by Chad Gilespie | Sep 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
We are half way through September and Puget Sound and Hood Canal Sea-Run Cutthroat are really starting to take on their fall harvest colors. Deeply toned and pronounced spots, yellow bellies and yellow tipped fins, and those bright red cutthroat stripes under their...
by Chad Gilespie | Sep 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
September is here and we are in the beginning of perhaps my favorite time of the year on this long fjord. Yes, we do call it a fjord since it is long and narrow spanning 62 miles long. There are tons of opportunities right now throughout Western Washington waters....
by Chad Gilespie | Aug 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Two best Months of the year for Sea-Run Cutthroat fly fishing in Hood Canal and Puget Sound are approaching fast, and if I was to pick two months to target these wild sea-run trout it would undoubtedly be September and October. Hot summer days have been on the...
by Chad Gilespie | Jun 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Anglers looking to wet a line this summer, should look no further than Hood Canal. Options include Sea-Run Cutthroat and a Coho Salmon fishery. SRC = year round, and the Coho in Hood Canal will open up in the middle of August. Well, the Sea-Run’s are always here...
by Chad Gilespie | May 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Fjord Fly fishing has had some excellent Sea-Run Cutthroat fly fishing on Hood Canal recently. The Sea-Run Cutthroat are once again putting on some weight after returning to the saltwater from their spawning runs, and appear to be healthy as ever. This nice...
by Chad Gilespie | Apr 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hood Canal Fly Fishing Report – April 2016 May is almost here and from now on out Sea-Run Cutthroat fishing on Hood Canal continue to improve. The majority of Sea-Run Cutthroat have emerged from their natal streams and completed their spawning cycle, once again...
by Chad Gilespie | Apr 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Puget Sound and Hood Canal Fly Fishing Report What makes a great day of fishing? To some anglers it is pure numbers, and numbers alone. To others, a good day might reflect friends, solitude and just pure relaxation. However, the overall experience of a day on the...
by Chad Gilespie | Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Finally, spring seems to have made an appearances in Western Washington. Beautiful sunny days, and flat calm water on Hood Canal made for great weather. Fishing has been great also, with many of our coastal Sea-Run Cutthroat now emerging from their spawning streams....
by Chad Gilespie | Mar 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sixty degrees today on Hood Canal – yes spring is in the air. Flat calm waters and the beautiful Olympic Mountains showing off in the distance an angler can’t ask for anything more – except hooking some some fiesty Sea-Run Cutthroat of course....
by Chad Gilespie | Feb 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Just can’t get enough salt water fly fishing – a balmy 54 degrees air temp. today on Puget Sound and it was time to hit the beach for Sea-Run Cutthroat. How often does that happen in January? Well, I can’t complain and it certainly beats freezing...
