We had been spending some time before the winter storms this week fishing the upper Skykomish river between Gold Bar and Sultan without much luck as it seems the native run of winter steelhead has not really materialized yet. The entire river closes after February 15th, so we knew going in that we were kind of just going because we could and not because we had heard/seen a bunch of fish around. Nevertheless it was nice to be out in such a scenic area swinging flies and pulling plugs through some legendary runs. Here are some photos, hope you enjoy!