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EWA News — Tagged "Puget Sound"

EWA Summer Fest | May 21, 2022 | Me-Kwa-Mooks Park

EWA Summer Fest | May 21, 2022 | Me-Kwa-Mooks Park

Join our EWA Staff, sales reps from all the companies and and other industry folks for a day casting the latest and ... more

Sprinting Out of 2020...Slowing to Enjoy 2021

Sprinting Out of 2020...Slowing to Enjoy 2021

Wow, I could go on for...forget it, let’s bid 2020 adieu!So long and so on to what I hope is a beloved 2021 and ... more

Upcoming Fly Fishing Events | Nov. & Dec. 2019

Well, we apologize for not getting this up sooner, things have just been a bit crazy around these parts lately. ... more

Upcoming Events - June

June 1, 2019 — EWA Fly Fest and Guide Cook-Off — Me-Kwa-Mooks Park– FREEOur 5th year of this event and we are ... more

*VIDEO* Patagonia and Danner – River Salt and Foot Tractor Wading Boots

*VIDEO* Patagonia and Danner – River Salt and Foot Tractor Wading Boots

If you fish and wade around slick boulders, basalt ledges, heavy pocket water or just need the most stability a wadi... more

June 2nd - EWA Fly Fest Schedule

Last years podium from the EWA Guide Staff Cook Off with Jason Rolfe taking top honors for the second year. Hello ev... more

Upcoming Events - January

Special Events January 14-15, 2017 – Spey Casting w/ Dec Hogan $250 per angler/per day Spend a day with the legenda... more

Upcoming Events - November

We are crazy excited to announce we have finally hired our Women's Program Coordinator which means our women's even... more

Upcoming Events - August

With guide season in full wing around here for the summer, we unfortunately have to back off some of our favorite eve... more

Pink & Coho Salmon Clinic - Aug. 20 @6:30pm

Free in store event here at EWA. Staff guide Jason Rolfe will discuss flies, techniques and locations to help your s... more

Gear Review: R.L. Winston Nexus Rods

Anyone familiar with the fly fishing industry knows the reputation of the R.L. Winston fly rod company: buttery smo... more

In 1969, the steelhead was declared Washington's official "state fish."

Somehow this seems to mean nothing to people. In general, when an object or living species is recognized as a iconic... more

Beyond Season's End...A Bleak Look Ahead at Washington's Water Future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGcrkWMwASg&context=C4ed8105ADvjVQa1PpcFO4fMWbFIHKsAbLMMdeKlEXCKNf28H7YcQ= This m... more

Puget Sound saltwater trips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleDU6wOPB8 EWA guide Lucas St. Clair puts together a short snip-it of film highlighti... more

Catch Magazine: Puget Sound Photo Essay

Catch Magazine issue #18 went live today and included along with a number of other visually stunning pieces is a pho... more

Great Fishing in the Sound

All I have to say is thank god for SRC's! It has been a wonderful season out here on the beaches so far and while a... more

Early AM Payoff

Salt fished well today. Listened to Mike and Mike on the way. I love Mike and Mike. Even when it's Memorial Day an... more

Tying Flies at FFF

Puget Sound Baitfish Pattern Tying Video Just back from the FFF show in E-burg. Dave and I did a little impromptu tyi... more

Green, Puyallup, White and Carbon to close EARLY -- no surprise here

With the state of our steelhead in the Puget Sound area, it is of no surprise that the following rivers are closing e... more

Puget Sound in THIS IS FLY!

Most recent issue of This is Fly has a piece on Puget Sound featured in it. Check it out by clicking the picture ab... more

Urban Fly-Fish Guiding

My wife works for a big financial firm and when we go to holiday events with her co-workers, I dress up and look ev... more

Light Switches and Saltwater

So it isn't as though this is new but I get the feeling many have been sitting around, waiting to see if the fad of ... more

First "Hatch" of the Year in Puget Sound

Hatches as most people consider them don't really occur in the the local saltwater of Puget Sound but for those of ... more

Stroft leaders and monofilament, oh yeah!

As someone who spends a lot of time fishing in extremely varied conditions and locations locally and internationally... more

All Puget Sound rivers to close early, as expected

WDFW NEWS RELEASE Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 http://w... more

Puget Sound, all season fishery, have we said that before?

The past couple of weeks, we have been focused on hitting the saltwater, more because it is nice to fish over fish ra... more

Sound is HOT Right Now!

Besides the salmon being around and captivating the interest of nearly all fly anglers right now, cutts are out in fo... more