I hiked down to Whychus Creek recently at the bottom of the canyon just below our house for some morning fly fishing.\u00a0 Whychus is a beautiful small local creek that gets almost no fishing pressure.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Because the creek is heavily treed in along the banks, I like to fish the creek with a 7′\u00a0 0″\u00a0 4 wt bamboo fly rod. Longer 8 or 9 ft. rods are just too long for this little creek.\u00a0 Nymphs tend to work well on the resident fish, but they’ll come up for dries occasionally also.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Here is a fun little video that I pulled together of my morning.<\/p>\n