07-28-2004, 03:59 PM
Calawah River - July 24th, 2004
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FISHING: Fair
River Level and flow [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv/?site_no=12043000&PARAmeter_cd=00060,00065"]click here[/url]]
Calawah River-- Very low, slow and just about out of water, the drought of 2004 is upon us...small jigs floated under clear plastic bubbles or toss small no#1 to #3 spinners. Had a real tough go of it on Tuesday, we raised quit a few Cutthroat but nary a Steelhead, Saw several nice Steelhead in "strange" spots but could not get them interested in a skated fly. There are decent numbers of Steelhead in the lower Calawha R. and Bogachiel R. but the fish are getting hit pretty darn hard.
General Info: Fly fishermen can count on a Knudsen Spider, Wooley bugger or smallish streamer pattern, sizes #4 to #8, swung, swam or twitched near the bottom. Tie up with a longish 6'-7' non tapered clear mono tippet of say 8 to 10lb (2X) > blood knotted to a 2 ft heavy mono butt section > connected the butt section to a 12 ft tapered medium sink Rio or Airflo Steelhead leader > link this to you dry line and you are in business. During the morning and evening hours try going completely dry, nothing fancy here, just a riffle hitched "muddler" or "bubble head" on a long leader slowly skated over the nose of a "Summer-run".
supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=89,re"]Fishing Northwest[/url]
FISHING: Fair
River Level and flow [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv/?site_no=12043000&PARAmeter_cd=00060,00065"]click here[/url]]
Calawah River-- Very low, slow and just about out of water, the drought of 2004 is upon us...small jigs floated under clear plastic bubbles or toss small no#1 to #3 spinners. Had a real tough go of it on Tuesday, we raised quit a few Cutthroat but nary a Steelhead, Saw several nice Steelhead in "strange" spots but could not get them interested in a skated fly. There are decent numbers of Steelhead in the lower Calawha R. and Bogachiel R. but the fish are getting hit pretty darn hard.
General Info: Fly fishermen can count on a Knudsen Spider, Wooley bugger or smallish streamer pattern, sizes #4 to #8, swung, swam or twitched near the bottom. Tie up with a longish 6'-7' non tapered clear mono tippet of say 8 to 10lb (2X) > blood knotted to a 2 ft heavy mono butt section > connected the butt section to a 12 ft tapered medium sink Rio or Airflo Steelhead leader > link this to you dry line and you are in business. During the morning and evening hours try going completely dry, nothing fancy here, just a riffle hitched "muddler" or "bubble head" on a long leader slowly skated over the nose of a "Summer-run".