Where is skagit river

Places We Protect. The Skagit Floodplain draws tens of thousands of Wrangel Island snow geese, as well as trumpeter swans and countless shorebirds on their great migrations. The Nature Conservancy has been working to preserve the mighty Skagit River for more than 30 years.

Today we work with many partners on restoration—so thousands of migrating birds, hundreds of bald eagles, legendary Skagit salmon and many other species will be there for future generations. The Skagit floodplain is one of the richest agricultural areas in the world. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Forest Service, Mt. Salmon, Native American culture, history, whitewater boating, unmatched beauty, world-renowned fishing, solitude, what don't Northwest rivers offer in abundance?

Society GIS Mapping. The Skagit River is home to all five salmon species, including the most abundant run in Puget Sound of the iconic Chinook. The largest population of bull trout in Western Washington also resides in the Skagit, along with steelhead and 17 other fish species.

Wintering bald eagles and other raptors are also abundant both on the delta and along the upper reaches of the river. Approximately , people live in the Skagit basin. You are still in coastal forest, so it is thick and very lush. The mountains are sharp with snow capped peaks for most of the year with the months of Late July-Mid September having no snow in most years on the peaks. The Rainbows average inches in length, but there are Rainbows up to 22 inches in the system.

The Bull Trout get very large. The average Bull Trout in the system are lbs inches but there are many fish that are larger, with lb inch fish being caught daily. The Dolly Varden are few, and catching then usually means that you are either fishing the dozons of tributaries or are fishing at a part of the Skagit when a creek comes in as the Dolly's spend almost all of their lives in the smaller tributay creeks.

The Dolly's are usually smaller lbs inches. During spring months with high water levels, it is preferable to fish with a heavy nymph, caddis larvae, jigs and gold-head type flies.

Dry flies such as the olive dun, red and blue quill and orange tag are effective at this time, usually in sizes from 20 to A local specialty is a small bug with pale orange tip and brown hackles along the whole body, sized If you plan on targeting Bull Trout, come prepared with heavier tackle. You will need a six weight fly rod to tackle the larger fish in the system. For Rainbows, a weight fly rod will be perfect. Rod length is up to you, but under stand you may need to do short casts feet and in some palces on the river long ones feet.

I recommend a 9' or 9'6" rod. As for fly lines, for the Rainbow Trout all you will need is a good floating line, however for the Bull Trout you will need a good floating line as well as a very fast sinking tip. You can use a 6' type VI sink tip to make sure to keep the heavy flies in the zone the whole time. For leader, again, for the smaller Rainbows, have lb Mono and fluorocarbon leaders with you, for the Bulls, I would make sure you have All levels of FlyFishers with enjoy this fishery, But as always, the more seasoned FlyFisher will do better in this wonderful river.