Queets River Washington Fishing Report & Options for Selecting Flies: Email us at (sales@perfectflystore.com) with the dates you will be fishing and we will send you a list of our fly recommendations. We can get flies and gear to you within two to three business days from the time you place your order via Priority Mail. If you provide a budget for flies, we will select them to match the budget and get them to you on time for your trip. Your can also call us at 800-594-4726 and we will help you decide what flies and gear to use. All orders are shipped free in the U.S. If under a $100 order requiring Priority mail is a charge of only $8.10. Orders over a $100 are shipped free via Priority Mail.
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Type of Stream
Freestone and Tailwater
Species
Steelhead (winter and summer run)
Coho Salmon
Chinook Salmon
Sea-run Cutthroat
Bull Trout
Dolly Varden
Size
Medium to large
Location
Central Coastal Washington
Nearest Towns
Queets
Kalaloch
Season
Varies by species – Make sure you
see the current regulations
Access:
Good
Non-Resident License
State of Washington
Weather
National Weather Service Link
Seasons:
Varies by species
Summer:
Cutthoat, native and sea-run can be taken in the late Summer months.
Fall:
Chum Salmon run from late October into the winter. Chinook Salmon enter the river from September through November. Fishing peaks in the middle of October. Coho Salmon follow them, entering the river near the end of September. Of course, the amount of rain and resulting
water level is the controlling factor. October and November is the best months for the sea-run cutthroat.
Winter:
Steelhead are in the river from December through April but the best fishing is usually in January and February.
Recommended Tackle & Gear
For Steelhead and Salmon
Fly Line:
7, 8 , 9 or 10 weight for appropriate typerod, sinking, sinking tip and floating
Leaders:
10#, 12# in 9 to 15 feet lengths
Tippets:
10# and 12#
Best Fly Rods:
Perfect Fly 7, 8, 9 and 10 ft. single hand rods
Fly Reels:
For 7 to 10 weight lines
Fly Floatants and Misc Items:
KISS Strike Indicators, Lanyards, etc.
Tools & Accessories:
Nippers, forceps, retractors, etc.
Copyright 2013 James Marsh
Fly Fishing The Queets River Washington
The Queets River is located on the Olympic Peninsula, the greater part of which is within the Olympic National Park. The river is over fifty miles long and empties into the Pacific Ocean. There are many tributaries including some that are good fisheries themselves. The Clearwater River, Salmon River, Matheny Creek, Sams River, Tshetshy Creek are some of the major tributaries.
The Queets River is one of Washington’s last pristine wild steelhead streams. It offers an angler a good opportunity to hook up with a large, wild steehead. The winter run steelhead found in Olympic National Park are usually large. Twenty pound fish are common.
The Queets is a rain forest river with large gravel bars and plenty of logjams. The southwestern part of the park is knows as the Queets corridor and extends from the Sams River downstream to the Quinault Indian Reservation. The hatchery fish head to the Quinault tribe hatchery on the Salmon River. When that takes place the banks and water becomes very crowded with anglers, or better put, chunkers. The upper Queets River gets the wild steelhead and isn’t usually crowded.
There are three boat ramps, all accessible from the Queets River Road which runs parallel with the river. Anglers can park along the pull off areas and turn outs along the road and hike a short distance to the river.