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This just one group of anglers that were fishing at Sidley Lake during the NW Ice Fishing Festival in Molson. Unfortunately, not a single fish was caught. However, all the prizes were awarded by drawings.
Everyone had a great time at the event.
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Here is Darc Knobel from the Desert Fly Angler in Ephrata. It is hard to see but he is showing me a large bug that he had not seen for quite a few years. I am sure the trout were feeding on them. They are also feeding on the scud and egg patterns that anglers are offering them, too.
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This photo was taken from the top of the hill above Rocky Ford Creek. You can see the whole length of the stream that is open to fishing. I had a great time shooting video with Darc Knobel at the Desert Fly Angler for my new Outdoor Insider TV Show.
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Stuart Hurd of Hurd's Guide Service gets the rods set out for a day of fishing on Rufus Woods Reservoir. The temperature, with the breeze was in single digits and everything was freezing up. Hurd still put our group into a lot of fish. Well over 20 were caught and released and we took some home, too.
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Jason Gutzweiler shows of one of many triploids caught on a recent trip to Rufus Woods Reservoir. This fish was one of the bigger ones caught that day, which was the coldest day of the year on Rufus Woods so far this season. We were fishing with Stuart Hurd of Hurd's Guide Service.
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This angler is concentrating on a bite he was getting at Fish Lake. He and his partner had eight perch and three rainbow for a couple hours of fishing when I stopped by.
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These anglers chose to fish from the dock at Fish Lake, rather than walk through the layer of slush. Warm weather creates this condition, but there is 5 inches of ice under the slush on the main lake.
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Kevin van Bueren, North Cascades Fly Fishing, demonstrated his method of mending that is so critical when fishing the Methow in low, clear and cold conditions on the Methow River in the winter.
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What you're looking at in this photo is a 1/64th ounce Raven jig, tied by Keith Roe. These are deadly on steelead and triploid rainbow trout.
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Dave Murphy, of Northwest Bait and Scent, saw his product prove its worth fishing for steelhead near Pateros. Murphy was the first to limit, using his scented shrimp on Maxi Jigs.
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