Upper Clack trout?

[clacksteel]

My uncle, cousin and I are planning on heading up to the upper Clack and some tribs but we are unsure where to look for some trout. We are stuck to banking it so that rules out the big water I guess unless the fish are real close to shore. I'm a big fan of moving water and a lot of fish (who isn't)...maybe that is why I am passing on the steelhead this weekend...either that or the enormous rafting and fishing crowds! A place to escape the people would be a definate bonus! Thanks for any help you can give (PMs welcome)!

[Ryan Pultz]

Oak grove fork of the clack is full of brookies and cuts go above harriet late. Also I will PM you some other places. rp

[fishnfun]

The collawash is a great small river. It has some truly huge fish in it too.

[Mr. Sturgeon14]

i second the calawash its all wild fish catch and release and the fish keep getting bigger every time i go plus there are big salmon and steel head in there too i like fishing just at the mouth and up it a little ways.

[deefly]

Back in the 1960s our scout troop used to catch whopper trout at the Alder Flat camp ground. I never did understand why the trout were so big back then...16-18" average.
Hard to believe now... :eek:

[PapaHog]

i second the calawash its all wild fish catch and release and the fish keep getting bigger every time i go plus there are big salmon and steel head in there too i like fishing just at the mouth and up it a little ways.



Is this a fly water only? What about live bait. ie worms and salmon eggs ect.

I fished there in the 70s and they would stock it just below the first bridge across the collawash. Not any more I take it.

[Ryan Pultz]

Papa it is artificals only. Spinners and flies rp

[Mr. Sturgeon14]

and wild trout that keep getting bigger and we usually hook a salmon. last year we used bait(salmon eggs) in the clack at the mouth of the collawash for the 6+ pound suckers in the deep hole.

[clacksteel]

Thanks for the help guys! We were planning on checking out the calowash to see if there were any native steelies in there...I was planning on trying some of the water for trout...now I will have to!

[Mr. Sturgeon14]

there are some nice big nates in the calowash we see a few and hook one accasionally

[adiposessed]

Check the regs...I think the Colowash is closed to all angling.

[c_hawks]

what are u using for the upper clack trout?

[clacksteel]

I ended fishing a stream up off the Clack that was choke-full of hungry native cutthroat. They were hammering the size 12 gray elk-hair caddis that I was throwing at them. I tried smaller flies and larger flies...the smaller flies they ignored, the larger flies the would only nip at...but the elk hair caddis they would engulf. Most the fish were healthy little native trout around 8". The weather was awesome (75 degrees and sunny) and the scenery was 2nd to none! I love fishing for the big ones, but it is always nice to take a little trip where you are reminded that bigger isn't always better!

[FireCat]

If you want to excersize a little, We took our Mt. bikes into Shinning lake up off indian ridge and caught 15 brookies and 12 rainbows with the "killsbarry stud" pattern
all fish were between 12-18 in. We then hiked with our tents over to the next ridge there is a lake there that is chuck full of Golden trout. The neat thing about it is this lake cannot be seen but only looking at it by air or from two other ridges, seen 2 very big Blacktail bucks. It is very, very remote back there so dont try hiking back there if you are NOT in good condition.

[PittsburghD]

This sounds very intriguing Firecat. Can you PM me a little more on details on the lake. I don't know much and would love some solitude. Perhaps in the Fall. Also, what is a "killsbarry stud" pattern.

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