![]() ![]() The steelhead of the Methow are of the “free rising” strain on the upper Columbia, a term that applies to steelhead that are willing to take dry flies. Many anglers would agree that the Klickitat boasts the hardest fighting steelhead in the state.īoth rivers are Upper Columbia River tributaries. The Klickitat is a semi-volatile river, but when the conditions are ideal, the fishing can be awesome. Swinging flies is typically the best by the middle of September, and the preferred method until the “egg drop” later in the season. The Klickitat River starts to fill with summer steelhead as early as July. The steelhead returns on the Hoh have continued to be strong, largely because of the many miles of protected spawning habitat in the upper Hoh drainages that originate in Olympic National Park. The northernmost of the Olympic Peninsula’s rivers, the Hoh commonly holds wild winter-run steelhead in the 15 to 20-pound range. These rivers drain the largest watershed on the northern Olympic Peninsula and collectively hold the healthiest stocks of wild winter steelhead in the Pacific Northwest. Quillayute is six miles long with tributaries that include the Sol Duc, Bogchiel and Calawah. It’s difficult to pick just a few, but the following rivers are synonymous with strong returns of steelhead and should be on the list of anyone traveling to the Olympic Peninsula. ![]() Winter Steelhead Pacific Northwest Rivers If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll wake up to the local elk herd grazing the nearby meadow. Sit around the dinner table each night over hearty cuisine swapping fishing stories of the day. The lodge was purchased in 2017 and the family-style setting is warm and inviting. ![]() ![]() Staying with Brazda’s means taking part of an authentic Northwest way of life. The winter-run steelhead on the Olympic Peninsula have a history of strong returns on rivers that include Sol Duc, Hoh, Bogachiel, Queets, and Calawah and when fishing with Brazda’s crew, you could very well catch the steelhead of your life on any of these waters. If you’ve been looking for an Olympic National Park fishing trip with an outfitter who truly believes that fly fishing is not just a sport but a way of life then a trip with Brazda’s Fly Fishing is a must. Only a 4 hour drive the Seattle airport, the OP offers convenient travel and access to some world-class steelhead fisheries. The Olympic Peninsula is widely known as producing some of the largest and wildest steelhead found in the Lower 48. Large old-growth deciduous forests dwarf anglers as they swing flies on the green-tinted rivers below. The rivers of the Pacific Northwest will transport anglers to a place where time seems to move at a slower pace. However, for anglers that want to target winter-run steelhead Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is the perfect location. The Pacific Northwest has a variety of world-class steelhead waters. As the name would suggest, winter-run steelhead begin entering the freshwater from the salt as early as November and will stay as late as May. Over the next few years, steelhead grow to proportions only possible with the vast food supply of the ocean, and will once again return to the freshwater to reproduce. Steelhead are born in the freshwater and once reaching a few years old will make their way downriver to the ocean. Steelhead are an adronomous species meaning they spend part of their lives in the freshwater and part of it in the salt. ![]()
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