Another season on the coast of Washington has begun with great weather and fantastic early wild steelhead. I generally spend three months a year chasing the wily chromers of the temporal rain forest surrounding the Olympic National Park. This season has the making of another great run with even bigger results, the steelhead have started there migration earlier than in the past few years with the tendency to be larger too. In just five short days of scouting the seasonal changes in the Hoh, Sol-Duc and Bogachiel we have encounterd more than normal sized steelhead with regularity. The first ten fish hooked where simply too hot to handle even on the big Spey rods. Generally these early wild fish run 9-14 pounds but what we encountered had the liking of Chinook with blistering runs and chaotic jumps revealing there shinny sides and white bellies. The Ten day forecast is for normal or average rainfall so with all considerations NOW is the time to fish as the March mob is yet to come and the fish are here now!

I am presently lightly booked in early February and any anglers wanting to jump on this early run of natives should do so soon wile weather is cooperating.