steelhead guides

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

Bearpaw, I'm not a guide but I can guarantee you a fish if you want to come down and fish. I have all the gear and I catch fish everyday.

[rackattack]

Bearpaw, I'm not a guide but I can guarantee you a fish if you want to come down and fish. I have all the gear and I catch fish everyday.

Chris, are you still trolling for chubs, or are you targeting the trowser trout now?

[SeaRun1]

I recommend Justin Tenzler of Olympic peninsula outfitters. Great guy and great fisherman. Catches some brutes each year.

Lots of these guys are good people and great fisherman.  I know Justin and he is one of the most knowledgeable fisherman you will ever meet.  He approaches the water like a scientist and really knows his fish, their habitat, and all of the nuances of the OP rivers.  Great guy as well.

SR1

[deerhunter_98520]

Does justin have a website?

[WSU]

If I were you, I'd pick something out your way that you can do on your own.  You are in a great location for a small stream angler!

[deerhunter_98520]

If I were you, I'd pick something out your way that you can do on your own.  You are in a great location for a small stream angler!

I have a co worker with a drift boat that said he would take me but I've always wanted to just try a guide one time and he said he wanted to go too

[WSU]

If I were you, I'd pick something out your way that you can do on your own.  You are in a great location for a small stream angler!

I have a co worker with a drift boat that said he would take me but I've always wanted to just try a guide one time and he said he wanted to go too

I would definitely go with a guide.  I'm just saying to figure out a river you'd like to fish in the future.  You will have fun and learn a ton for the future while you're doing it.

[floatinghat]

What type of experience do you want?  Big river, numbers and lots of people, little river chance at fish and solitude, gear or fly?  If you want a little of both I would fish the Deschutes in Oregon with a spoon. 

You could get a guide for one day and spend a couple DIY. 

[deerhunter_98520]

I've fished most of the rivers around the harbor here for salmon and hooked into a few small steelhead but I want to find a guide that I can learn to some things about steelhead fishing...I know I won't learn everything with one trip but would like to learn basics to start out....Im thinking I'm going to do one of these local rivers....I don't want to fish something like the Columbia....I'm thinking like the wynoochee, humpulips, quinault river....I don't want to combat fish either...I want to stay in Washington for now

[WSU]

George Rose fishes the Hoh for summers.  Everyone and their mom fishes the nooch for summers.  The hump gets damn-few summers.  I'm not sure who guides it in the summer.

[deerhunter_98520]

Anyone ever fish the lower quinault? I've had a few guys around here tell me that's where to get big steelhead

[WSU]

I haven't but you won't be able to go on your own.  It is tribal only.

[Forks]

George Rose fishes the Hoh for summers.  Everyone and their mom fishes the nooch for summers.  The hump gets damn-few summers.  I'm not sure who guides it in the summer.

Goerge gets my vote on the coast. He's a great guy and you will learn a bunch by watching and asking only a couple questions a trip.

[deerhunter_98520]

I haven't but you won't be able to go on your own.  It is tribal only.

I know...that's why I was told it was such great fishing

[Bullkllr]

I have fished the Lower Quinalt several times and always had good experiences. It's like any other river- there are good days and bad. You can hit it right and have a hey-day, or work and scratch for a couple bites. With a decent guide fishing can be as good there as anywhere on the coast.

Pros: it is less crowded (mostly); 30+ miles of river; can run a sled (most guides do);doesn't go out easily; lotsa hatchery fish; can keep wild fish (if that's a +); as good a shot at a bigger fish as anywhere

Cons: native guide is required/can't learn with a guide to fish it on your own; wild fish escapement is not great; ; when it gets high and colored it can stay that way for weeks; better guides are pretty busy

For a one-time deal I'd think you might learn more that you could apply on your own on a different river.

So you're thinking about next winter?