I have talked about how much fun I have casting for trout in our area streams. The experience puts me in a relaxed state of mind. When I am on the Icicle, upper Entiat or Kettle rivers, I think of nothing else but where to place my next cast. The anticipation of a trout coming up and swatting my fly keeps me in focus and in the moment like nothing else. When I tell people about how much I love fly fishing, some of them remark that it sounds like something that would take a lot of time to learn and could be costly. The truth is that casting flies on small streams doesn’t require sophisticated casting technique and a fly rod, reel and floating line really doesn’t cost more than to get set up for fishing for salmon on Columbia River. Like many fly fishers that have been at it for years, I have a huge number of flies that I have collected over the years for all types of fly fishing, from trout to steelhead and even bonefish and tarpon. To effectively fish our small streams though you can fish on all them with only a Parachute Adams, Elk Hair Caddis, Stimulator and a Renegade.