Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 5/27/09

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 nymphing was the ticket until the sun went down. Pink worms, caddis pupa, and #10 stones were producing. We went 5 for 8 with some large fish being caught. 4 were between 16 and 18″. The back eddies are the place to be, all the trout are getting out of the fast flows and hanging in the calm water. Fish it hard, at different depths and with a combination of bugs because that calm water is where the fish are stacking up. The olive #16 x-caddis was picking up the rising fish just before dark.