The intense clouds of the Mother's Day caddis hatch have been gone for about 10 days now, but we are still seeing a good number of caddis out on warm afternoons and Little Yellow Sally stoneflies have been making an appearance as well.

When will the first golden stones appear at Minam this year!?!  With a warm spring and limited amounts of snow to melt in the mountains, it would not surprise us to see the golden stones popping out a little early this year.  Time will tell.

Trout fishing has been consistently good the past month and if your dying to get some top water action in, some rainbows have been willing to come to the surface, although your catch rate will be higher with a dry/dropper rig or a double nymph rig under an indicator.

The store is open 5 days a week at the moment, Thursday – Monday (closed Tuesday and Wednesday) and we have guided fly-fishing trips available daily.  Just call ahead to book.  There are a couple seats left for primetime golden stone dates on our 4-day roadless trips on the Grande Ronde.  These are prime dates during our best dry fly time of year!  Call the store to enquire: 541-437-1111

Grant Richie
Minam Store Outfitters
541-437-1111
www.minamstore.com