Set out Saturday morning and went to the South Fork Snoqualmie River out in the Tinkham Road area to meet some family camping. Haven't been out there in quite some time and I must say I was disappointed by all the garbage people left behind...car parts, rain barrels, empty fuel canisters, and regular camping trash...And that was all just where my family was camping! But, the day was beautiful and sunny with a nice breeze coming up the river. We fished all day into the evening, when we had the best luck, but mid day to the afternoon was surprisingly productive as well. Waded down river and found several nice holes, that turned out nice rainbows 8"-11" for most of the day. It was going pretty slow initially until we realized that anything that had red/orange/yellow on it the trout couldn't leave alone. I was using a Royal Coachman # 12 and the fish were slaying it! The best catch of the day was a nice 14" rainbow. Found it pretty surprising, I was catching Dolly Varden all day.....released unharmed. Nothing really large, but man, what a beautiful fish! Never caught one before and must have landed 4 or 5 that day. Anyways, no pictures unfortunately, but just wanted to share.....

August

7/31/2012 8:11:00 AM

Thanks for the report. I was looking for a river to fish in a week or so. I live on the other side of the water and want to take advantage of a trip to the airport to send my wife off. It is always a shame when people dump garbage and trash in areas like this or any other area for that matter. When I can I try to clean things up a little. We all need to take as little as possible with us and take it all out. I was in California a week ago. I took a soda with me. When I finished I put the cup in my pocket. When I got back to the truck I realized the lid for the cup had fallen out of my pocket. I will do better next time.

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