Although we’ve had a long hard winter over here in Central Washington, spring fishing on area lakes is off and running and the opportunities for fly fishers are better than I expected. Water temperatures are chilly, but trout are hungry. The results of the of the March 1st opener indicated that fly fishers had very good success and they will do even better as weather continues to warm. Although wind made things difficult for the anglers who hiked down to Dusty Lake caught some big fish. Rainbow and brown trout were running 14 to 20 inches and there are much larger fish available there, including some whopper tiger trout. Really big tiger trout, up to 6 pounds, are available at Lenice. Anglers did better at neighboring Nunnally on the March 1st opener, and anglers are reminded that the state plans to put 1,100 rainbow weighing over a pound to the lakes in April. Lenore is also a popular fly fishing lake, but still hasn’t shaken its ice. When it goes fishing will be hot. Rocky Ford Creek, near Ephrata, has fished exceptionally well this winter and offers great fly fishing for rainbow that average 2 to 3 pounds.