Monthly Outing - Fly Casting & Fly-Tying Fair
2024-09-20 09:00 - 2024-09-22 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Clark College, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA, 98661, United States
Fly Fishers International – Fly Casting & Fly-Tying Fair – Clark College, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way Vancouver, Washington 98661
Casting Fair Sept 21st 2024

WSCFFI Casting and Fly-Tying event:
• Casting & fly-tying classes morning & afternoon
• Demonstration fly tyers all day
• Walk-in casting clinic all day long
• Casting classes include, beginning, women’s, intermediate, advanced and spey taught by FFI Certified Casting Instructors and Master Casting Instructors.
• Rod manufacturers will be present with demonstration rods.
• Come and obtain your bronze, silver or gold certification at the Casting Skills Development course.

Monthly Outing - Cancelled for October!
2024-10-17 | Blue Creek on Cowlitz River, WA, 98591, United States
Due to inclement weather, we are canceling the planned outing for the Cowlitz fishing and camping. In its place, we will schedule a “Pop Up” Outing in the next 45 days. A sign up sheet was passed around at the meeting today (Oct. 15). If you are interested, please reach out via the “Contact Us” on our website.
Sorry for the change and thanks for your patience.

Monthly Outing - Special Meet/Greet and Eat!
2024-11-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Griffin Fire Department Headquarters, 3707 Steamboat Loop NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Our regular monthly outing this month will differ from the norm in a few ways.
First – it will not be on the water fishing. It will be an “event” at the Griffin Fire Station.
Second – it will not be on the normal Thursday and Saturday following the membership meeting, it will be the Saturday before the membership meeting.
It will be held on Saturday, Nov 16 at the Griffin Fire Station.
From 1000 – 1400 (Board members are asked to arrive at 0900)
Lunch will be provided
The details are as follows:
Start at 1000 (0900 for board members) and will continue to 1400.
Lunch will be provided
The schedule will be as follows:
0900 – 1000       Board members arrive and set up
1000 – 1100       Fly tying, general meet and greet, conversation and story telling
1100 – Noon       SSFF 2025 calendar planning (everyone’s input is encouraged)
Noon – 1400       Lunch (provided by SSFF) and Fly Tying

Monthly Club Outing - Fly Tying/Lunch
2025-01-18 10:00 - 14:00 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Our regular monthly outing this month will differ from the norm in a few ways.
First – it will not be on the water fishing. It will be an “event” at the Boston Harbor Fire Station.
Second – it will not be on the normal Thursday and Saturday following the membership meeting, it will be the Saturday before the membership meeting.
It will be a Fly-Tying event on Jan 18th from 10:00 to 2:00pm at the North Olympia Fire Station.
A chili and soup lunch will also be provided.
Even if you don’t tie, stop by and meet the other members. Get tips on local and distant fishing spots. Maybe you can even hitch a ride in someone’s boat sometime!

Steamboat Island - Sea-run Cutthroat
2025-02-22 10:00 - 14:30 | Olympia Outboard Club, 8113 Steamboat Island Rd NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Lunch is Provided!
The shuttle to Olympia Outboard Club will start at 12 Noon and the pickup location will be at the Griffin Fire Station #02
Park at the Fire Station and Vic will drive the shuttle vehicle to the clubhouse located at 3015 Steamboat Island Road Northwest, Olympia, WA 98502. If you show up after 12:30, drive to the club house and a shuttle will follow you back to the Fire Station. Driving on the island is one-way to the right. There is limited parking and almost no cell service on Steamboat Island. The North East point and the spit have the best Sea-Run habitat environment.
Contact for more information: Jared Wood – president@southsoundflyfishers.org

Monthly Outing - Lake Lawrence
2025-03-15 09:00 - 15:00 | Lake Lawrence, 17500 Pleasant Beach Dr SE, Yelm, WA, 98597, United States
Meet at the Lake Lawrence Public Boat Launch, 17500 Pleasant Beach Dr SE, Yelm, Wa 98597
Flies, Rods, & Lines: 4wt or 5wt. Bring two if you have them. One for indicator fishing and one with sinking line for streamers or leeches. This lake is a 2 Pole allowed lake. However a 2 pole endorsement is required.
Be prepared to fish moderately deep with the cold weather. A slip bobber is preferred if fishing over 10’ deep but a fixed indicator is just fine. Floating line can be used to fish chironomids or balanced leeches under an indicator.
Seven-foot tapered leader and 5x or 4x tippet. Tapered leader is not necessary if you want to go straight to tippet.
Chironomid flies in olive, brown, red, black in sizes 14 and 16. Smaller balanced leeches in size 6, 8 in olive, black, black/red, brown. Scuds and backswimmers/water boatmen might be good flies too. Stripping woolly buggers with a sink 3 is effective too.
RSVP to Max if you are planning to attend: 360-790-6613 (He may have an open seat on his boat).

Monthly Outing - Searun Cutthroat
2025-04-19 11:30 - 14:30 | Geoduck Beach, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Searun Cutthoat at Sunset/Geoduck Beach near Evergreen State College
Low tide is around 9:30 AM. We would like to be out there while there is still more beach, but allow for more moving water. We will target a meeting time closer to noon. We will provide more details at the monthly meeting on April 15.

Monthly Outing Coldwater Lake (St. Helens)
2025-05-17 09:00 - 15:00 | Coldwater Lake, Coldwater Lake, WA, 98649, United States
You must have a pontoon boat or some means of getting on the lake – no fishing is permitted from shore (if you hike the lake, you are restricted to “stay on the trail” and there are only two access points to the shoreline where boats may land). The usual flies will work, such as buggers, leeches, nymphs or a fly that floats well. Some days nothing works. You ought to bring both floating and deep sinking lines.
Driving Directions: Access off I-5 via SR 504, Exit No.49; go east on
the well maintained state road.
Coldwater Lake is 45 miles from I-5. You will pass Seaquest State Park
at 5.2 miles, Toutle at 11, Kid Valley at 18.3 (last place for gas), Eco
Park at mile-post 24.1, and finally Coldwater at milepost 45.
Or you can go through Toledo until that road makes a T intersection with SR 504.
– Gasoline powered motors are prohibited – it is part of Mount Saint Helens Monument
– Federal pass required (America the Beautiful pass)
– Boat ramp is gravel (Not concrete)
– Can be windy, 5+ mpg most of the day. Winds are usually blowing up the mountain in the morning, and down the mountain in the afternoon
It takes about two hours of driving to get there and I recommend getting there around 9 am particularly if you plan to fish chironomids. Some club members will be arriving between 9 AM and 10 AM at the launch, which is at the SW end of the Lake, which is NE of Spirit Lake Highway/504.
Coldwater Lake is managed as a quality trout fishery. Wild rainbow and cutthroat are in the lake. Access is limited. Contact National Volcanic Monument Headquarters at 360-449-7800 for more information.

Monthly Outing - Biennial Auction !
2025-06-21 12:00 - 15:00 | National Guard Thurston County Readiness Center, 8303 Kimmie St. SW, Tumwater, WA, 98512, United States
2025 SSFF Auction has finally arrived!
It will be on June 21st from 12 Noon to 3 P.M. held at the National Guard Thurston County Readiness Center located at 8303 Kimmie St. SW Tumwater, WA 98512. RSVP’s are required so we can plan for the enough food. If you RSVP by June 15th, you will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 prize! There will be a potluck-style lunch, with the club providing pulled pork sandwiches and baked beans. We are asking club members to bring food items according to your last name:
A-G: Side Items
H-O: Snacks (chips, veggie plates)
P-Z: Desserts
To RSVP: To go to the RSVP Page Click Here or you can also submit a RSVP by going to southsoundflyfishers.org/contact/ and let us know how many will be in your party.
The auction is open to club members and their guests.

Monthly Outing (Cowlitz Campout)
2025-07-18 08:00 - 2025-07-20 17:00 | WA
Lewis County
Carline Lake, Cowlitz River, Mayfield lake, Swafford Pond

Monthly Outing - Annual Picnic on 19th
2025-08-19 17:30 - 19:30 | WA

Monthly Outing (Fly Fishers International Casting Skills Development )
2025-09-20 08:00 - 17:00 | WA

Pop up Outing (Wynoochee and Satsop Rivers)
2025-10-18 08:00 - 17:00 | WA
There will be a pop-up outing to walk and wade the Wynoochee and Satsop Rivers. We will be swinging flies for coho salmon. 7 or 8 wt rod is recommended with intermediate or sink tip line and your favorite streamers. Both river levels are pretty low with good bank access.
Jesse and I will be meeting at Shipwreck Cafe for breakfast at 8:30 and then carpool as needed to the rivers. We plan to be done by 1:00 and have plenty of room for others to ride along. We also have extra rods if you don’t have a salmon rod. Just let us know.
Shipwreck Cafe
244 Madrona Beach Rd NW, Olympia, WA 98502

Monthly Outing - Wynoochee River Outing
2025-10-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Twin Bridges County Park, 29 County Farm Rd, Montessano, WA, 98563, United States
Our new location will be Twin Bridges Park near Montesano on the mighty Wynoochee River. Along the Wynoochee we located several excellent spots where parking and river access was easy and available. As the Wynoochee is tidally affected we do get to sleep in a little this Saturday. Low tide is 9:38. The best time to start working the river is as the tide comes in. So I will be posted up at 9:30 to meet and greet everyone as you all arrive. From there we can start fishing and moving to the other scouted bank locations if need be.
When: Meet at 10:00
Where: Twin Bridges County Park at 29 County Farm Rd, Montesano, WA 98563
What: We will be walk and wading, fishing on the incoming tide for Coho Salmon. There is really good bank access at the county park with knee high slow-moving water and deeper holes using a 25 to 30 ft cast. We will go out to lunch afterwards.
Special note: You need a salmon and steelhead catch card if you plan on retaining any fish
Rod: 7 or 8 wt
Line: Floating, intermediate, or sink tip depending on technique
Recommended fly patterns:
Beads or egg patterns
Egg-Sucking Leeches: These are classic and highly effective for coho. Variations tied with marabou or rabbit strip in black and purple, with a pink or orange head, are a top choice.
Bunny Leeches: Similar to the Egg-Sucking Leech, these have an enticing, pulsating action. Bright colors like cerise and purple are favorites.
Clouser Minnows: A versatile baitfish pattern. Pink/white, chartreuse/white, and chartreuse/pink are the most effective color combinations for coho.
Dolly Llama: This articulated streamer is popular in a pink/purple color scheme.
Contact our Outings Chair Jesse for any questions: 253-432-0659
Additional info:
Multiple species were seen coming in last week. Everyone I talked to was hauling them in on egg patterns. I suggest the fluorescent, neon, sometimes referred to as cheating pattern flies. The brighter and more alien looking the better. Glo bugs, blood dots, meth eggs, slush eggs, the more industriall and toxic looking the better. These fish are all hopped up on the spawn, in stressed water and eating to attack as much as they are to feed. That all being said, the usual patterns can still be applied. Anything bright and flashy should be just fine. The chartreuse, pink, jointed and articulated monstrosities your non fishing friends are sure of is a sign of decline. Due to their absolute lack of representing anything in nature. Those flies are the ones you want to bring.
Low tide is at 3:00 pm and the fishing is going to slack out way before that. So it will be up to the river and fish to decide when we’re done. If everybody is up for it, I suggest that when we’re finished descending upon the great Wynoochee salmon run. We meet at the nearby ShipWreck cafe. I’ve had several meals there in the last few weeks. It’s a great place to get warm and lie to the waitresses about all the fish you caught. They’ve gotten the hang of smiling and nodding in agreement that my scraped knuckles, bruised forehead and muddy state of near hypothermia is from some great adventure. And not slipping in the parking lot and splashing hot coffee down my face and waders.
Easiest way to find Twin Bridges Park is using whichever map app you like the best. Plug in Twin Bridges Park, Montesano and it will come right up. I will be in the main parking lot. I drive an older silver Tundra. It has four doors, a beat up topper and is covered in ‘look at me, I fly fish’ stickers. If you don’t see it right away just look for the white SSFF cheese board signs and follow the arrows. I’ll have them posted at the main road, parking lot entrance and one last one by the meeting area. If anyone has any extra stickers laying around I’ll take them. I love stickers.
Can’t wait to see you all tomorrow, I’ll be sending out a text this afternoon to everyone who signed up so be looking out for that. Its just a final check in before tomorrow.
Jesse

Veterans Day Fishing Event
2025-11-11 08:00 - 12:00 | Black Lake, X2MG+52 Olympia, Washington, Olympia, WA, 98512, United States
The SSFF club members will host an outing honoring invited veterans and their guests. The club will provide watercraft seating, food, and equipment for an outing at Black Lake in Tumwater, WA. Timeline/Agenda

Club Outing - Fly Tying at the Fire Station
2025-11-22 11:00 - 13:30 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Come join us at the North Olympia Fire Station for some fly ting and to discuss possible outings for the coming year. A potluck luncheon is also on the agenda. Bring your Fly tying gear, beverage and anything you’d like to share.
