Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 5/25/10

We floated the upper canyon. The morning was tough we found a few fish, but after 2:30 the bite was on. Copper Johns and Lightning Bugs were working the best. The pocket water on the cut banks are where we found the bigger fish. One fish screamed down river and took John into his backing before spitting the hook. Another “The one that got away story”. We did get a look at him he thrashed on the surface before he ran to the middle of the river and downstream. It was conservatively at least 18″. John had the big fish rod today, he landed a 13″ rainbow got a few other nice fish close enough to see before they got off. He was doing quite well for his first time picking up a fly rod. Flies: #14-16 Copper John (Red, Black, Green), # 14-16 Lightning Bug, #14-16 soft hackle Prince Nymph, #12-14 BH Prince, #6-10 Pat’s Stone, #14 cdc Pheasant Tail, #14 Peacock Soft Hackle, #14 PMD Nymph, #16 FB Pheasant Tail