{"id":745,"date":"2013-03-10T15:49:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T22:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/?p=745"},"modified":"2013-03-10T15:49:41","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T22:49:41","slug":"methow-valley-fish-report-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/10\/methow-valley-fish-report-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Methow Valley Fish Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Methow Valley Fish Report<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/10\/methow-valley-fish-report-3\/p1020049\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/P1020049.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TS3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1362389266&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1020049\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/P1020049-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-746\" alt=\"P1020049\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/P1020049-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/P1020049-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/P1020049-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/P1020049-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Slow morning of fishing.\u00a0 I got up before dawn and fished the Winthrop Bridge hole and Corral hole. Water temp was 40.3 deg.\u00a0 Slightly cooler than usual.\u00a0 Water level was up (305 cfs in Winthrop) and a small weather front came in.\u00a0 That combo was probably why the fish were lock jawed.\u00a0 I did get a nice report around noon from local guide Brian Whitney.\u00a0 He lost one of the biggest Steelhead of his life down by Stokes Road.\u00a0 With the coming rain and warm weather, we should have a great final week.\u00a0 I added a pic from last Monday when I got a chance to fish with <a href=\"http:\/\/methowflyfishing.com\/methow-trout-steelhead-guides\" target=\"_blank\">Leaf Seaburg<\/a>.\u00a0 Nice fish Leaf!\u00a0 We also have great rates at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtgardnerinn.com\" target=\"_blank\">Inn<\/a> if you need a room.\u00a0 We are right across the street from the river and many guest hit the Corral hole before breakfast.\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.\u00a0 If you have any questions about my report, reply to this post down below.\u00a0 I will answer your questions as soon as possible.\u00a0 Tight Lines &#8211; Greg<\/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. Call\u00a0Flyfishers Pro Shop at 509-996-2832 for more information on current conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Methow Valley Fish Report Slow morning of fishing.\u00a0 I got up before dawn and fished the Winthrop Bridge hole and Corral hole. Water temp was 40.3 deg.\u00a0 Slightly cooler than usual.\u00a0 Water level was up (305 cfs in Winthrop) and a small weather front came in.\u00a0 That combo was probably why the fish were lock [&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-745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27r3u-c1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745","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=745"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":749,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745\/revisions\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}