Went down to the River on Sunday.. just a few of us there... anticipated rain, but nothing fell. Fly fished using a TFO 9wt... Threw everything I had in my fly box... for hours... nothing... got hung up a few times and lost a bunch of flies. Then switched to a black whooly... threw it a few times and BLAM!!! then I thought I was hung on some rocks... then... the pole began to vibrate... then it was on!! 10 minutes of fight got him right up on shore... then made the fatal mistake... I grabbed the line... this fish shook like hell... *Snap*.. off he went... with my fly! Estimate he was around 15lbs. Bottom line it was a good day... River was running clear and low... fish were easy to spot... though they were not really biting a lot. Overcast most of the day with a few sunny breaks.

River Pig

4/3/2015 8:19:00 AM

Surprised you didn't have the creek to yourself, seeing as how it's been closed since Oct. 31st of last year and doesn't reopen till June...

SFCMcGan

4/3/2015 11:13:00 AM

Not true... Year-round for trout.

River Pig

4/4/2015 3:53:00 PM

Check the regs book. Page 47. Johnson Creek All Game Fish First Saturday in June -Oct. 31

SFCMcGan

4/4/2015 9:46:00 PM

Brother river pig.. I need to apologize!!!! I just notice it said Jonson Creek!!! I was fishing on the Skookumchuck!!!! Not sure how that happened!!! I will try and correct this.

River Pig

4/10/2015 8:08:00 AM

No worries, I was just surprised to see steelhead fishing somewhere I had never heard of in Thurston Co. Glad you got into a fish, sounds like fun.

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