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Steelhead season

Winter steelhead season is in full swing in the PNW, and even though Puget Sound rivers are closed down across Washington state now the opportunities continue throughout the area. From BC to California, March and April hold promise for big hard fighting winter steelhead.

Steelhead season has already been pretty good to us here. A few fish here and through spread thoughout a few fishless days (ok, quite a few fishless days) has been the norm.

We explored some new water.

We swung flies. We fished float rods and spoons too.

We saw a few fish.

We’re looking forward to a good rest of the season.

-Nick Satushek

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Nick Satushek — Leave a comment

Muskygeddon

With huge areas of eastern Washington burning, smoke and ash piled up on us as we continued to cast and cast and cast in the search of a solid tug.

It happened.

More than once.

Not all were huge

Musky Dave

We’ve said it before, but whether you’re an experienced musky chaser, or are over your 10,000 casts without a fish it would never be a bad idea to get in touch with Musky Dave of Warmwater Rambler guide service. He will put you on fish.

Ash on the tents

Toothy

Musky Dave

Northstar plume

The glow from Stickpin

Back on the westside – just had to stop off for a quick dolly.

Posted on September 10, 2015April 25, 2022 by Nick Satushek — Leave a comment

Slippery Surprise [video]

Posted on September 2, 2015October 19, 2020 by Nick Satushek — Leave a comment

Where’s the Vitamin D? Summer in the PNW [video]

Some fly fishing action from the Pacific Northwest this past summer.

Posted on October 28, 2014October 26, 2020 by Nick Satushek — Leave a comment

Winter steelheading on the spey (gallery)

Winter steelheading with the spey rod is all about the experience. Making the cast. Mending the line. Slight modifications to the swing to slow the fly down, get the presentation just right. Sometimes you hook up, mostly you don’t. Aside from some bull trout, this day we went fishless.