I hiked down to Whychus Creek recently at the bottom of the canyon just below our house for some morning fly fishing. Whychus is a beautiful small local creek that gets almost no fishing pressure. Most of the trout are on the small side (5″ to 9″) but it’s not uncommon to get into a few larger fish also. Because the creek is heavily treed in along the banks, I like to fish the creek with a 7′ 0″ 4 wt bamboo fly rod. Longer 8 or 9 ft. rods are just too long for this little creek. Nymphs tend to work well on the resident fish, but they’ll come up for dries occasionally also. For the morning, I picked up about 15 fish on #18 black zebra midges, #16 black AP nymphs, #10 black stonefly nymphs, #16 copper johns, and #14 Royal Wulffs. Here is a fun little video that I pulled together of my morning.
