Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 5/23/10

We were in the upper canyon today doing a little R&D with some new bug designs. The river is in prime shape. We tried some crazy colored wire on our Copper Johns, and they worked. Some of the water that fished good was inside seams and faster, fairly deep boulder pockets. We found two 18+” trout, six more in the 10-15″ range, and one 25″ White Fish. That was the biggest Whitey I’ve seen in a while. There was a good mayfly hatch in the early afternoon and we saw a few riser. Flies: #14-16 Copper John (Red, Blue, Black, Purple, Green), #14-16 soft hackle Prince Nymph, #8-10 Foam Golden Stone, #12-14 BH Prince, #6-8 Pat’s Stone, #14 BH cdc Caddis Emerger, #14 Rusty Spinner, #14 Peacock Soft Hackle, #14 PMD, #16 FB PT