Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 1/5/09
The ice is still flowing down the Yakima, but warmer weather is in the forcast. All we can do is hope right now.
The ice is still flowing down the Yakima, but warmer weather is in the forcast. All we can do is hope right now.
There is a lot of ice flowing down the river. Between getting snagged on the ice chunks and the chance of large sheets hitting the boat or people wading, the…
Streamer fishing has been good. We landed some big fish in the 16-19" range in the softer water. Inside slower bends have been good and in the soft seams. Pat's…
There was some pods of fish rising to midges in the farmlands today, but nothing consistant. We found that the natural bugs were not working as well as the flashy…
Fishing has been good. We are getting ready for winter fishing, but it is not here yet. There are still some mayfly and caddis activity on the surface throughout the…
We had Steve and John in the upper river today. The hatches came back today. There was a buch of October Caddis, BWO's, and smaller black and tan caddis happening…
I had the pleasure of fishing with Alan today and yesterday. The cold front over the weekend really put the hatches down in the upper river. We went down and…
Ryan and I went up river for a little Research and Development today. We were able to boat a 21" bow that rolled and chased our crane fly down-stream before…
Mike, Cindy, and I floated above Cle Elum today. There were many fish to be had and massive hatches throughout the day. We saw may flies, crane flies, october caddis,…
Rob and I floated the upper canyon today. This was Rob's first time fly fishing and the wind did not work to our advantage. We were able to fight the…
Floated the Farmlands today with Barb. She owns and operates a charter boat business and this was her first experience fly fishing. After I got her into fly casting instead…
We fished the upper river today. Chris and Jim were able to get their casts right on the seams and near the structure and we had fish rising to our…