#spey rods

[emrldwtranglers]

January 23, 2020  A Very Busy Week Ok, here is the quick and dirty of it.  There is so much going on this next 9 days it is a little crazy even for us so buckle up! January 23rd (aka today) - Tie One On at the store with Jeremiah Houle from Bend, Oregon.  Former steelhead guide, fantastic fly tyer and now Orvis sale rep will be doing his beautiful winter steelhead flies.  Join by clicking here... January 25th - EWA Spey Day on the Snoqualmie River in Fall City.  Find us huddled under the bridge with all the brands we carry to try the latest and greatest spey rods worth casting.  T&T, Winston, Hardy, Scott, GLoomis, Orvis, Echo, Sage, Redington, Scientific Anglers, Airflo, and Bridge Fly Lines.  Trout and Anadromous spey are all available to try.  Free instruction, bring water bottle and coffee cup, hot lunch provided. January 29th & 30th - The Fly Fishing Film Tour at the Admiral in West Seattle on the 29th and SIFF on the 30th.  Come see some of our very good friends on film around the world doing what they do best, capturing some incredible moments chasing our favorite species.  January 31st - Last day to fish our beloved Skagit and Sauk for the season.  Mother Nature may have some say in this but at the moment it is closing day so put on your waders and grab your new two hander and go enjoy... February 1st - March 31st - O.P. steelhead season in full swing.  Looks like it will be a wet one this year so plan carefully but more importantly be prepared to call in sick when the time is right.  As ALWAYS, call, email, stop in, IG message or even facetime us if you need to.  Our sole mission is to help you find the success you are after on the water. 

[emrldwtranglers]

December 16, 2019  Enter the Steelhead Like it or not, it is steelhead season in the PNW in more locations that we can shake a stick at but for us, we are primarily focused on the Olympic Peninsula and the Skagit/Sauk system while it remains open.  Rain has been minimal here over the past few weeks so all rivers are in really good shape at the moment but that can change at any time.  Our reports page also has a link to water levels on most of our rivers with what we feel is good levels to be there and live links to current flows. Some large hatchery fish have been glad handing a few anglers on the Bogachiel and Sol Duc the past few weeks and a wild fish here and there on the Skykomish River.  This is absolutely the time to learn how to spey cast so you are ready for the meet of the season as well.  Nothing like a holiday gift of a private spey class with one of our great instructors. Puget Sound is also fishing well right now and the wind has mostly been pretty calm as of late and with the recent cloud cover, days have been perfect out there for the winter fly angler. Happy Holidays everyone, look forward to seeing or talking with you soon.

[emrldwtranglers]

January 21, 2019  Rainy Days and Short Speys Weather has been about what most would expect here in the PNW of late...rain, with some wind and the occasional sun burst followed immediately by more rain.  It is what keeps it so green around here so we’ll take it. Puget Sound has been fishing very well lately for both cutthroat and resident silvers, particularly in the south Sound.  We recently got in some new flies to represent the smaller euphasids and krill which have been present.  Of course our own Sound Searcher represents a floating krill pretty well, especially if you remove the eye on the bottom...just saying.  We also sniffed out some of our favorite books for access on the Sound...Beach Walks and Hikes Around Puget Sound.  Unintentionally a fabulous book for those on foot! Steelhead season is absolutely upon us.  Early winter fish on the O.P. and Skagit have been spoken of so there is no more time to hmmm and haa over it.  Our 4th Annual EWA Spey Day is on Feb. 2nd under the Fall City Bridge from 9am to 3pm.  Fabulous time to get pointers from our staff and the sales reps who will be on hand, try out some new sticks and otherwise dial in your casting and such for season.  On another steelhead note, we still have some good mid week dates open for the O.P. season into March.  Call the store and get on the calendar soon before we are booked solid. As we move into mid winter, weather will help decide when the Yakima and Cle Elum come alive again.  A warmer season will bring about mid winter hatches here soon so if trout is your game, start planning your days accordingly.  Also, we will be heavy on the hand of trout spey at our Spey Day so come out and cast a few of the newest trout sized two handed rods and see which lines we are all excited about. That is it for now, we are always here for questions so don’t be bashful, call, email or stop in if facetime isn’t working, we want you to be successful out there!

[emrldwtranglers]

September 7, 2018 - Here and There Difficult to not begin this report with results from our recent trip to Kamchatka because it was such a great experience.  Bears, fish, Russian’s, Vodka and more bears...it was awesome!  For those who really wanted to, fishing a mouse fly all day long was totally doable even though you ended up with more of these beauts than big rainbows, some of those came around as well.  Will we go back?  YES!!! We are in September so our small waters, the mountain creeks will be bidding us adieu here soon, we would give them about another month or so before we call it on them.  During this time however, the Yakima has already begun to drop into shape flow wise and cool air is already tangible so fall hatches and wading the Yak and Cle Elum is ready now!  Fall also means we open our arms to migratory Coho in the Sound.  There are some around already even down as far as Lincoln Park and more cutts have been showing themselves again from the beaches as kelp begins to dissipate it will only get better... Fall steelheading is here too which is just the warm up for winter so no time like the present to break out the spey rod and start warm up the long rod up.  Skykomish and Cowlitz for those of us here in the Seattle area will be our best bets with a few other smaller rivers thrown in. Come by the store, give us a call or shoot us an email and we can answer any questions for you about where, when, why, how and what...we are always happy to do so.

[patagoniaflyfish]

Burkheimer There are few in the fly fishing community who have, through the decades, stood their ground and stayed the course according to their beliefs and passions. Kerry Burkheimer is one of those souls. Today, he is considered one of the most respected rod builders and proponents of thoughtful, science-based management of our PNW fisheries, unafraid to speak up and put his name out there when it matters. Respect! original content Filson

[fliesandfins]

Thursday night around the fire I express my interest in catching one swinging flies. A couple of locals volunteer to take me to some two-hander water. Chad hooked up first, and then it happened... my first rainhead, steelbow whatever, on the swing! I am so ruined.