Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 5/11/10

We got out for a little evening run today. We floated MM 19 to Umptanum launched at 5:30 and off at dark. The caddis hatch was happening, but the wind made for an interesting float. We just threw dry flies, an x-caddis and a tan cdc emerger. The majority of the fish ate the emerger. Trail that emerger 12-14 inches behind your lead caddis. We got a lot of small fish trying to eat our flies on the slow soft seams, but as we moved out into the heavier water nicer fish were coming up. We hit our biggest fish of the evening in a fairly fast, wide tailout. Keep those dries in their even in the fast choppy water. Flies: # 14-16 olive x-caddis, #16 cdc caddis emerger