Brian loves Nachos. Or was that Naches?

Brian and I floated 12 miles of the Naches River with Troy of Red's Fly Shop today.  River had dropped over the last two days and water clarity was great.  Brian was on a tear!  With a little coaching from Troy he was dead on for hooking up with big cutthroats, mostly on stonefly nymphs under a dry stone.  Pictured above is not his largest of the day, but is representative of what he did while schooling his father.

Rob managed to find cutts, rainbows, a large whitey, and the Naches River steelhead in the photo.  Troy said that all the steelhead in the Naches are around 22" and unlike the rainbows, do not have any spots below the lateral line.  That was certainly the case with this guy who took a stone under a hopper in a hopper/dropper setup.  Brian had lots of cutts, a few rainbows, and a whitey also.  Lots of variety today.

Temps were near 100 degrees so we were wet wading.  Brian decided it was pretty sweet fishing while sitting down most of the day.  Lots easier than tramping around the sagebrush all day with Dad or Uncle Tom.  We saw two shore anglers along the highway.  Other than that, we had the entire 12 miles to ourselves!  Nice day for a float and as usual, Red's guide service was superb.