{"id":578,"date":"2013-02-13T10:39:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T18:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/?p=578"},"modified":"2013-02-13T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T18:39:37","slug":"methow-valley-fly-fishing-report-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/13\/methow-valley-fly-fishing-report-3\/","title":{"rendered":"METHOW VALLEY FLY FISHING REPORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello anglers. \u00a0Time for another fish report.\u00a0 Things to note this week\u00a0\u2013 Good news.\u00a0 It looks like the Methow river will reopen March 1st.\u00a0 There will be a small window of a few weeks to fish before it closes again.\u00a0 From what I know, the majority of the fish are in the middle to upper Methow river.\u00a0 A good bet for catching a Steelhead, when it opens, would be an egg pattern dead drifted under an strike indicator. \u00a0Ill keep you posted as soon as I hear more information. \u00a0In the mean time here is a photo of me and a nice wild Steelhead from last year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"431\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/photo-gallery-2\/mf04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mf04-e1351631327138.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1536,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A75&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1203515245&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.40625&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\\\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mf04-e1351631327138-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-431\" alt=\"\\\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mf04-e1351631327138-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mf04-e1351631327138-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mf04-e1351631327138-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mf04-e1351631327138.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Chewuch River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0CLOSED for fishing as of Aug 15th<\/p>\n<p><b>Methow River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 CLOSED for Steelhead fishing as of Dec 1st.\u00a0 We are hoping for a split season, opening back up in Feb or March.<\/p>\n<p><b>Twisp River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0CLOSED for fishing as of Aug 15th<\/p>\n<p><b>Alta Lake<\/b> &#8211; CLOSED for fishing as of Oct 1st.<\/p>\n<p><b>Big Twin Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 CLOSED for fishing as of Nov 1st.<\/p>\n<p><b>Black Pine Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Frozen over.<\/p>\n<p><b>Buck Lake<\/b> &#8211; Frozen over.<\/p>\n<p><b>Campbell Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Frozen over.\u00a0 September 1 &#8211; March 31 statewide size\/daily limit on trout.<\/p>\n<p><b>Cougar Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 Frozen over.\u00a0 September 1 &#8211; March 31 statewide size\/daily limit on trout.<\/p>\n<p><b>Davis Lake\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Frozen over.\u00a0 September 1 &#8211; March 31 statewide size\/daily limit on trout.<\/p>\n<p><b>Leader Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN for ice fishing.\u00a0 Mixed bag of bass, trout and bluegill.<\/p>\n<p><b>Little Twin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 CLOSED for fishing as of Nov 1st.<\/p>\n<p><b>Patterson Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN for ice fishing.\u00a0 Statewide size\/daily limit on trout.\u00a0 Mixed bag of bass, trout and perch.<\/p>\n<p><b>Pearrygin Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 CLOSED for fishing as of Oct. 1st<\/p>\n<p>To find out how to get to any of the mentioned rivers and lakes, use our fish map to point you in the right direction.\u00a0 The map is free online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/\">www.flyfishersproshop.com<\/a>\u00a0or pick up a printed copy at the Flyfishers Pro Shop (located in the lobby of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtgardnerinn.com\/\">Mt. Gardner Inn<\/a>) or at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thecarltongeneral.com\/\">The Carlton General Store<\/a>.\u00a0 Sign up for this blog and receive the fish report every week <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/fishblog.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stop by the fly shop for more information and any equipment needs.<\/p>\n<p>Tight Lines,<br \/>\nGreg Knab<br \/>\nFlyfishers Pro Shop 509-996-2832<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/\">www.flyfishersproshop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before you go out fishing check the regulations and have a license and catch card. Call\u00a0Flyfishers Pro Shop at 509-996-2832 for more information on current conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello anglers. \u00a0Time for another fish report.\u00a0 Things to note this week\u00a0\u2013 Good news.\u00a0 It looks like the Methow river will reopen March 1st.\u00a0 There will be a small window of a few weeks to fish before it closes again.\u00a0 From what I know, the majority of the fish are in the middle to upper [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27r3u-9k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}