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.
Kschaefer3 on Oct 10, 2012October 10th, 2012, 1:05 pm EDT
It's been a long week at work! I'm sure every one of you can relate. To make matters worse, I didn't fish last weekend. So...I am taking a weekend trip to the Bois Brule in search of some steelhead. I have fished this river quite a few times for chrome, but have come up empty. I am hoping for rain this week into weekend. And hopefully the cold weather will have them active. I just want a fish!
Have any of you been up there recently? Or heard any recent reports? My plan at this point is be to the river before sun up and mix it up between fast and slow water until I (hopefully) find fish.
I can't wait. Nothing like the beauty of that river and a couple nights sleep in a car to clear your mind after a long week at work.