On the Water Log, December 25, 2009
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM FORKS
Eliana and I hiked along the upper Sol Duc this afternoon, and it had great color but was still a little high for good fly fishing. It should be just right for wading and swinging, although a little colder than I prefer, after another night or two of this cold weather. Same thing with the Calawah and Bogachiel. I haven’t seen the Hoh for a while, but plan to check it out tomorrow. There are a bunch of hatchery fish in all the rivers. The fish checker told a friend of mine that she saw four different hatchery strains of steelhead in the Hoh last week–Quillayute System, Hoh, Queets (Salmon River) and Quinault. I also heard about a 24 pound wild fish taken in the Quillayute.