{"id":890,"date":"2013-07-31T10:33:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T17:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/?p=890"},"modified":"2013-07-31T10:33:38","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T17:33:38","slug":"methow-valley-fish-report-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/31\/methow-valley-fish-report-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Methow Valley Fish Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is prime river fishing in the Methow Valley.\u00a0 The trout have been crashing down on hoppers and readily slurping caddis.\u00a0 We have been using Chernobyl ant patterns with lightning bug droppers.\u00a0 If the fishing gets slow, nymphing a stone fly works well to find the lunkers down deep.\u00a0 The recent cooling in weather has kept the water temp below 70 deg.\u00a0 Boulder Creek and Chewuch River are in great shape and can make for a fun day exploring and fishing.\u00a0 A size 10 orange stimulator has worked great for me on the Chewuch.\u00a0 Try ant patterns on Boulder Creek for non-stop strikes on the surface.<\/p>\n

The lake bite is slowing down, but if you get down deep, 15′ or so, you can find some in the thermocline.\u00a0 Damsel fly patters are still the hot ticket on all the low land lakes.\u00a0 Use a damsel nymph pattern on a sink tip and slowly retrieve the bug back with little action.\u00a0 Once you see fish rising to eat the adult damsels (usually in the afternoon), switch to a floating line and present the adult pattern a few feet from the rise.\u00a0 You should see the fish turn and hammer your fly.<\/p>\n

River Gear:\u00a0 4-5 wt dry fly hopper\/dropper set up, a deep stone fly nymphing rig with a strike indicator and a 6-7 wt sinking line with a big bugger\/nymph set up.\u00a0 Lake Gear: 3-4 wt dry fly rig (damsel or callibaetis) and a 5-6 wt sink tip with a damsel nymph.<\/p>\n

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 – Greg<\/p>\n

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Chewuch River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OPEN May 25th – Aug 15th.\u00a0 Great dry fly fishing. 181 cfs at Winthrop<\/p>\n

Methow River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN May 25th.\u00a0 Hopper dropper fishing.\u00a0 530 cfs at Winthrop<\/p>\n

Twisp River<\/b>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OPEN May 25th – Aug 15th.\u00a0 Great dry fly fishing. 131 cfs<\/p>\n

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

Big Twin Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN Apr. 27 – Oct. 31.\u00a0 Good cutthroat and rainbow fishing.\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 Surface – 77 acres.<\/p>\n

Black Pine Lake<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 OPEN.\u00a0 Good cutthroat fishing.<\/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 – Oct. 31.\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 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 – Sept. 30.\u00a0 Heavily stocked with nice sized fish.\u00a0 All game fish statewide size\/daily limit.\u00a0 Good boat launch.\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":"

It is prime river fishing in the Methow Valley.\u00a0 The trout have been crashing down on hoppers and readily slurping caddis.\u00a0 We have been using Chernobyl ant patterns with lightning bug droppers.\u00a0 If the fishing gets slow, nymphing a stone fly works well to find the lunkers down deep.\u00a0 The recent cooling in weather has […]<\/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-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fishing-report"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27r3u-em","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","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=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyfishersproshop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}