Skykomish sunrise

Every year coastal streams on the Pacific host hundred of thousands of winter steelhead. These hearty and seemingly foolish fish, come up st...

Every year coastal streams on the Pacific host hundred of thousands of winter steelhead. These hearty and seemingly foolish fish, come up streams while most other fish in the regions are doing nothing at all. Surviving huge swings in flow, water clarity, and even water temperature, they come to return to their place of birth. To spawn and hopefully return again to the sea.

To the novice this sounds like a crazy fish to pursue, but there are not a more fanatical fisher, than the winter steelhead fly fisher. To this breed a day in the forties is a good day to fish.

On the west coast one of the legendary rivers to do this slightly insane form of fly fishing is the Skykomish River in Washington, tucked away not too far from Seattle, this river amazingly maintains a productive steelhead run despite all odds against. Steelhead in general given half a chance can survive urbanization better than most Salmonoids, and Skykomish is a perfect example. The Skykomish Sunrise invented on this river, specifically for the winter steelhead run.

When you go also have on hand General Practitioner, Comets, Purple Peril, Boss, and lots and lots of coffee.