Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
This Skwala nymph still has a couple months left to go before hatching, but it's still a good representative of its species, which was extremely abundant in my sample for a stonefly of this size. It's obvious why the Yakima is known for its Skwala hatch.
The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn’t someone else’s gift to you. - Lee Wulff
Fly images are very high resolution, printed on acid-free paper and come matted to fit an 11" x 14" frame.
NOTICE TO FLY FISHERMEN: If you have a fly or flies which you would like photographed, I will be happy to do it for you for a nominal additional fee based on the number of flies to be shot. Prints sizes up to 12"x18"
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Linda Cook
My father was a fly fisherman for most of his life. As a tribute, I am photographing the best of his flies - most tied by him. Unfortunately, he can't remember most of their names. If you know the name of a fly, please forward it to me :-)