CONCRETE — Dozens of anglers outfitted in waders are soaking up the sun this week along the Skagit and Sauk rivers while fishing for Skagit River steelhead.
The excitement of the steelhead catch-and-release fishery here — the first since 2009 — brought locals and visitors to the banks of the rivers.
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