Skykomish River, WA (Pink Salmon)

I finally got a drift boat and this would be the maiden voyage. The plan was to put in at Ben Howard and float down to town but we made it only a few hundred yards. Not because anything went wrong but because everything went right. Right after pushing off into the water Paul hooked up onto the first fish that he broke off under the boat. We anchored up and fished there catching several fish. We would move down river maybe 50 yds at a time until we came to a nice tree and I lost count of how many fish we caught.

Summary:
Location: Skykomish River
Time: 9am - 1pm
Rod: Medium Spinning Rods
Tackle: Corky with Yarn and a weight 6 feet up to bounce the bottom, side drifting
Fish: 20+
Species: Pink Salmon
Biggest Fish: 6lbs
Smallest Fish: 3lbs
Rating: 10/10 

Christening the boat with a shotgun of a beer

Fish On

Methow River, WA

It was hot and the river was low. We put in at the park in town with the plan to take out at the parking lot by the Riverbed RV Park. I miss judged the timing a little bit and we got off the water after dark freaking Dalton out. This was his second day on a pontoon boat and first one in a river. It was a beautiful day but we didn't have much luck catching fish. The pontoons worked great because when the river got small they were easy to get out of and drag through the shallows.

Summary:
Location: Methow River from Town to River Bend RV Park
Time: 9am - 10pm
Rod: 5 wt w/ floating line, 5 wt w/ sinking tip
Tackle: 8 black stone nymph, 12 rainbow warrior, 14 zebra midge, 12 copper john hybrid, 10 Rogue Stone, 8 black and brown Pat's Stone, 10 Parachute Adams, 12 Elk Hair Caddis
Fish: 2
Species: White Fish, Rainbow
Biggest Fish: 12" whitfish
Smallest Fish: 8" rainbow
Rating: 7/10