Fly of the Week #4- Butthead Sparkledun - PMD

PMD #2

PMD Dun from a local Kittitas Valley Stream

Week 4-

Butthead Sparkledun - PMD

What a weird past two weeks.  So, we live in a significant rain shadow and the weather is usually a moderate ramp up to summer heat.  Last week, we went from moderate temperatures to high heat, I personally saw 99 degrees Fahrenheit.   With that comes a lot of doomsday talk of low flows and warm water.   Fast forward to yesterday, and the high temperatures were in the 60's and it was snowing in the mountains!  Yes, areas above 5000 feet received up to 8 inches of snow! It was 36 degrees here in Ellensburg this very morning.  All this means one thing, good fishing.  The Yakima river is fishing great.  We are having many different hatches and the guides are getting people into a lot of good fishing.

The fly we chose for the Fly of the week is a Comparadun variation dry pattern.  The Yakima River is a high pressure system and trout quickly settle into selectivity.  Now, that does not mean it's a small fly, long leader water.  We fish the heck out of the big stuff (More on that later).  PMD nymphs are working fine in the mornings and when surface feeders are not showing.  Trail a nymph behind a Pat's Stone and ply good looking water. When the the hatch progresses and the fish look up, try this sparkledun and look for foam lines and back eddies.  We like the olive-yellow tone body, the trailing husk and the extra float-ability of the deer hair.    Dip this in some fly-agra and get on the water.