Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 6/17/09

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 that was easily over 20″. So for techniques, dead difts in back eddies and down the seams on the edge of fast water and the slow water. Shelves and boulder gardens are also holding fish. Be sure to fish these areas hard with good presentations. A lot of the fish came from these areas after many casts. Flies: #12-16 Prince Nymphs, #14-16 Copper John, #14 Halo Prince, #2-10 Pat’s Stonefly (Tan, Brown, Rust), #14 Bloodi Mary