Was supposed to be on the water today ... but here I am stuck doing chores again as I called the trip this morning based on several hours of pretty heavy rain.

1.68 inches so far and it's still coming down ... everybody else seeing the same??

Looks like a lot of folk's fishing plans are probably getting pushed to the back burner!

A lot of rain and Wind here in Seattle

I was supposed to go fishing up at the Sky today. Kind of glad I forgot to set my alarm now

there was light rain in the Ft Lewis area from approx 0515 until 0700, it is still raining but not heavy. Don't know what the accumulation has been.

.05" in Puyallup today. Was planning on heading up to your neck of the woods this weekend Bob. Doesn't sound good though.

Yup!

Started in McCleary, went to Raymond, then Westport, then Aberdeen, then Lacey. The later in the day, the more the wind and rain.

I did pull over at the mouth of Willapa Bay just to watch the storm for a few minutes. You just have to love the power of a good storm!

It is a cool 73 degrees here in north Phoenix with no clouds in site

I was up on the N/Fork of the Sky this morn. It wasn't raining hard when I got there but had to wade thru the snow to get to the river bank. I was surprised that the river wasn't up. It was just a little higher than in the summer time. But if it keeps raining all that stupid snow will melt and the river will rise. Saw a few brave souls out on the river durning my drive up there. One other note The road that goes past Reiter Ponds to Index is now paved all the way. They were installing guard rails there this morn. Jim S.

I don't want to hear about it banki. Here in Olympia we've had occasional showers until about a half-hour ago. Now I'd have to call it rain. I guess we do live in a rainforest area.

Ron

No steelhead, either. Ya give some, ya take some.

SW region rivers will be toast by dark.

Yes very true Dave I miss standing in the cold rain fighting steelhead and salmon ,but I will be back in summer for couple weeks. Then back to good ol' Washington for good in the end of December to harass a steely or two :p

Yesterday I found a pod of steelys in some new water!.spent last night digging through my maps looking for a way to come down on the other side of the river,Found a way with a little over a mile hike cross country!woke up this morning all exited!Checked the usgs station didn't look bad,LETS GO.Got to the lower river didn't look bad especialy considering I was going about 7 miles up.Drove around the backside in about a foot of rotten snow!Got to whereI figured I needed to be and took off!About two miles later got to the river,a BROWN gross mess!know how to get to that hole now!Yay its raining!

I am posting the URL of one of the best sites for updated weather information that I have found yet. This site is updated every three hours I believe. If you play around with the site a bit and use the USGS Hydroglical site you can get a good idea of when to hit the rivers for maximum fishing time or just stay home and work on that honey-do list!

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