Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 9/15/08

We fished the upper river today. Chris and Jim were able to get their casts right on the seams and near the structure and we had fish rising to our bugs all day. There were stone flies and october caddis hatching, so medium sized orange dries were working, but big foam and hairy was the ticket all day. We stuck with the big bug on top and only went down and dirty when we spotted some big fish in the deeper holes. A #6-8 brown pat’s stones with a #14 copper john dropper was able to get them to hit. This low water is nice for doing shorter drifts and really working the holes and runs that are holding fish. The big fish that came up to the dries were right on the deep cut banks with the faster current and in the larger boulder pockets.