Sound steelhead have been named to the NOAA Endangered Species List. Closed until 1st of June to all fishing. We typically reserve fishing the Stilly in the fall for steelhead when water is a bit cooler and there are a few more fish in the river. The lower stretches can be very good for sea run cutts down near Sylvana, have a boat will make access much easier.
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

Deschutes River, Oregon
4410 cfs @ Moody
Fish Counts Over Bonneville Dam
The trout fishing has been good with October caddis hatching in the Warm Springs area and decent reports on Steelhead fishing throughout the whole river. 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.

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.

This fishing season has been as consistent as ever, with further support of this from Bill Shaw, the South Coast Recreation Fisheries Co-odinator from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In a meeting with Shaw earlier this month, he had indicated that the Tofino and Ucluelet areas have provided quite possibly the best and most consistent catches of Chinook and Coho Salmon on the British Columbia coast for 2007. Chinook and Coho Salmon are the most prized sport-fish in marine waters coast-wide, and spend most of the spring and summer traveling in a southward direction, feeding for prolonged periods of time in the areas that provide the right combination of food source and habitat. The Tofino and Ucluelet areas are fortunate to have a very unique combination of these prime factors that is favourable to the fish as well as the fishermen who venture out in search of their quarry. The offshore banks from Tofino and Ucluelet are a prime feeding and traveling “highway” for many mixed stocks of Salmon enroute to their natal streams by early in the fall. The underwater contours of these offshore areas, juxtaposed with an abundance of Sardines, Herring and Needlefish are a prime and unique combination for these aggressively feeding Salmon. Also not to be overlooked, in fact a scenario of notoriety has been the inshore areas of Clayoquot Sound, and to a slightly lesser extent Barkley Sound. The shallow protected waters and prime habitat of these inshore areas have become the venue of World Class fishing memories for many. Composed of numerous Reefs, Sandbars, Islands and Kelp beds, this varied structure compliments the great fishing opportunities and magnificent beauty of these pristine coastal areas, all within a safe and fuel efficient distance from our local protected harbours.

This outstanding light tackle fishing with gear and flies has helped put the Clayoquot Sound area on the map as the Pacific Northwest’s premier destination, most specifically for fly anglers in search of unparalleled Coho action.

Don’t disregard the great bottom fishing opportunities that prevail offshore. Halibut, Ling Cod and various other bottom fish provide great action through the summer and in to the late fall. The offshore reefs and outer bank contours also provide great habitat and food sources for these varied bottom-fish that range in size, color and species.

With the prime combination of great fishing, pristine scenery, road, water or air access, as well as the absolutely outstanding world class amenities available in the communities of Tofino and Ucluelet, it is no wonder that we are frequently considered the best option for fishing and holiday plans on the British Columbia coast. Some areas boast the title “Salmon Capital of the World” but the many anglers who have experienced Tofino and Ucluelet fishing, know themselves that there is no title necessary to describe what happens on a regular basis in our local waters. This report is provided by EWA online staff guide, Jay Mohl of Tofino Fishing

My first Dallas Lodge group, who were fishing on the Findhorn beats of Glenferness, Coulmony and Logie, toiled desperately through very hot and low water conditions during the first full week of May. Air temperatures soared into the high 70°F everyday and water temperatures were around 58°F. I don't remember ever seeing the water so very low and so very clear for this time of the year. However, despite these unusual conditions it was amazing that salmon were entering the river off every tide and were even running upstream every day. It wasn't actually as though there seemed to be a shortage of fresh fish as we were seeing fish in many of the holding pools each day. The main problem, of course, was the effects of the extreme sunlight over the water. The other problem, was trying to get the fly to move and look enticing enough to be taken by a fish! Despite these conditions, my guests kept on going and never once complained of the difficulties that they faced each day; and as one of the group cheerfully said to me, "Well, Ian it's better than going to work every day"! How could I possibly disagree! It was with some amazement and delight that one member of the party did actually connect with a fish on Tuesday, May 1st. This was none other than David Clark, "Clarky", who managed to hook and land a really lovely fresh 10 lb salmon from the Sand pool on Coulmony. The fish was taken on a small Cascade on a full floating line and after being carefully unhooked was quickly and safely released. It is always amazing how one fish will spur the others on to give some new hope to everyone. Sadly, there were no other fish recorded for that week as the High pressure kept a firm grip over the country during the whole week. I have to say, it is not very often that we get a full week of total sunshine, especially at this time of year. Looking back through our records, we usually see some rainfall to give the river levels a lift and improve our fishing chances at some point in the week. 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.