Winter-run Steelhead season opens
A Bald Eagle perched along the Skagit River scans a horizon far different from that of a Golden roosting above Hell's Canyon. Yet the outlook for both remains a panorama of grandeur. From the banks of the interior's Grande Ronde to the Sauk on the coast, it's good to be home again. Home is always a river. Visit me and you visit the riverside. We keep fish company.
December first marks the start of the winter-run steelhead season. From the outset the fly fisher's prospects look promising. Rather than last year's stormy onslaught that ravaged the rivers, we presently enjoy a flood-free fall. Low and clear, the rivers heal, particularly the Sauk. Only now do the Cascades shoulder a cloak of snow. If it's rain in the valley and snow above, winter-run are pushing up the river.
From now to the end of April, I guide the Sauk and Skagit Rivers. Before the ball ends, let's dance with a steelhead. You can't catch one at home on the couch. Get on my dance card.
If you are just beginning, let me help you get started. I've even got a trick or two up my sleeve for the grizzled veteran. In three decades of attending and assisting anglers for hire, I've learned the power of positive fishing. It affords us vision without which we're lost. Come fish. Come see. Come catch.
River ready,
John Farrar, flyfishing guide
P.S. For open guide dates, check my calendar. For upcoming Steelhead Seminars and Spey Casting tuition, check my class schedule.