River Dog Fly Company

Float trips work the Yakima River around Cle Elum and Ellensburg, Washington, roughly an hour east of Seattle, for rainbow and cutthroat trout. Three lengths are published: a half day float of four to five hours at $450, a full day of seven to eight hours at $550, and a MEGA float of ten to eleven hours at $725, the long version offered June through August. Each boat takes one or two anglers. Rods, reels and flies are included, along with a cooler of non alcoholic beverages and the shuttle; lunch, sales tax, gratuity and licenses are not. Trips are built around the angler, from a first outing to an experienced fly fisher, with instruction in technique folded into the day. Big stone flies are called out for evening fishing. A summer walk and wade option on the Snoqualmie near North Bend runs four to five hours at $450 for one or two anglers.