So I recently went fishing in Washington state and thought I would share it with you all. These photo's are from the Rocky Ford, a spring creek on the East side of the state. I was able to fish for six days and got tons of fish, using big hopper patterns, scuds, and leeches. If anyone find themselves in eastern washington fishing the yakima river I would highly recommend the hour drive east to the Rocky Ford. There is a fly shop in Ephrata which has a wonderful supply of all the things you would need, it also is owned by a nice gentlemen who is happy to give advice and help fellow fly fishermen. The Rocky Ford is a fly fishing only stream and you are not allowed to wade in it, to gain access you have to go through thick brush, and remember it is high desert country so watch out for rattlesnakes. Anyways, enjoy the photo's and if anyone finds themselves out in washington state and looking for some info, let me know. Oh on the one photo of the fish in the water is literally two feet from me! I love spring creek and sight fishing.
Jt The spokane is a decent local option but I would recomend just driving to Montana its only an 1:45 minutes from the spokane airport. My best friend owns a fishing lodge on the clark fork river which is a 2hr drive from spokane.
I lived in washington state in the mid 90's and I miss it so much. I made it to eastern wa. many times but never had the chance to fish, I used to spend alot of time near yakima. I mostly fished the western rivers for salmon and a few steelhead. The nisqually river and the puyallup river is where I fished mostly, Its really cool to have runs of chinooks, silvers, chums, and pinks. The silvers are buy far my favoarite with the chums a close second. There are so many trout streams up there, I used to just jump in the car and drive, find a creek and spend a day fishing it. I tell ya california fishing is good but it ain't got nothing on wa. state fishin.
I also grew up in Washington and there is nothing like it when the first rains hit in late september or early october. The rivers and creeks literally fill up with salmon. The hatchery steelhead come in November-January and then the big natives are from January-April. There are tons of trout streams, my favorites were the ones that I would catch native coastal cutthroat in. You can still find rivers along the coast that are full of fish and you will not see another fisherman just eagles,Elk, and bear.
JT - I have never fished the spokane river, so I am not much help there. Although there is another form... www.washingtonflyfishing.com ... which your brother-in-law might be able to use to find some good info.
SCM - I dont know the exact reason why they do not allow you to wade, but I have always assumed it had to so with restoring the creek. From what I know the rocky ford has been a huge project for the Washington state fish and wildlife dept.
my dad just resently bought a house near the spokan river and me and my brother plan to fish it pretty hard over thanksgiving will let you know how it went my dad has told me some storys of some pritty fat fish in that river that he hooked and lost hey JT how far from Post falls does your brother in law live
Post falls is east of spokane its actualy in idaho its between spokane and Couer de laen that would be cool if they lived close together we could end up fishing some of the same spots maybee some day be up there at the same time and fish together or at least share info
