Boy what can I say about December but Wow.  The weather was unbelievable an so was the fishing.  We caught Hatchery steelhead from mid November all the way though the end of December.  The last fish I got before Christmas was a chrome bright hen with sea lice. That is a month and a half hatchery run.  The Bogachiel hatchery fish just kept coming and coming. But I knew it would end in the Bogy with the rain,  and did the rain come. 
  Three inches of rain in the last two day which means It's time to hit the Sol Duc for our returning Snider Hatchery run.  These are our brood stock fish that can reach up to 18lb.  These fish show up in early January and run in to late February.  Snider fish show up at the same time as the wild fish so you have a chance to catch both in the same day.

Rain rain and more rain here on the Olympic Peninsula but that's why we live here. The lush green rain forest and of course the great salmon and steelhead runs. What a salmon run this fall days and days of beautiful rainless days to fish salmon.

 Well the salmon are gone but the the hatchery steelhead have arrived and in good numbers.  The average size has been the normal 5 to 6lb but we did manage to get one relay nice 12 pounder on a Bobber and jig.

  Drift fishing around the hatchery is going to be the best technique until the water comes down a bit (below 30 feet on USGS). As the water drops (below 29 feet and lower on USGS) start fishing Bobber and jigs with sandshrimp has been working the best.

   There should be a few hatchery steelhead in the Hoh when it gets below 2000CFS.

It is nice to see another good push of fresh Kings and silvers in the OP rivers with the last rain storm.  The silvers are running in the teens and the kings in the 20's. 

All the rivers are flowing at good fish Ably levels.  The Sol Duc is running around 4 boards and the Bogy at about 27 and 1/2 feet.  The Hoh is still little high at running about 2000 CF'S. 

IF YOU WANT TO FISH FALL SALMON or HATCHERY STEELHEAD THIS SEASON GIVE ME A CALL AT   360-640-8109.