I keep thinking that "today is going to be my last chance" and today may very well have been. I looked at the weather and found that today was suppossed to be partly cloudy and in the mid-50's in Ellensburg with rain and cooler temps the rest of the week so I went for it. Silly me to believe the weather man, I think it got up to the mid-40's over there today though the wind wasn't too bad and once noon hit my hands thawed out somewhat.
I fished at Mile 15 and the afternoon BWO hatch was much more sporadic and light than it had been in the previous weeks there. Nymphing before-hand yielded nothing and I was just getting ready to pack up and move to a new location when a fish rose. Over the next 1.5 hours I managed to get most of the fish that were rising up to look at my #20 BWO Comparadun and managed to land 4 fish in the 11-14" range, missed several other strikes, and had a few out and out refusals. By 2:30 the rises had shut down in this area completely and so I headed off the water. As I was leaving I saw lots of fish rising in the flat above Umtanum and decided that since some guy was parked there that I wouldn't try to squeeze in, besides I was still cold and needed some hot coffee to get home with. Tim
