Heather Lake

Hiked with the scouts today to Heather Lake. What a coincidence! I just happened to have my packrod, cast-a-bubble, and flies with me. I wonder how that happened? I think the scouts are beginning to sense a pattern to our destinations.

Small size 16 yellow humpy was the trick. Caught 2 nice Cutts, a nice rainbow, and a nice hybrid. Two other dads along for the hike caught four fish as well. I think they may come on more hikes with me! Weather was mildly wet intermittently and we had limited boy attention span so we cut the fishing somewhat short, but it was successful. Well worth the 3.25 mile hike in.

Yakima River

Tom, Dad, and I floated the Yakima this morning. Flows had dropped 1,000 cubic feet/second since yesterday so fish were a little disoriented. That didn't prevent a few from finding their way onto our flies. I caught a nice cutthroat early in the morning and Tom had a nice rainbow as well. Mostly little guys. I spent most the day with a stone and grasshopper dry (or drowned) and Tom did really well nymphing. Dad went between dries and nymphs.