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River Steelhead Fly Fishing Lodge and Guides Klickitat
River Fly Fishing - Klickitat River Guides - Steelhead Fishing in
Washington "Jack Mitchell/ The Evening Hatch built THE STEELHEAD RANCH on a plateau above the valley of Washington's Klickitat River. The beautiful home is both lodge and the centerpiece in a complex of new buildings for clients and guides. Unique among non-wilderness lodges, the superb guides are on site 24/7. And they find steelhead; angler success is astonishingly high. Accommodations can be brochure boilerplate, but here fly fishermen live large with new friends. I don't know of another steelhead river served so well. See you there!" Trey Combs |
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Come
and join us at our 40 acre ranch for a 2-4 night/day fishing pkg. Enjoy
fishing for summer run steelhead on the wild and scenic Klickitat river
daily and our conveniently located ranch nightly which features
a beautiful double mountain view and 'Bonanza style' ranch like comfort
- the nearest neighbor is 1/4 plus mile.
Overnight Rates
Float, walk/wade, bike/wade. If you have a preference or would like to mix and match your itinerary...Let us know!
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| About
the Klickitat
- The headwaters of the
Klickitat river originate on the slopes of Mount Adams. The topographic
map shows an incredible myriad of small streams combining to form this glacial
waterway and the river is home to a strong Fall Chinook and Summer Steelhead
run. The landscape is unique and predominantly a combination of scrub oak,
pine trees and cottonwood. The watershed is home to a large population of
deer, turkey, cougar and elk. The drainage is quite steep and in fact some of the lower portions of the river are not navigable due to class 5+ falls. The river tumbles into the Columbia approximately 120 miles from the salt and this can equate to some rather 'hot' summer run steelhead. The Klickitat river's wild strain of steelhead are strong and unpredictable. Typically in the 8-12 pound class with fish as large as 18-20 pounds caught occasionally. The wild summer steelhead runs enter the river anywhere from June until November. In addition to the wild steelhead, the hatchery steelhead that inhabit the Klickitat are of the Skamania strain. We like to say...'What is the first clue that you know you are on the Klickitat river? Answer, 'You just got your A_ _ handed to you!' During the heat of summer the fishing can be a bit sketchy due to the lack of clarity in the river. However, once the weather patterns cool down a bit, the river's clarity will typically be in the 2 to 5 foot range. We fish the river with both swing and nymph tactics. Two handed rods are a useful tool as are single handers. For those of you who would like to swing the fly exclusively on the Klickitat, then we are your crew. For those of you who would like to nymph the Klickitat, then we are your crew. For those of you who would like to mix it up, then we are your crew. We are well versed in all techniques from skating dries to slack line drifting egg patterns. We don't presume to tell you how you should fish the fly for steelhead, we do however listen to your desires and build an adventure based on those requests. Come spend a day with us on the Klickitat. Our day and multiple day trips are based on a full day or series of full days. Accessing the river can be by boat, walk/wade, bike/wade. If you have a preference or would like to mix an |
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