Swinging Flies in Southwest Washington - 27 July 2011

What's a guy to do with a little time off?  Fish!  Alarm set for 3:00AM and on the river by 5:30AM.  Water level perfect for a Skagit head, 7 1/2-feet of T-14 MOW tip....  I didn't get great hook sets on the first two fish, but the third tug of the morning shot 3-feet into the air approximately 90-feet downstream!


Intruder (black and blue)

No tugs for the next three hours so I decided to eat a little lunch, sharpen some hooks, and relax a little in the shade.  Changed over to a 3-inch black Silvey's Tandem Tube.  Mid way through the run- SLAM!  One of the best fighting hatchery fish to date!


Silvey's Tandem Tube (black flanked by two strands of blue holographic flash each side, hot red bead)

Awesome day in the Pacific Northwest!  Two fish in the cooler and back home in Gig Harbor before rush hour.  


Enjoying a nice cold Lunazul margarita, BBQ is lit off, a little Dungeness crab and fresh steelhead for dinner! Any takers?