Doug Rose Fly Fishing::Guiding Services, Clinics and Seminars

“In this age of egos and instant experts, Doug Rose is a breath of fresh air. He bears extensive knowledge and experience, steeped in history and tradition, and his clinics are always well attended. Doug has been a good friend to the shop over the years and we couldn’t recommend him more highly.”

Dave Steinbaugh owner Waters West Fly Fishing Outfitters, Port Angeles

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“I opened my fly box and found a low water Lady Caroline. Perhaps more than any other Olympic Peninsula river, the Calawah presents anglers with the smooth flows and manageable currents that lend themselves to fishing the greased line. This is especially true in early autumn. And like every other Northwestern fly fisherman who has read and reread Roderick Haig-Brown, I cannot look at a summer steelhead in thin water without thinking of swinging a sparsely dressed wet fly in the surface film.”
Dry Lines

Excerpted from
Fly Fishing the Olympic Peninsula
by Doug Rose

GUIDING SCHEDULE

prices for 1 or 2 anglers; lunch included.

Quillayute System Steelhead and Cutthroat

Fish away from the roads on the Calawah, Bogachiel and Sol Duc. We will work the soft water for cutts and the slots and tail-outs for steelhead. During the course of the day, we will swing traditional wet flies, wake hair wings, and fish the greased line. Modest hiking and wading ability necessary.
Cost $350

The Elwha

In a region dominated by anadromous fish, the middle and upper reaches of the Elwha River provide the Olympic Peninsula's best fly-fishing for actively feeding resident rainbow trout. Elwha rainbows average around 10 inches, but reach 16-plus-inches. Best known as a caddis and stonefly river, the Elwha contains good populations of Golden Stoneflies, rhyacophilla and hydropsyche caddis, and October Caddis, but its trout also pursue Green Drakes, Pale Morning Duns, Yellow Sallies, salmonfly nymphs and terrestrials. I guide on the middle river, downstream of Olympic National Park.
Cost $350

Saltwater Cutthroat on Admiralty Inlet/Hood Canal

Ranging from 10- to 18-plus inches, sea-run cutthroat are taken from gravel beaches, spits and estuaries during summer. We will fish a variety of lines and patterns and visit a number of different beachs during the course of the day. Cabin rental on one mile of private beach optional.
Cost $325

My Favorite Trout Water

These trips let you fish the spots I go to when I want to get away from the big water and other anglers. I only offer this during summer and fall, and only book two trips each season. Depending on the season, we will fish secluded cutthroat pools, tidewater creeks, beaver ponds and saltwater beaches. All destinations require walking but there is no bushwhacking or particularly strenuous hiking.
Cost $350

The Hoko

The western Strait of Juan de Fuca’s largest tributary, the Hoko River contains the peninsula’s only fly-fishing-only water outside of Olympic National Park. The Hoko is a classic West End “cedar creek”—the color of iced tea, about a cast wide in most places, with strong runs of winter steelhead and sea-run cutthroat. The entire river is fly only during September and October, while the upper river is fly only during winter and spring.
Cost $350

Hoh River

The Hoh River is known world wide for its temperate-zone rain forest and strong run of winter steelhead. However, the Hoh is usually in much better shape for fly fishing in March and early April--that is, after the winter rains but before run-off begins. Most of the fish are wild in spring, and this is when some of the largest steelhead of the year return to the river. The Hoh is also in excellent condition for fly fishing during autumn, when summer-steelhead and sea-run cutthroat are available. The upper Hoh is lightly fished during fall, and the fish respond to both surface and wet flies.
Cost $350

Fishing Solduc in Autumn

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Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing for Steelhead and Cutthroat Trout with Doug Rose