yeah.. I've been out that way, but not fishing..

Riffe lake management is changing.... seems like the morons who run Lewis County have finally figured out that sport fishermen bring a lot of money when they come to visit...

so they've put pressure on Tacoma Power to make the lake more accessible during the winter... yes you'll find that the cosmos ramp is gated now when water is low but there was a big article in the local paper recently describing how the ramps at Taidnapum and the one near the dam are being extended so we'll be able to get our boats in the water even when the reservoir is way down...........

still not too much action at the fishing bridge but I met a happy guy who had just caught an 8 pound rainbow drifting worms near where goat creek comes in........


If you drive past taidnapum you go over a bridge and the road tees just on the other side of the river............

if you then turn left you will drive along the south shore of the cowlitz right up to and past Cowlitz Falls Dam........


the first creek you cross is "Goat Creek" and there's a place to park.. there are a couple other places to park and access the river further on but the further you go the higher the road is and the steeper the hike down to the river edge.....

this time of the year (before the reservoir is raised flooding the runs and riffles) it's a nice clean river with classic runs, riffles, pools, etc... very inviting to fish............

and, according to the guy who caught the 8 pound 'bow, there are some big fish to be caught.....