{"id":1480,"date":"2014-05-21T07:07:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T14:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2014-05-21T18:01:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T01:01:39","slug":"methow-fishing-report-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/methow-fishing-report-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Methow Fishing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1492\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1492\" data-attachment-id=\"1492\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/methow-fishing-report-11\/5-18-14-057\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-057.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4320,3240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix XP20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1400378300&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0014705882352941&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-18-14 057\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Fly Rod Ranch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-057-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-057-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Fly Rod Ranch\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-057-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-057-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-057-624x467.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fly Rod Ranch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wow! It has been that kind of week that just leaves you with perma-grin. Fishing has been great and the weather has been about as nice as you could hope for in the spring. The lowland lakes are all fishing well, some have even began to see the Damsel hatches start, which can be one of the finest opportunities of the spring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1490\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1490\" data-attachment-id=\"1490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/methow-fishing-report-11\/5-18-14-032\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-032.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3574,3088\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix XP20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1400224078&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-18-14 032\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Father David&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-032-1024x884.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1490\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-032-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"Father David\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-032-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-032-1024x884.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-032-624x539.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Father David<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I would like to give a shout out to Father David, an incredibly nice and humble man of god whom I had out recently. Father David told me that he needed very little help but would just like to fish something different, so I took him to a private spot with big fish, I told him they weren\u2019t always easy but he assured me he was up to the challenge. When Father David and I got to the spot the weather was crazy, after about an hour though it calmed and it was fish on time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1491\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/methow-fishing-report-11\/5-18-14-036\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-036.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2187,2446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix XP20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1400224113&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-18-14 036\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-036-915x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1491\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-036-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"5-18-14 036\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-036-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-036-915x1024.jpg 915w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-036-624x697.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFather David impressed me with not only his ability to stalk, hook and land his fish but also with his beautifully simple and effective personally tied flys.\u00a0I told father David someone must be watching over him because he did better than most people on such tough water.<br \/>\nAs well as fishing the lakes on the valley floor I made a trip to a couple of my favorite mid-elevation lakes, Rock Lakes situated about 10 miles north of Loup Loup Pass. The Upper Rock Lake is filled with wild Brooke Trout from young of the year to the occasional 14-16 incher and all are beautiful in typical Brooke fashion.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1501\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-088.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1501\" data-attachment-id=\"1501\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/methow-fishing-report-11\/5-18-14-088\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-088.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3952,880\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix XP20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1400545547&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0023809523809524&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-18-14 088\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Upper Rock Lake&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-088-1024x228.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1501\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-088-300x66.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Rock Lake\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-088-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-088-1024x228.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-088-624x138.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Rock Lake<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lower Rock Lake has Westslope Cutthroat from 6 to 18 inches; there is both day use and overnight camping at Rock Lakes. There have been a lot of good reports coming from Cougar and Blackpine as well which are another couple of my favorite Mid-elevation lakes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1495\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-068.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1495\" data-attachment-id=\"1495\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/methow-fishing-report-11\/5-18-14-068\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-068.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4320,3240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix XP20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1400539467&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-18-14 068\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rock Lake Brooke Trout&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-068-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-068-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Lake Brooke Trout\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-068-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-068-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-068-624x467.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock Lake Brooke Trout<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All rivers in the state open on May 25th and we will be gearing up to fish the Methow, Chewuch and Twisp as run-off allows. If you are interested in early bookings for the Methow, Twisp or Chewuch Rivers as well as the low and mid-elevation lakes just click on our Contact page, we\u2019ll get you out on the water and having fun!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1496\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1496\" data-attachment-id=\"1496\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/21\/methow-fishing-report-11\/5-18-14-069\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-069.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4045,2456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix XP20&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1400539478&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5-18-14 069\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rock Lake Brooke Trout&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-069-1024x621.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1496\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-069-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"Rock Lake Brooke Trout\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-069-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-069-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/5-18-14-069-624x378.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rock Lake Brooke Trout<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! It has been that kind of week that just leaves you with perma-grin. Fishing has been great and the weather has been about as nice as you could hope for in the spring. The lowland lakes are all fishing well, some have even began to see the Damsel hatches start, which can be one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,145,18],"tags":[167],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing-report","category-fishing-update","category-wdfw-fishing-rule-changes","tag-spring-fishing-methow-valley"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27r3u-nS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1480"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions\/1514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}