Fuck yes anglers. The Spring season has got here. It has been an weird wet offseason here in Gig Harbor but I as well as the rest of the crew are ready to be back on the Yakima…back at home.

This offseason was mostly filled with sea run fishing, video games, adding lots of things to the business, fully integrating with Kristen on the work side of stuff, connecting with some old friends, and day dreaming about trout season. Now that its a week out I am giddy and ready.

The dates for the spring are pretty full. We have like 2 weekends left open and a handful of weekdays. The weather is going to be wet, and cooler, which means less W typically, and overcast days for good dry fly fishing. The snow pack ain’t the greatest but that is par for the Yak and less of a concern as powers that be have gotten a lot better at managing the water. The summer will be what it is. We have options for that. The Spring is gonna be good, and the late winter fishing has been pretty telling so far. Big trout already awake. Skwallas are ready to pop as soon as it warms up just a little bit. Blue Wings are getting started. Streamers moving some hungry aggressive fish. Its here anglers.

I am so stoked, Kristen and I both are. We have lots of new things this season but we really miss guiding and teaching and cannot wait to get back to it.

The news, the world, our country, everything has been a fucking rioting shit show the past year. The comfort of the river is sorely needed…for all of us I am sure. It is a place where we can heal, lose ourselves in nature, and rise above a lot of this fervent noise and just be. Ordinary lives, slow, kind of boring…save for a fish eating a fly and the chaos of fish, angler, and nature all colliding together for a few brief moments while no one is watching.

I will see you riverside anglers.

Tamarack.

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I have been fishing the Yakima River and its surrounding tributaries, creeks, and lakes for 10 years. I have been tying flies specific to this river for 10 years as well. I have guided not only the river but also many of the hiking and mountaineering trails in the area and fished some of the more remote lakes and streams. I love to fish the Yakima River and have been running my driftboat here for 5 years. I guide a little differently than the other services here and have a slightly different philosophy on guided fishing trips. Its all about the experience, and while I can't promise there will always be cooperative trout, there will always be good times. I learned from some of the greatest anglers the Yakima has both on the water and at the vise and I guide to share and pass on that knowledge and expertise so others can enjoy this river as much as I do. I love to teach people to fish, I love to teach people how to read the river, and I love showing people the beauty and art of fly fishing. My service is a bit cheaper but that is because I have no shop taking a percentage. I use a lot of my own fly designs and patterns that no other guide has and have spent the past 10 years fine tuning my tying and patterns specific to this river. I have flies, leaders, tippets, and fly rods and reels, and always welcome anglers to bring their own gear. If you need waders and boots I can arrange for a rental. I support my local fly shop for my trips as well as it is important to me that our local shops stay open. When you take a trip with me it all about fishing and the experiences that happen along the river. I love getting my clients to have great moments with our trout here. Ask me all the questions you can, I want to teach as much as you want to learn. Whether you are an experienced angler or brand new to the sport I love sharing this river with people. I guide the Yakima River and many other secret waters in the area. When you give me a call I will ask you lots of questions as I want to make sure you have the best experience possible while chasing the trout we have here. Whether its a guided river float or a hike and fish, or a walk and wade to the secret places, I can help make your fly fishing experience memorable and fun. Give me a call today and lets set up a time to go fishing.

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