Here is this weeks Methow Fishing Report with Deputy Don and Leaf, Fish On Ya’ll!!!
KTRT 97.5 Methow Fishing Report
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The Methow River Needs HELP!
Methow Debris
First my home burned (as well as many other families), then what was left was washed away by floods, and then those floods destroyed private fisheries I had been developing for more than a decade. As if that wasn’t enough the floods continued pelting hillsides and canyons destabilized by fire, resulting flash flooding wiped out houses pushing debris and sediment into the lower three quarters of the Methow killing large numbers of fish and aquatic life of all types.
Death
The resulting damage to the Methow river is mostly a natural “once in a lifetime” event, however the impacts will be felt for years to come. While natural disaster can be an overwhelming nightmare we have to keep our chins up and do what we can for each other and the Valley/River we love. Which is why Methow Fishing Adventures is teaming up with the Globetrouters as well as other local river and fishing guides to remove as much man made debris from the river as possible before spring run-off makes the situation worse.
Grahm Slaying Dedris
Brandon with Nothing
Consider this a challenge not unlike the “ice-bucket” challenge, only this has a good reason behind it. The following pictures are from a trip with I did with my friends Brandon and Grahm of the Globetrouters in the middle section of the Methow. We will be working through-out the fall and winter, if you are interested in helping just drop us a line.
Catch of the Day
Signs of Life
Pictures are intended to act as a visual reminder of what you might expect to catch on this stretch of the Methow if we don’t get out there and do what we can. If you can’t make it to the Methow then let this encourage you to pick up your local waters, trails, whatever. If not us then who?
Not a bad load o crap
Brandon pushing the Garbage Scow
KTRT 97.5 Methow Fishing Report
Here is this weeks Methow Fishing Report with Deputy Don and Leaf, Fish On Ya’ll!
Weekly Methow Fly Fishing Report
Not Bad
Fall fishing…what can be said other than I love it, because you never know what you might see in a day on the Met in the fall. In the last week I have hooked my first couple Steelhead, on the dry no less which pretty much almost ruins me each season, there is always a fear nothing else will compare but who am I kidding, I’ll be fishing until there’s no place to fish.
1st steel of the year on the skate
There have been multiple Bulltrout attacking our trout, one I even managed to make cough up the 13 inch cutthroat I had on, then out of pure chance the dry fly set in the nose of the bull which produced a vicious fight. Seeing the cutthroat all the way into the adipose (head first) in that bulls mouth I thought it would never see daylight again, but when all looked lost for that little cut the bull gave a jump and barfed it out in mid-air unharmed!
Big Bad Bull
The rotation has been pretty simple as of late, just focusing on the main bugs of the early fall which here are Golden Stones, Green Drakes and of course October Caddis. I am encouraged to see fish moving up the Methow regardless of its state in the lower sections as a result of flash-flooding.
Big Bad Bull
Backcountry is still snow free and now is the time for catching amazing ant falls at many of the best high-country lakes in the state. For any interested in booking a trip in the high or low lands of the Methow just drop us a line, we’ll get you out on the water having fun!
Big Bad Bull Release
