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Seattle Fly Fishing Resources

Current River Levels
Yakima River - Ideal for Wading 700-1500cfs/Float 1000-3500cfs - Current Level
Cle Elum River - Ideal for Wading 150-350cfs - Current Level
MF Snoqualmie River - Ideal for Wading 250-800cfs - Current Level
SF Snoqualmie River - Ideal for Wading 50-350cfs - Current Level
Snoqualmie River - Ideal for Wading 300-1500cfs/Float 750-1500cfs - Current Level
Cedar River - Ideal for Wading 150-600cfs - Current Level
Skykomish River - Ideal for Fishing 700-7000cfs - Current Level
Skagit River - Ideal for Fishing 2000-9000cfs - Current Level
Sauk River - Ideal for Fishing 600-3000cfs - Current Level
Hoh River - Ideal for Fishing 1200-3500cfs - Current Level
Queets River - Ideal for Fishing 1500-4000cfs - Current Level
Cowlitz River - Ideal for Fishing 1800-7500cfs - Current Level

Yakima River Water Temps
@ Cle Elum
@ Ellensburg

Yakima River Hatch Chart
Hatch Chart - Basic Entomology

Puget Sound Food Form Chart
"Hatch" Chart

Puget Sound Tide and Wind

Seattle Tide & Wind
Tacoma Tide & Wind
Hoodsport Tide & Wind
Whidbey Island Tide & Wind

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Fishing Reports

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | May 15, 2022 | Will Winter Ever End

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | May 15, 2022 | Will Winter Ever End

Attention! EWA Summer Fly FestMay 21, 2022Me-Kwa-Mooks Park - West Seattle9am - 3pm FREESales reps from all the bran... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | April 19, 2022 | Summer on the Horizon

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | April 19, 2022 | Summer on the Horizon

Seattle fly fishing report for April 19, 2022 from the fly fishing guides at Emerald Water Anglers. more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | March 29, 2022 | Holy Sunshine Batman

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | March 29, 2022 | Holy Sunshine Batman

Seattle and western Washington fly fishing reports from the staff of Emerald Water Anglers. more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | March 19, 2022 | Heating Up

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | March 19, 2022 | Heating Up

Ok, here we go anglers.  The time to dust off the equipment and start venturing out is upon us.  Our two year round f... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | March 7, 2022 | Choose.....Wisely!

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | March 7, 2022 | Choose.....Wisely!

Puget Sound, this one is for you!  Fry are here, not necessarily in an abundance you could walk on water on their bac... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | March 1, 2022 | And Then There Were...

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | March 1, 2022 | And Then There Were...

Alright, as they say, spring has sprung...or at least it feels like it today!  For those not paying too close attenti... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | February 10, 2022 | Sound Flies

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | February 10, 2022 | Sound Flies

Seattle and Puget Sound fly fishing report for February 10, 2022. more

Basic Entomology | January 26, 2022

Basic Entomology | January 26, 2022

Here is some help understanding the stages of insects in our area and how they come to be represented by the flies we... more

Yakima River Hatch Chart | January 26, 2022

Yakima River Hatch Chart | January 26, 2022

Fly fishing hatch chart for the Yakima River.  As you peruse this please keep in mind that while it is stated to repr... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | January 25, 2022 | Sun Rises

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | January 25, 2022 | Sun Rises

Late January 2022 Seattle Fly Fishing Report more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report – November 11, 2020 – Getting Cold Out There!

Seattle Fly Fishing Report – November 11, 2020 – Getting Cold Out There!

Time is doing this weird thing where it feels as though it is standing still and yet passing by so fast…don’t know, j... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | October 4, 2020 | Fall Options

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | October 4, 2020 | Fall Options

Sorry for the delay in getting a report up lately but we have been slammed busy and staff has been traveling so ... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | August 19, 2020 | Ahhh-gust

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | August 19, 2020 | Ahhh-gust

Every year we enter summer looking forward to the days when weather is predictable, water levels are down and ap... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | August 6, 2020 | Warm to Hot!

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | August 6, 2020 | Warm to Hot!

Amazing over the past decade or so how different our entry into summer has been in the area. Read more deeply i... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | July 23, 2020 | Ready, Set, Fish!

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | July 23, 2020 | Ready, Set, Fish!

Well anglers, summer has officially arrived...feels like we have been saying that for sometime now but with all f... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | July 6, 2020 | Fireworks Are Done!

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | July 6, 2020 | Fireworks Are Done!

Alright, the 4th of July weekend is nearing closure and we are finally beginning to see water levels drop on man... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 29, 2020 | Cool Weather/Low Water

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 29, 2020 | Cool Weather/Low Water

Well we finally coincided summer with some cool weather resulting in some nice low water flows on local rivers a... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 22, 2020 | The Time is NOW!

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 22, 2020 | The Time is NOW!

Welcome to summer! We have seen an incredible insurgence of new fly angling interest over the past few months a... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 18, 2020 | Freestones

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 18, 2020 | Freestones

Freestone - A river with no man made impediments. In other words, no dams on it.As we arch our way towards summ... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 15, 2020 | Summer is Coming, We Promise!

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 15, 2020 | Summer is Coming, We Promise!

Father's Day is going to coincide almost exactly with the official beginning of summer. With everything that took... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 13, 2020 | Choices Galore

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 13, 2020 | Choices Galore

As we prepare this Seattle fly fishing report this morning from here at the store, the last 7 people in have bee... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 12, 2020 | Woohoo, It's All Open, Including Us!

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | June 12, 2020 | Woohoo, It's All Open, Including Us!

Wish we could say this has been and easy time, obviously it hasn’t been at all but the world continues to ro... more

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | Carp Jamboree 2018

Seattle Fly Fishing Report | Carp Jamboree 2018

The weather was tough this year for the Second Annual Carp Jamboree at Banks Lake. The wind blew hard, stirring up... more