Northwest Fishing Reports

Anyone tried these in WA?

link to chernobyl ant

I use them in the summer on the Yak and Methow, usually with a dropper nymph hanging off of it. The fish take the dropper most of the time but I've hooked some huge cutts and bows on the Chernobyl on top.

HG... Spring and Summer on the Yakima with a trailer works. The ant seems to work by itself close along the riverbanks and the seams at times, but i use it with the trailer for cutthroat. The cutts seem to be more agressive with terrestrials. I have never used one that was pink though. I will post a pic of the one I use. I think I got it at Orvis...I didn't make it my self. If you google "Chernobyl ant" you will find hundreds of hits. Lot's of different kinds and how to make them yourself. I want to add that this lure or fly is usually quite large and is for larger trout. The sizes I have is a 6 and an 8 and I have never used it as a goto fly. I use it if I get a few larger trout or cutthroat hits first and want to change up from a small fly. Good luck, Steve

I use this fly all the time and it produces very well for cutts. Don't use it much in Wash st though, mostly Idaho rivers.

It seems like it shares some simmilar color with the Eastern Washington Caddisfly that I used to see in the Blue Mountains. I could see it having some success at least over on that side of the state.

It's a fairly popular fly during the summer on the Methow, Yak, Kettle, and others. I've used it to great success on many WA, Montana and Idaho streams.