Northwest Fishing Club "NFC"

Bellevue, WA, US

1,773 members · Public group

Organized by Tim and 8 others

What we’re about

CHECK OUT OUR CALENDAR FOR FREE!! CLASSES, EVENTS AND TRIPS EVERY MONTH. RSVP MONTHS AHEAD BEFORE THEY FULL-UP. MANY TRIPS CLOSE THEIR RSVP 1 MONTH AHEAD.

Yahoo we're going fishing!! Join us to make friend or two while learning a thing or two and maybe catch a fish or two all over the northwest!! Join us every month all year long to fish rivers like the Cedar, Skagit Skykomish, Stillaguamish, Yakima, Naches, Methow, OP, Montana, Granda Ronde, Klickitat and many more every year.

If you have an interest in enjoying the great northwest outdoor life, this is the great place to learn where when and how. You'll learn more from our world-famous guides and mentors, that have spent decades fishing local rivers, lakes and beaches.

We are the largest and fastest growing Fishing club in the northwest, over the last decade, with the most FREE events, trips and classes, we have no dues, nor memberships fees, we are 100% FREE, but gladly appreciate cash donations.

Be sure to join our weekly ZOOM Meetup to introduce yourself, before signing up for upcoming classes and trips.

If your new or haven't shown up for ZOOM Meetup. Please introduce yourself at the any Zoom meetup.

Once you have introduced yourself at any of our weekly Zoom meetups, then you can sign up for events and classes. Once you have attended one of our monthly classes, you are welcome to sign up for ANY OF MONTHLY "WORLD FAMUSS GUIDED TRIPS".

Our weekly meeting is where you learn about where when and how to fish the great northwest. Plus learn about upcoming group discounted guide trips.

RSVP ASAP month a ahead for trips.... most trips are limited to 8 or less, therefore sell out a month in advance.

Before signing up for guided trips, we have a few basic requirements.

Must introduce yourself at any of our FREE weekly Zoom meetup before the trip
Before signing up for all Trips you must have taken our FREE class.
Guided Fishing Trips require deposit a month or more in advance.

checkout these links to videos

Fishing the great NW

Fishing introduction

Use the comment sections for Q&A, better yet just attend weekly zoom meetup to get all your questions answered. Especially, where when and how to fish this coming week.

Warning.... all our outdoor events have a very high level of risk to injure and damages. Therefore, your attendance means you're taking 100% liability and responsibility for your own safety injures and damages. Meetup's Organizers and Members are never responsible for your nor anyone's safety, injuries nor damages.

Featured event

Sun, May 18, 2025, 9:00 AM PDTFly Fishing Trip to world famous Spring Creek for Monter Trout

Trout Lodge Hatchery , Ephrata, WA

Fly Fishing Trip to world famous Spring Creek for Monter Trout cover photo

More info on the weekly Zoom meetup

The event is hosted by Northwest Fishing Club, which is free club that runs on your donations.

ROCKY FORD CREEK

Rocky Ford Creek is a Central Washington desert spring creek and is located northeast of the small farming community of Ephrata, Washington. It percolates underground and seeps from the rich, desert Columbia Basin soils flowing south, eventually intersecting the massive still water impoundment of Moses Lake. This small, well-known trout stream is home to multitudes of aquatic insects and most often hatches occur on a year around basis. It has also earned a respected reputation for growing some of the regions largest rainbow trout. Here, fish feed freely on a vast supply of aquatic and non-aquatic organisms throughout the year.

Water flows and temperature remain fairly consistent much of the season and fish can travel easily through the slow moving waters of this small fly fishing only stream. Trout exceeding 5 pounds are common in the creek, however rainbows measuring in the 16 to 20 inch fork length are customary. This small spring creek is a virtual mayfly factory during the year. The waters of Rocky Ford churn hatches of Blue Wing Olives, Callibaetis, Pale Morning Duns as well as Trico Mayflies throughout the season. Midges are a constant emergence at the "Ford" three hundred sixty five days a year. Specific times during the season, when mayfly hatches are scarce, these small Chironomids attract the attentions of Rocky Ford Rainbows as they fin freely, harvesting these minuscule insects from the surface. There is really never a bad time to fish Rocky Ford, however weekends during peak periods, especially the warming spring months, can get busy with fly fishermen. There is however plenty of room to fish. The creek offers over 3 miles of accessible fly-fishing water with bridges on both sides of the creek for easy access from one

March will begin producing consistent daily hatches of Blue Wing Olives. By April, Callibaetis and spring Caddis will enter the show and fish will have a variety of aquatics to feed on. Throughout the late spring and summer months of the season, fish forage on a host of terrestrial insects as well. Ants, Beetles and Grasshoppers flourish under the desert sunshine and will present the rainbows of Rocky Ford Creek with a summer time feast during the long dog days of summer. This is especially true when strong desert winds blow across the Columbia Basin. These tiny creatures are hurled into the water and become a favorite forage for fish this time of year. Large Grasshopper patterns twitched and skated along the banks; cattails and weed beds will also prove productive.

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