Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 4/9/09
Rocky Ford -ĆFishing really turned on at about 1:00. Scuds and PT's were doing the trick sub-surface and a hatching para-midge worked great on the rising fish. There were midges…
Rocky Ford -ĆFishing really turned on at about 1:00. Scuds and PT's were doing the trick sub-surface and a hatching para-midge worked great on the rising fish. There were midges…
Any day, the fish are going to go crazy for a big stonefly dry. We are still getting some fish looking to the surface, but we need the water temperature…
This cold weather has put a damper on the hatches, but any day it is going to be great dry fly fishing on the Yakima. Pat's Stones #8-12, pt's #14-18,…
Skwalas are starting to happen. We have been able to pick fish up here and there on the big dry, but it is going to get crazy soon. Nymphing has…
Blown Out. The river peaked at about 23,000 CFS and is on its way down. Hopefully we'll be fishing next week.
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…