Yakima/ Puget Sound
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Tons of options in the Pacific Northwest
A good place to start if not already hooked up with em is http://washingtonflyfishing.com. They have a good forum and lots of information on their site.
Can’t go wrong with floating the Yakima. Last time I did it was in late December with a guide out of the Evening Hatch Fly Shop in Ellensburg. These guys really know the river as well as lots of other places in E. Wash. http://www.theeveninghatch.com/index.htm. Don’t forget that the Yakima has some really good smallmouth fishing in the canyon waters down to its confluence with the Columbia.
If you want to study up on Cutthroat fishing, you must get your hands on: Fly-Fishing Coastal Cutthroat Trout by Les Johnson. I think it is an Amato publication. This is the definitive work on the subject.
As for stillwaters, the west slope of the Cascades is loaded with them from Bellingham to Vancouver and the Spring is a great time for them. Lots of them have Silver Trout (Kokanee Landlocks) with very heavy populations. Many have boat rentals and a float tube is very handy on many of the smaller ones. When I lived out there in the 1970s, Mineral Lake in Lewis County was one of my favorites. http://www.washingtonlakes.com/FeaturedLake.aspx?id=142This Washington Lakes site has lots of useful info on stillwaters.
Three areas that you should condsider for something different
1) The San Juan Islands. Great inshore waters for ling and rockfish, clamming, crabing, and shrimping
2) The Olympic Penisular – Eastern foothills have lots of small lakes.
3) The Colville Indian Reservation in Okanagon County (N. Central Washington). The San Poil River which runs into the Columbia at FDR Lake is a classical freestone rainbow stream.Hope this helps.
Slapout Mike
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