{"id":806,"date":"2013-05-02T07:59:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T14:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/?p=806"},"modified":"2013-05-02T07:59:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T14:59:25","slug":"methow-valley-fish-report-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/02\/methow-valley-fish-report-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Methow Valley Fish Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Methow Valley Fish Report<\/b><\/p>\n

Lakes are open and fishing well.\u00a0 Opening day proved to be fruitful to those who made it out.\u00a0 Big Twin and Pearrygin lake produced some big lunkers.\u00a0 Slowly retrieved black and red chronomids were the top choices.\u00a0 I used a sink tip with a green wooly bugger to start out and did well.\u00a0 When chronomid fishing, use a 5wt rod with floating line.\u00a0 Cast and let the flies sink slowly.\u00a0 Slowly retrieve the flies back while keeping an eye on the fly line.\u00a0 If the fly line begins to straighten out, strip set and hopefully a fish ate your bugs.\u00a0 Experiment with colors and sizes to dial in what the fish want.\u00a0 Ill be fishing each of the lakes listed below and have detailed reports to come.\u00a0 I have also added more detailed info on the lakes to help you decide where to fish. \u00a0Check out Keller’s limit of trout he caught on Sat. \u00a0He is starting to out fish me. \u00a0If 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 – Greg<\/p>\n

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Chewuch River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OPEN May 25th<\/p>\n

Methow River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN May 25th<\/p>\n

Twisp River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OPEN May 25th<\/p>\n

Alta Lake<\/b> – OPEN Apr. 27.\u00a0 Statewide size\/daily limit on all game fish.\u00a0 Closes Sept. 30.\u00a0 Surface – 187 acres.<\/p>\n

Big Twin Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN Apr. 27.\u00a0 Catch-and-release recommended.\u00a0 Daily trout limit 1, no min size.\u00a0 Other game fish statewide size\/daily limit.\u00a0 Internal combustion motors prohibited.\u00a0 Good boat launch.\u00a0 Closes Oct. 31.\u00a0 Surface – 77 acres.<\/p>\n

Black Pine Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN.<\/p>\n

Buck Lake<\/b> – OPEN.<\/p>\n

Campbell Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN All game fish.\u00a0 Apr. 1st – Aug. 31 Catch-and-release.\u00a0 Selective gear rules.\u00a0 Internal combustion motors prohibited.\u00a0 Sept. 1 – Mar. 31 statewide size\/daily limit.\u00a0 Steep boat launch, ok for small craft.\u00a0 Surface – 11 acres.<\/p>\n

Cougar Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN All game fish.\u00a0 Apr. 1st – Aug. 31 Catch-and-release.\u00a0 Selective gear rules.\u00a0 Internal combustion motors prohibited.\u00a0 Sept. 1 – Mar. 31 statewide size\/daily limit.\u00a0 Tight boat launch, not suited for larger craft.\u00a0 Surface – 9 acres.<\/p>\n

Davis Lake\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 OPEN All game fish.\u00a0 Apr. 1st – Aug. 31 Catch-and-release.\u00a0 Selective gear rules.\u00a0 Internal combustion motors prohibited.\u00a0 Sept. 1 – Mar. 31 statewide size\/daily limit.\u00a0 Good boat launch.\u00a0 Surface – 39 acres.<\/p>\n

Leader Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN.\u00a0 Mixed bag of bass, trout and bluegill.\u00a0 Surface – 159 acres.<\/p>\n

Little Twin<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN Apr. 27.\u00a0 Catch-and-release recommended.\u00a0 Daily trout limit 1, no min size.\u00a0 Other game fish statewide size\/daily limit.\u00a0 Internal combustion motors prohibited.\u00a0 Good boat launch.\u00a0 Closes Oct. 31.\u00a0 Surface – 24 acres.<\/p>\n

Patterson Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN.\u00a0 Statewide size\/daily limit on trout.\u00a0 Mixed bag of bass, trout and perch.\u00a0 Surface – 143 acres.<\/p>\n

Pearrygin Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN Apr. 27.\u00a0 All game fish statewide size\/daily limit.\u00a0 Good boat launch.\u00a0 Closes Sept. 30.\u00a0 Surface – 192 acres.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0www.flyfishersproshop.com<\/a>\u00a0or pick up a printed copy at the Flyfishers Pro Shop (located in the lobby of the\u00a0Mt. Gardner Inn<\/a>) or at\u00a0The Carlton General Store<\/a>.\u00a0 Sign up for this blog and receive the fish report every week click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stop by the fly shop for more information and any equipment needs.<\/p>\n

Tight Lines,
\nGreg Knab
\nFlyfishers Pro Shop 509-996-2832
\nwww.flyfishersproshop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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":"

Methow Valley Fish Report Lakes are open and fishing well.\u00a0 Opening day proved to be fruitful to those who made it out.\u00a0 Big Twin and Pearrygin lake produced some big lunkers.\u00a0 Slowly retrieved black and red chronomids were the top choices.\u00a0 I used a sink tip with a green wooly bugger to start out and […]<\/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-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27r3u-d0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806","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=806"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":809,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806\/revisions\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}