This weekend found the family and I headed south to the “Big City” of Wenatchee to see my dad and give my wife and I a chance at the ol’ dinner and a movie in “Civilization”. As far as dinner and a movie Sumo Sushi in Wenatchee and the movie American Hustle are both very good things and as far as fishing goes the Wenatchee River was a very good thing too.

I had a couple of chances to get out, each time for only about an hour and a half but was rewarded both times with nice steelhead. The first morning I tried a hole very close to the highway just before the small town of Monitor where I landed three nice fish two one salt and one two salt all wild. The second day I tried the same hole first with no bites then went up-stream to another place my father had shown me just above Monitor by an old bridge there I landed one fish as well.

All together I have felt very happy with the fishing each time on the Wenatchee, it can look large and intimidating but if you just fish the runs that look good where you can reach you will have fun. If you ever want to book a trip on the Wenatchee a good person to call is Brad Wagner at Bobber Down he knows the Wenatchee better than anyone and it sounds like he’s been having a lot of success as usual. To book a trip with Brad go to (509) 670-3095 brad@fishwenatche.com

As well the Methow is still fishing strong drop my a line here at Methow Fishing Adventures when you are ready to do the same!

As mentioned in my previous fishing report I’ve been burning through the bugs as fishing has been pretty dang good and since it decided to be cold for a few days I’ve been getting some work done at the vice and I thought I would share a couple of my favorite patterns for this time of year.
First “Leaf’s not so Perfect Golden Stone” as they are in the drift year-round they also work year-round for Steelhead and Cutthroat alike.

Second a couple variations on the classic Chironomid both are red ice cream cone head one is a double and the other a single. Most people know of Chironomids as a lake fly originating in B.C. where it was developed for fishing Kamloops and Girard rainbow trout but they are also a deadly Steelhead fly as well.

Double Red Ice Cream Cone Head Chironomid

Single Red Ice Cream Cone Head Chironomid