Free Fishing Weekend Report
Free Fishing Weekend Report
Here in Washington State and in many parts of the country, last weekend was a free fishing weekend in that you didn’t need a license to go fishing. I wasn’t able to fish last weekend but I did go check out some of my favorite fishing holes.
Wow, the warm temps and all the snow melt sure does make for high water conditions. While out exploring on Sunday we went and looked at Sunset Falls on the Skykomish River. I’ve never seen so much water cascading down the falls.
We were up there for the afternoon to have a picnic and relax. There really wasn’t a decent place near the falls to relax (unless you wanted to yell over the roar of the cascading water…So, we continued up river until we got up near the town of Skykomish.
We found a nice spot in a National Forest Campground and sat down next to the river and ate our bbq’d chicken and homemade tater salad.
While we were eating this older man and his wife showed up from behind us and kinda startled us with the question, “having a picnic?” I turned around and said yeah…Then he said, “Well, we’re going to have to charge ya.” I said, “really?” He said, “Yep”.
He went on to explain that they had a day use area and that the charge was $6. $6 to sit for an hour and eat some chicken…You gotta be kidding me! So, I said okay and agreed to pay him on the way out of there since my wallet was up in the rig.
Just as we were finishing our meal, it started down pouring with a mountain thunderstorm. We decided to head back down river, closer to home and back into the sunshine. It was strange. We only drove 5 miles down the highway and it was blue sky’s and sunny and warm. We stopped at a local park and relaxed on the river sand bar cooling our feet off in the icy-cold water.
So, no fish this past weekend but still an enjoyable time on the river.
If you’ve been catching any fish lately, be sure to write me…I’d like to hear about it.
Tight Lines,
Michael
aka “The Duke”
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Here in Washington State and in many parts of the country, last weekend was a free fishing weekend in that you didn’t need a license to go fishing. I wasn’t able to fish last weekend but I did go check out some of my favorite fishing holes.
Wow, the warm temps and all the snow melt sure does make for high water conditions. While out exploring on Sunday we went and looked at Sunset Falls on the Skykomish River. I’ve never seen so much water cascading down the falls.
We were up there for the afternoon to have a picnic and relax. There really wasn’t a decent place near the falls to relax (unless you wanted to yell over the roar of the cascading water…So, we continued up river until we got up near the town of Skykomish.
We found a nice spot in a National Forest Campground and sat down next to the river and ate our bbq’d chicken and homemade tater salad.
While we were eating this older man and his wife showed up from behind us and kinda startled us with the question, “having a picnic?” I turned around and said yeah…Then he said, “Well, we’re going to have to charge ya.” I said, “really?” He said, “Yep”.
He went on to explain that they had a day use area and that the charge was $6. $6 to sit for an hour and eat some chicken…You gotta be kidding me! So, I said okay and agreed to pay him on the way out of there since my wallet was up in the rig.
Just as we were finishing our meal, it started down pouring with a mountain thunderstorm. We decided to head back down river, closer to home and back into the sunshine. It was strange. We only drove 5 miles down the highway and it was blue sky’s and sunny and warm. We stopped at a local park and relaxed on the river sand bar cooling our feet off in the icy-cold water.
So, no fish this past weekend but still an enjoyable time on the river.
If you’ve been catching any fish lately, be sure to write me…I’d like to hear about it.
Tight Lines,
Michael
aka “The Duke”
======================
Join Our Mailing List at http://www.SimpleFlyFishing.com/ to receive Free Fly Fishing Tips and get our New eBook, "101 Fly Fishing Tips For Beginners."
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