When Snow Doesn’t Fall, Do More Fish Rise?
- The Fly Box LLC
- 4 hours ago
- 4 min read
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The Cascades are supposed to be buried right now, trailheads locked in snow, riverbanks hushed beneath a heavy sky, and white stacked high above timberline while anglers sit at their vises and wait for spring. Instead, this winter has felt different. Across Washington and Oregon, snowpack has lagged well behind normal levels as warm systems have rolled in high and heavy, delivering rain to elevations that typically build the frozen reservoir Western rivers depend on all summer.
