Washington Fly Fishing
7 Washington fisheries — Olympic Peninsula steelhead rivers (Hoh, Sol Duc), the Skagit and Skykomish, eastern Washington's Yakima and Methow, and the Puget Sound resident-coho fisheries.
Hoh River
Upper River
The Hoh drains the Hoh Rainforest — one of the largest temperate rainforests in the Western Hemisphere — and the river's glacial source means it runs…
Hoh River
Olympic Peninsula · Winter Steelhead
The Hoh River's wild steelhead have returned to the same pools for thousands of years — they navigate 70 miles of river through one of North…
Methow River
Twisp to Pateros
The Methow's upper basin is one of the wildest watersheds in Washington — over 70% of the headwaters lie within wilderness areas, supporting some of…
Skagit River
Concrete to Sedro-Woolley
The Skagit gave its name to the Skagit casting technique — the modified two-handed stroke developed on this river to handle short heads and heavy…
Skagit River
Wild Winter Steelhead
The Skagit casting system — the foundation of modern two-handed spey fishing — was developed on this river specifically to handle the heavy sink-tip…
Sol Duc River
Olympic Peninsula
The Sol Duc is one of the last wild winter steelhead rivers in the lower 48 with self-sustaining populations — a status protected by some of the most…
Yakima River
Cle Elum to Ellensburg
The Yakima is Washington's only state-designated Blue Ribbon trout stream — a single river holding the entire status in a state better known for…