Burns Fishing Supplies : Fishing Trip to Seiku, Washington

We had a great fishing trip to Sekiu, Washington last August. My nephews Grant, Campbell, and Gavin were in from Hawaii. Chris Taylor from Trout Unlimited Chapter 383 President and a member of the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Puget Sound Sportfishing Advisory Group also joined us.

Here the group of us were getting ready to launch the boats.

This is Grant with a 20+ pound King salmon that he caught on the first day. He used a Lamiglas Kenai Quick 15-30 lb class rod and an Abu Garcia Ambassadeur Record reel spooled with 30 lb test Tufline XP braid. He was using an 11" green Luhr-Jensen Flasher with a 26" leader attached to a 3" Danielson glow green and white splatter hooch.

Here's a nice flounder that Cam caught on a drop-shot style rockcod rig. He was using a Lamiglas Classic Glass rod with Abu Garcia Ambassadeur Line Counter reel spooled with 30 lb test Tuf-Line XP braid.

This is at the end of the first day. Gavin and Chris with the Sekiu Eagle outside Olson's Marina Mini Mart.

Junior Pro-Staff Ryan Hartley

My name is Ryan Hartley, and I have grown up fishing. I remember the first time my dad took me fishing when I was little. He took me to a river that he fished in as a kid. I was so excited catching rainbow trout from the river bank. Ever since then I have been addicted to fishing. I am lucky enough to have 8 lakes within walking distance of my house. Within these 8 lakes I can catch bass, bluegill, catfish, crappie, carp, shad and maybe even some others. I was a camper at the Georgia Trout Camp during the summer of 2013, and then returned as a youth mentor in 2014. I received the "Julie Stalnaker" award for doing good job as a mentor. The award named after a woman who was an active TU member and conservationist in our area. Sadly she passed from cancer. I was honored to receive it.