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Okanogan County's lakes enjoyed beautiful weather Saturday April 28th for the General Lowlands Lakes opener! Anglers who visited the Big R Fly Shop in Omak carted off plenty of Chironomid/Blood Worm, Leech and Crawfish patterns to local hotspots like Leader, Conconully, Aeneas and Omak Lakes and most reported good fishing for Bass, Trout and even Kokanee! Creel reports from the Department of Fish and Wildlife on the local 'Put and Take' lakes opening day were as follows : Avg. Fish Caught... Read more

The rainstorm Thursday of last week has caused severe damage to the the road straight up from Loomis to Chopaka. The road has not been closed as of yesterday (April 30), but still remains extremely difficult to negotiate. The county should be running a grader within the next few weeks. For updates or more information, contact the Okanogan County Public Works at (509) 422-7300 Read more

We got back from Omak, WA on Thursday night after another long drive. We had a great trip, and again, learned a lot of new stuff about the area. The new staff, Greg and Stephan are great guys and both love to fish, and they are willing/eager to learn more. We spent two days last week putting up inventory, sorting out flies, building rod racks, explaining our computer systems, and we even got to go fishing. Greg, who is the owner of Putmbac guide service in Omak, and one... Read more

After a short 10 hour drive from Great Falls, MT to Omak, WA, Erik and I were standing in our newest fly shop in Omak, WA located in the Okanogon Valley in central Washington.  Boxes of inventory are laying everywhere.  We met one of our new fly shop team today, Greg Bennet, he sounds excited to get started and so are we.  Tonight Erik  and I got our rod rack that we purchased from the former Kaufmann's Fly Shop in place.  We also got Loon, Simms, Redington, Buff... Read more

Erik and I spent 1550 miles in the truck this past week scouting out theOmak, WA area to get ready for our new fly shop that will open this spring.  We met some great people, found some great food stops, and of course some really exciting fishing spots.  Tuesday morning we spent the day driving across Montana, Idaho, and Washington and finally arrived in Omak around 5:00 pm just as it was getting dark.  We stopped at the new store on Koala where the roof was going on the... Read more

Erik and I rolled in to Omak last night around dusk, just in time to see the new store going up.  The roof is almost on, and we are praying there is no snow today so that things are not slowed down.  There is not a fly for sale, or a material, or a fly rod for sale in this town right now... so we plan to change that.  One of the construction workers said that huge triploids are being caught from the bank right now down by Chief Joseph.  We had two guy contact us last... Read more

Erik and I will be travelling to our new location we are currently building in Omak, WA tomorrow morning.  This will be our third fly shop, and we are getting very excited for spring fishing in Omak next year, and providing the surrounding fly fishing community with a fly shop that is demographically in tune with the best flies, a huge selection of fly tying materials, and lots of gear for the lakes, streams, and rivers that surround Omak.  Erik and I are going to scope... Read more