Upper North Fork Lewis River (info needed)

icebreaker · 10-08-2003, 05:47 AM

Has abone fished above the dams (swift, merwin, yale)on the upper north fork of the lewis? can you wade or do you need a pontoon boat? is there good public access? is it an easy drift for a pontoon, is there any whitewater to be concerned with? what's the average size trout up there? what mile markers are good areas? Is fall a good time to fish there?

trout chaser · 10-08-2003, 09:05 AM

The upper NFL has a lot of wading access. The entire river is on national forest land. An average fish is 10"-12". There are some much bigger fish around. Fall can provide decent fishing, but the skinny water can make it tough. July-August are my favorite times up there. There is good fishing from Swift all the way up to its headwaters. I would suggest getting a GPNF map and start exploring.

[ 10-08-2003, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: trout chaser ]

icebreaker · 10-08-2003, 09:24 AM

trout chaser, thanks for the reply. plan on scouting it out this weekend. will try walk-in wading instead of bringing my pontoon boat.

lilnorthfork · 10-08-2003, 12:08 PM

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Has abone fished above the dams

<font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica">Who is abone? :grin: