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.
Fly fished constantly for many, many years - but quit as my children were born and we moved away from our riverfront home. Children have grown and graduated college and I'm returning to the sport that I've missed. Waiting for the snow to melt...