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By: Matt
Posted: 6/10/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/10/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Ran out to my spot on the way home from work up in Duvall. Ran a Gibbs dink with sandshrimp and orange deadweight/yarn like usual. Third cast, bobber down! Fish on! Turned out to be a nice 8lb hatch...
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By: natetreat
Posted: 6/14/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Sky at the mouth of the Sultan this morning at sunrise for about three hours. The river was perfect, although I think the fish may have moved up. A couple of hours in everyone started to sh...
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By: Hank
Posted: 6/16/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/15/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the south bank of the Skykomish this morning. This was my first time fishing with a float. No fish, but I did have a couple of bites. Even though I did not land anything, a bad day fishing is b...
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By: Hank
Posted: 6/20/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/17/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Headed up to the Skykomish in Sultin again. This time I took my father-in-law with me. He was floating sand shrimp on a bare hook and I was floating egg roe on a corky with yarn. We walked down stream...
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By: kzoo
Posted: 6/20/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/20/2010
Hot Spots: 0
First outing for summer steelhead ever. Went to Reiter on hwy 2 side. River looked to be in good condition. Fished from 6:00 to 10:00 and got nothing, saw only one fish caught at the hatchery side....
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Posted: 6/26/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 6/26/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Reiter Ponds on the South side of the river this morning to take a shot at the summer runs. Got there are 6am got up on a good rock and started casting. I had yet to catch a steelhead and after ...
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By: themick
Posted: 6/14/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/14/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Reiter this morning. There were more people out today than yesterday! Started down at the cable whole and had several take downs float fishing and hooked and lost one about 7-8 lbs on a orang...
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Posted: 7/7/2010
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 7/6/2010
Hot Spots: 0
Went up to reiter this evening after work. Saw 4 fish caught but none for me just one take down and that was it. Saw a lot of fish jumping the eagle was trying hard to pick em off so was I. One old du...
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By: UknowMe
Posted: 1/22/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/21/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Arrived at Reiter around 12:00 and was surprised to only find about 8 other rigs there. On my way down to the river I talked to two passing anglers that said they had only seen one fish caught all day...
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Posted: 1/12/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I will make this short and simple. Got to Reiter at day light, hooked into a small native, which came off at my feet. Hatchery side had 1 fish caught, and the other side had 3. Very slow day, the wa...
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Posted: 1/16/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 1/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Not sure if it was the best idea, but Dad and I headed to the Skykomish on Sunday (1/15/2012). The drive in to Reiter was pretty sweet, with the trees all over the road and bent over into the road. ...
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Posted: 1/29/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 1/27/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I got to the river at day light. Walked around to find the spot I like. Right around 9, I had a bobber down and nailed a 9 pound fish. The river was goind down so that was to my advtange. I quickl...
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By: djw0414
Posted: 1/30/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 1/29/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit Reiter at day break with a buddy to see if we could scratch out a steelhead before the river went back out. There were about 15 - 20 folks on the hatchery side and around 10 on the highway side. W...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 2/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
A beautiful day on the river weather-wise. That's the good news. Of the dozen or so guys fishing, only 2 fish landed. Believe it or not, one of the fish was caught on a hammer-finished gold spoon! Hey...
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Posted: 2/3/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 2
Fished: 2/3/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Like most of my reports I will make it short and simple. I got to the sky at daylight and fished until 1145. Seen two fish caught among the 20 of us. It was a hard day of fishing, I threw every sin...
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Posted: 2/7/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/7/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Worked some extra hours last week so got to flex a day off this week. Had stuff to do in the afternoon so I ran up to the Sky to see what was happening. Wind started about Sultan and just got strong...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 6/1/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 5
Fished: 6/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to reiter at 5:57 to see a group of about 20 guys all at once start walking in the gate. (I thought you couldnt even pass the sign on the entrance road until 6am?) Got a place just above the outl...
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Posted: 6/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/1/2012
Hot Spots: 0
June 1st and Reiter is going to be open, I couldn't belive it. I was up all night getting ready to be the first car in line (green suburu). Never fished Reiter opener so early before. I had everything...
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Posted: 6/2/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/2/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at Reiter at 5 am and was about 7th in line. At 6 am there was a mad dash of about 20-25 trucks down to the parking lot. Guys jumped out with rods in hand, and RAN down to the river. Ever...
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By: kzoo
Posted: 2/12/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 4
Fished: 2/12/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Sky one last time before they closed it. Got there and some quick action, me and my buddy got one within the hour. Then a long dry period with no take downs. Finally at noon got my second. ...
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By: djw0414
Posted: 2/15/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 2/15/2012
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to hit the Sky for the last hurrah this season as it closes tomorrow. Arrived on the Hwy side of Reiter around 7 AM and hit this little chrome hen around 8 AM. Saw one other fish caught down...
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Posted: 6/4/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/4/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Started at Cable hole and got nothing. Went back up to the hatchery and my buddy hooks into a nice 6-7 lb buck. Im glad I brought my net. He used bobber and eggs. Now for me I couldnt get a bite fo...
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By: djw0414
Posted: 6/5/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/5/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Got to the Sky just before 6 AM and started float fishing. Around 5 fishermen with me on the highway side of Reiter and maybe 20 - 25 on the hatchery side. Switched over to driftfishing after no actio...
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By: Snoop
Posted: 6/6/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 1
Fished: 6/6/2012
Hot Spots: 0
In line with the cars and headed in to reiter at 6. After a few casts a guy down stream started having seizures and I helped his buddy get him to the car. Only saw one fish caught, herd a few may ha...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2012
Species: Steelhead
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/9/2012
Hot Spots: 0
Fished the Sky from sled this weekend. Float fished the seams from gravel bars and hit this chromer behind next to submerged boulder. Caught a couple salmon (one 15lbs) all hatchery but had to let the...
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