kutthroatkilla
5/9/2008 8:50:00 PMIf you're talking about "the river I passed" -- uhh, how do I put this...fishing sucks really, really bad there. It's the Raging River and all you'll hook are small 5-6" steelhead smolts so I'd say drive a little farther up and hook on some EHC's and fish the Snoqualmie Forks -- Middle being the best of the two, but the south can be really fun at exit 32 -- just don't waste your time on the Raging River -- that thing is worthless - my aunt has a home on the river and we fished it in the late 90's...all we did was kill little steelhead smolts by mistake trying to hook a 10" bow which there are none in that river. It holds some nice native steelhead though and some kings and silvers head up the Raging. I've fished LK. Alice over 50 times and that lake is going through a good algae bloom...stay away for sure...thanks for the FYI...KTK
gian
5/9/2008 9:33:00 PMthanks for the info on the river. I have not been on any rivers up here yet, and I can't wait to give them a try. I will definately check out your spot. thanks
p.t.
5/9/2008 9:46:00 PMkutthroatkilla, thanks for the info. I went to Lake Alice one day before gian did, I also noticed the river by the road like gian did and I even got out of the car to check it out. I thought it's a nice place to try my hand. So when I got back home, I tried all the maps (electronic maps) I have but none of them showed the river. Weird. Now I know it may look good from the road, but maybe not so good for an angler who is still at the stage of confidence build-up. :-)
gian
5/9/2008 10:23:00 PMHey kutt, where do you park when you go to those rivers? I see 3 forks park and a lot of other side streets. Is there a particular place I can park without pissing someone off? I was also looking at a spot further down the Snoqualmie by tolt hill road. Any advice on that? It's closer to my home. thanks
kutthroatkilla
5/9/2008 11:22:00 PMHey gain --
If I hit up the southfork I hit up exit 32 on i-90 and park underneath the bridge there. one of my buddies has a place on the middle fork up by tanner, wa. there is ample parking available, but a good way to do it is do a kayak float. to do this, set up one rig up river, and another down. they float down, then drive back up...use nymphs along the way...as flies are all you need...PM for more detail if needed. good luck! _K_T_K
If I hit up the southfork I hit up exit 32 on i-90 and park underneath the bridge there. one of my buddies has a place on the middle fork up by tanner, wa. there is ample parking available, but a good way to do it is do a kayak float. to do this, set up one rig up river, and another down. they float down, then drive back up...use nymphs along the way...as flies are all you need...PM for more detail if needed. good luck! _K_T_K