Queets River: Lots of water, lots of fish!

From the same system as the Sol Duc, the Queets also gets a large run of wild fish. It's also glacial water so sometimes the holes and structure are hard to see. At it's best, the Queets is an optimal steelhead green.

The best drift to target wild fish is from Hartzell Creek to the Clearwater Bridge. Once you leave the boat launch you're in the rain forest and it's just you, your buddies and mother nature. Completely uninhabited, it's truly breathtaking scenery and as wild as it gets.

Bankies have a few choices, but the mouth of the Salmon River is very popular. Other than that following the Queets River Road allows glimpse of the river so you can hike in. If the park is open it will provide numerous holding water for these great fish. Be careful, the forest is thick and it gets dark quick.

The river blows easy, but as soon as it falls back into shape hit it because you could be into a double digit day.