[emasterj20]

Does anyone know if the Klickitat River has a decent trout fishery?

I was thinking it is almost opposite the Deschutes river on the Washington side......so maybe some of the same aquatic/insect life.

 

[emasterj20]

It's strange that two rivers in the same general area (Deschutes and Klickitat) would be on two different ends of the spectrum as far as trout fishing is concerned. Are there any of the same hatches on these two rivers?

Thanks for the report. It was worth a shot. Maybe I will try the Little White Salmon this summer(if it is even open).

 

[emasterj20]

The last report was encouraging. Now, when you say, "with fish up to 20 inches", are those trout? or Stealhead?

What fly did you usually fish?

 

[emasterj20]

I assure you I will avoid targeting stealhead smolt and if I do hook into a few I will move on. I usually don't fish the big, obvious holes. One reason is that the bait chuckers usually have those spots pretty much cleaned out. Another reason is I tend to catch more/larger fish in pocket water. I'm assuming it's because most people jump to these large holes and fish the crud out of them, while smaller holding areas(pocket water) go relatively unnoticed/untouched. I'm glad only a few of us out there can read the water like that or all those spots might be fished out too.