A quick fishing report:
Fished the Yakima River near Ellensburg, in eastern WA. Winds 25 to 30 with a number of gusts at or over 40. Even with the wind, the PMD?s and March Browns were out in force and some Golden Stones as well. Caught a lot of fish, Rainbows, Cutthroats and Whitefish and some salmon smolts. The trout ranged in size from 9 inches to 17 inches. The bigger trout were very fat and sassy, they had a great time feeding during the winter. I had a brief hookup on a steelhead. Two jumps and then it gave me the fin.
I had a new 6 weight Thomas & Thomas Avantt fly rod I wanted to break in. I actually got in some dry fly fishing using it and casting a large Golden Stone even with the wind. Caught some nice sized 15 to 17 inch trout with it.
Overall it was great to get back out on the water.
Larry —sagefisher—