Fished the Yakima Sunday, floating from Red's down to Rosa. The water was a little cloudy, about 18 inches visibility. Got on the river about 9:30 am and fished until 7:00 pm. A beautiful day, sunny, no wind, (no fish). There must have been a gazillion small smolts in the river. We tried our best to avoid them. The only possibility was a large fly like a number 8 Stimulator, something big enough so they couldn't inhale it. The two of us fished pretty hard and caught nothing but 4 - 5 inch fish. In some cases you literally could not escape them. Perhaps Salmon smolts, not sure, some had a bright orange half circle by the eye.
When we took out at Rosa, the smolts looked like popcorn popping through the surface. They were everywhere, probably 3 - 5 in the air an any one point in time.
Jim
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