Yakima River, WA

It was time to take Dustin and his girlfriend out on the Yakima River. Water was in good shape but we were a touch off on the fishing. Dustin finally popped his cherry with a nice cutthroat. Towards the end of the run I pulled out the sculpzilla and stripped up a nice rainbow.

Summary:
Location: Ringer to Big Pine
Time: 9am - 9pm
Rod: 5 wt w/ floating line, 5 wt w/ sinking tip
Tackle: Double the pats for double the fun, hair ear nymphs, chubbies, various nymphs or midges and the good old sculpzilla
Fish: 2
Species: Rainbow and Cutthroat
Biggest Fish: 16" rainbow
Smallest Fish: 12" cuttie
Rating: 7/10

Sylvia Lake, WA

Sometimes you have to try Sylvia in June because she is still producing.


Summary:
Location: Sylvia Lake south end
Time: Weekends and week nights
Rod: 5 wt w/ floating line, 5 wt w/ sinking tip
Tackle: 8 black and copper wolley bugger
Fish: 5
Species: Rainbow
Biggest Fish: 6#
Smallest Fish: 5#
Rating: 9/10

Metolius River, OR

I pride myself on knowing this river. Some days it is hot and other days it is very difficult. This particular trip it was hot as heck. The first night I went 10/14 landing a brown, whitefish, and rainbow in the same hole within 10 cast. While at camp a guy from Colorado saw me tying up some flys and came to talk story with me. He had fish for 3 days with no luck. I told him to find me the next day and I promised to catch him not just a fish but a trout. Within 15 minutes of working Doug's hole he lost a fish and about 5 minutes latter he landed this nice 17" red band.


Summary:
Location: From blue hole to george camp ground
Time: 9am - 8pm
Rod: 5 wt w/ floating line, 5 wt w/ sinking tip
Tackle: 8 black stone nymph, 16 rainbow warrior, 18 zebra midge, 16 copper john hybrid, 10 Rogue Stone, 8 black and brown Pat's Stone, 16 hot wire, sculpin patterns and much more
Fish: 17
Species: White Fish, Rainbow, Browns, Bulls, Redbands
Biggest Fish: 12" whitfish
Smallest Fish: 8" rainbow
Rating: 10/10

This little guy hit a sculpin