Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 6/23/09
We floated the canyon today from MM19 to Lmuma. There was a good PMD hatch mid-day, but the fish that were sipping PMD's were willing to take the big golden…
We floated the canyon today from MM19 to Lmuma. There was a good PMD hatch mid-day, but the fish that were sipping PMD's were willing to take the big golden…
We were in the Farmlands today. Fishing was consistent even though the weather was a little crazy with the rain and wind. The riprap banks and the back eddies produced…
We were in the upper canyon today. There were quite a few golden stoneflies coming off, along with some salmon flies. The back channels treated us good today. We were…
The fishing is good. We were in the upper river with Mark, Ryan, and Paul. We got into a lot of fish with a long distance release on a rainbow…
The flows are down to a managable level. We have been in the Farmlands the last three days and got into some nice fish. #14 X-caddis, #10 Golden Stones, and…
Flows are high, but there are fish to be caught. We floated the Canyon today and the caddis are coming off really strong. A few risers during the day, but…
Fishing has been tough. The upper river above the Teanaway is still in shape, but the water temps are in the mid to low 40's. We hooked 6 landed 4,…
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.