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By: mountainman25
Posted: 6/1/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Opening day! Got to Tualco at 6am, walked up river to the top of the run and worked my way through swinging an intruder, had no takes to that fly. I changed my leader for a sink tip and put a size 5 t...
By: kevin14
Posted: 2/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 2/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
What a day! First fish was an absolute tank of a wild steelhead. I hooked him on a yarnie and he started thrashing on the surface and jumped a few times before taking off down river where he took abou...
By: Banksidedrifter
Posted: 2/12/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/29/2015
Hot Spots: 1
After many trips to the sky this season I decided to take a day off work and go up again. The weather had broke and it was shaping up to be a nice day. My Son and I started out at Big Eddy. While I f...
By: Ian Horning
Posted: 1/30/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Decided to chase some steel today. The hatchery side of Reiter wasn't crowded at all, and the highway wasn't busy either, and it soon appeared why this was the case.
To say the fishing was sl...
By: spoonman
Posted: 1/29/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
So today was my first time out since breaking my wrist, and suffering a pretty savage ankle sprain. And having only one fully functional arm, i decided to stick to float fishing so there wouldn't be ...
By: TahoeFisherman
Posted: 1/29/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/27/2015
Hot Spots: 0
It is looking nice on the Sky. The river is just falling back into shape and there are fish around to be caught. About third cast and bobber down fish on! Went 1 for 2 on the day, had another probably...
By: TahoeFisherman
Posted: 1/22/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Went 2 for 2 on the afternoon. One chromer about 5 or 6 lbs. and one spawned out about the same size. Fished random hole between gold bar and the hatchery from about 2pm until 5:30. Lots of Chrome fis...
By: tframe
Posted: 1/21/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/21/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Got to highway side of reiter this morning with only one other car there. Not many people out which was nice. Just one other guy fishing highway side and probably a dozen or so on the hatchery side....
By: Reel Priorities
Posted: 1/17/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/15/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Starting Time: 7:00 AM
Location: Skykomish River
Method of Persuasion: Jigs
Setup: Okuma Celilo 9'6" 4-8 Pound Test Rod, Shimano Stradic Reel, 10 Pound Test Hydrofloat
Life has a way of intermin...
By: tframe
Posted: 1/16/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/16/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Wow what a day. Got to highway side of reiter with only 2 other vehicles in the pullout. Hiked down and starting fishing. About 20 minutes in, let my float and nightmare jig drift down righ...
By: Reel Priorities
Posted: 1/15/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Starting Time: 7:00 AM
Location: Skykomish River
Method of Persuasion: Jigs
Setup: Okuma Celilo 9'6" 4-8 Pound Test Rod, Shimano Stradic Reel, 10 Pound Test Hydrofloat
For a gardener, I imagine ...
By: Reel Priorities
Posted: 1/5/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 1/4/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Starting Time: 7:00 AM
Location: Skykomish River
Method of Persuasion: Jigs
Setup: Okuma Celilo 9'6" 4-8 Pound Test Rod, Shimano Stradic Reel, 10 Pound Test Hydrofloat
When passion turns into pr...
By: scotrobe
Posted: 1/3/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
(I've been fishing the Skykomish in various locations all week with no luck. I'm just reporting on my lack of luck yesterday to save time.)
I got to Reiter Ponds on Friday at 7:15 and the parking ...
By: FishingTenor
Posted: 1/3/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/1/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Amazing start to the new year! I had to rate this day #1, since no fish were caught, but really it should be #4 based upon how incredibly gorgeous it was at the Skykomish. I fished from 3:00pm-4:45pm....
By: makscoot
Posted: 1/2/2015
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/2/2015
Hot Spots: 1
Great water last two days. I fished on 1/1 using hardware, little cleo spoons with no luck.
Vis is around 5 feet with a great off green color.
Fished today for 3 hours on the lower Sky, floated...
By: petersim
Posted: 1/2/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 4
Fished: 1/2/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Took a couple of hours downstream from Monroe specifically targeting Dolly Varden on spey. While a bit cold and overcast, the day turned out to be a lot of fun. Had three hits, one did not set, one ...
By: Reel Priorities
Posted: 12/30/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/28/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Starting Time: 7:00 AM
Location: Skykomish River
Method of Persuasion: Jigs
Setup: Okuma Celilo 9'6" 4-8 Pound Test Rod, Pflueger Trion 30 Reel, 10 Pound Test Hydrofloat
Three logs tossed onto t...
By: Reel Priorities
Posted: 12/24/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Starting Time: 7:00 AM
Location: Skykomish River
Method of Persuasion: Jigs
Setup: Okuma Celilo 9'6" 4-8 Pound Test Rod, Shimano Symetre 2500 Reel, 10 Pound Test Hydrofloat
There's something to ...
By: Bmastro777
Posted: 12/24/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 12/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
So after my instructional session with Ryan Hung of Reel Priorities I was feeling PUMPED to try and get on my first local steelhead. So I gave Ryan a call and he scheduled me in with very short notic...
By: Phet
Posted: 12/24/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Reiter parking lot around 7am. It was full and people were still pulling in behind me. Got my waders on and headed down to the river with hopes of finding a good spot by the big boulder (I ...
By: TyeeMatt
Posted: 12/23/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
First day of winter break for us teachers and I am always looking forward to a couple weeks off to spend with family, friends, and fishing. Showed up at the river right at dawn and we were planning on...
By: petersim
Posted: 12/22/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 12/22/2014
Hot Spots: 0
On a beautiful fall day I went to the Prison Hole south of Monroe to see if there were any Steelheads. Water level the highest I have seen this year making wading slightly difficult, but possible if ...
By: djw0414
Posted: 12/17/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I had shoulder surgery last Tuesday and was feeling just well enough to try my first trip to the Sky for winter steel. Got to the river around 7 am and started working a spot that was always good to m...
By: Snoop
Posted: 12/15/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 12/14/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at 5:30 to get the gear ready. At 6 the line of cars quickly made the rest of the drive down to the parking lot. (most of you know exactly where this is by now) I heard 3 fish get taken on th...
By: Seattle Pat
Posted: 12/15/2014
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 12/15/2014
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the hatchery this morning with a full arsenal of fish catching equipment. Got there to a full parking lot and a large crowd of people fishing the banks on both sides of the river.
I tried ev...