Wynoochee River, WA (Winter Steelhead)

As I mentioned in an earlier blog I live really close to this river. I haven't fished it near as much as I have wanted to, but now my buddy has a drift boat and its time to give it a drift. We have watched the river for weeks and it has come into pretty good shape. Putting in at the 7400 bridge we set a drift down the river. We were no alone. Talking with other anglers we had heard many different methods to fish the river. After our new found confidence the week before on the Kalama we were feeling pretty good. One method that had been discussed is getting behind th line of boats that drift the river and fish a small single egg. See many fishers use big globs of eggs with little success. Following them with a single egg fly has produced in the previous weeks. We tried this and many other methods; new hot shot plugs, slip bobber, egg bouncing, flies, and other plugs. Unfortunately we didn't catch any fish after floating all the way down to whit bridge. Checking in with other fisherman, every other boat had two fish landed. Most of what they were using we cured sand shrimp. Noted for next time.

Summary:
Location: Wynoochee River near Montesano, WA; Twin Bridges
Time: 7am-4pm
Rod: 8 wt w/ sinking tip, spey rod, spinning rod, & bait caster
Tackle: Purple egg sucking leach, single egg fly pattern,  yarn balls, bubble gum wiggle wart, hot shots, and other plugs.
Fish: 0
Species: N/A
Biggest Fish: N/A
Smallest Fish: N/A
Rating: 6/10