{"id":731,"date":"2013-03-01T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2013-03-01T10:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T18:17:00","slug":"methow-valley-fish-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/01\/methow-valley-fish-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Methow Valley Fish Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Methow Valley Fish Report<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Steelheading is open on the Methow River and its great fishing.\u00a0 I hooked 10 fish this morning and landing 5 between 5:30am &#8211; 7:30am.\u00a0 I landed one beautiful wild Steelhead, a hatchery for dinner and 3 Bull Trout (released unharmed).\u00a0 Using a hevi-bead egg pattern, that glowed in the dark, I lost 3 right off the bat.\u00a0 Then I switched to a double beaded peacock stone fly once the sun came up.\u00a0 All the fish landed ate the stone fly.\u00a0 The other winning pattern, that a buddy was using, was a small black and white bead head wooly bugger.\u00a0 Water temp was a nice 40deg.\u00a0 The fish were very frisky at dawn and the bite slowed down around 7am.\u00a0 It looks like the rest of the weekend will be rainy and warm (in the 40&#8217;s) witch should keep the fishing hot.\u00a0 If you are coming over to fish the Methow, I can mail you the hot flies so you can fish your way up the river with confidence.\u00a0 Give me a call and set you up. \u00a0If you need any more details on the fishing, leave a reply to this post and Ill answer you questions as soon as possible. \u00a0Tight Lines &#8211; Greg<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/01\/methow-valley-fish-report\/photo-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo-e1362161604256.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1362121237&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo-e1362161604256-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-732\" alt=\"photo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo-e1362161604256.jpg\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo-e1362161604256.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo-e1362161604256-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/photo-e1362161604256-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/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 OPEN for Steelhead fishing from the mouth to the confluence of the Methow and Chewuch Rivers (see the Fish Map for more details).\u00a0 We expect it to stay open until around the 15th of March.\u00a0 <b>Flies to use:<\/b> double bead peacock stone fly size 8, hevi-bead glow-egg pattern size 6, frenchies size 10, black and white bead head wooly bugger size 8, egg sucking stone fly and egg sucking leeches sizes 8 or 10.<\/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. 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