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Yakima River - September 14th, 2008
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC
RECORDED: 
88 °
FISHING: Good
This Yakima river report is brought to you by the staff of Puget Sound Fly Company, with help from our customers. Please feel free to call us at (253) 839-4119 for further details or for help with pattern recommendations.
Fisherman: Clark, Andrew, Keith and Kyle
Flies: Elk Hair Caddis, Pat's Rubberleg, Hoppers, Adult Stones, Vinyl Lightning, Jelly Bean Baetis, WD40's
Good fishing on a long float. The boys stuck with the dry flies and hooked a solid number of fish in the upper canyon, while the dad's went deep and nymphed a fair number of fish in some not so likely spots. Given the hot temps and Wilson creek puking a little I think the fish were a little off, but the fishing was still good and the scenery combined with the company always makes for a great day on the water.
For you streamer guys, you can still pull up a few big fish by chucking the big uglies to likely spots.
FLOWS: Click here to get Real Time flows at Umtanum
Shuttle service is available from Red’s Flyshop.
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Yakima River - July 11th, 2008
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
80 °
FISHING: Great
Approx 3,000 cfs@ Umtanum Lower Canyon
Marvelous doesn't begin to describe the Yakima last weekend. I threw mostly nymphs, and had the best luck on a Lightening bug in a 16, but they also took olive Anatomays in 16, Flashback Pheasant Tails in a 14, Guide's Choice Hare's Ears in a 16, and a few other PMD emerger flies I had knocking around my box.
The majority of the fish were small, 8'' to 10'', however there were enough larger fish in the mix to keep you guessing until that moment right after the hookup. It's been awhile since I felt trout-confidence to that magnitude, and I'll admit, it sure was nice to get back to that game.What impressed me the most was the dry fly fishing. I didn't go below the surface after 5PM, with a flurry of caddis and a mix of PMD's and small yellow stones. I even hit a fish on an unintentionally skated skwala (my attention was drifing with my boat, and I looked up just in time to see a 16" trail and smash the fly).
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Yakima River - March 29th, 2008
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC
RECORDED: 
31 °
FISHING: Great
This Yakima river report is brought to you by the staff of Puget Sound Fly Company, with help from our customers. Please feel free to call us at (253) 839-4119 for further details or for help with pattern recommendations.
If you’ve been complaining about our “spring” like me, take advantage of a positive side effect. So far my gloomy predictions for wet warm weather with the Yakima running like a super-sized chocolate shake aren’t coming true. The upside to this cold weather is a low clear Yakima, with Blue Winged Olives and Skwala Stones. Nymphing has been very effective and Blue Wings have been popping off during the day.
For you streamer guys, you can still pull up a few big fish by chucking the big uglies to likely spots.
Flies:
Nymphs: Pat’s, Jelly Bean Baetis, Micro Mayfly.
Dries: B.W.O. cripple, Paracute Baetis, Bullet Head Skwala .
Streamers: Sculpzilla, Sheila
FLOWS: Click here to get Real Time flows at Umtanum
Shuttle service is available from Red’s Flyshop.
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Yakima River - March 26th, 2008
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
32 °
FISHING: Good
Reports indicate that the Skwala stone action on the Yak is "about to pop", if not already poppin'. John's CFO Hummer Skwala in a #8 on top and a brown Trout Retriever in a #8 or a Pats Rubber Legged Stone in brown and black underneath has been a deady combination, especially fished close to shore. The temps have been low, so don't expect those fish to be moving into the riffly water yet.
Variable weather has made the fishing difficult, but when you find the fish and they're feeding, you're into fish till you're done. Last week was productive, especially on the nymphing side of things, for anglers wading above Ellensburg and down into the canyon. Big Skwala dries will also produce big grabs, although not in big numbers.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - November 15th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
45 °
FISHING: Good
Colder temperatures and less light mean less active fish, but this is the time to get out to the Yak if you want some solitude. Focus on nymphing with a double rig and go small - 18-22, and think midges. Black Beauties, WD-40's, RS2's, Flashback Pheasants: all great choices. For an additional setup, string up a streamer and fish it deep. The traditional Wooly Bugger, a Dalai Lama, Bow River Bugger, MOAL Leech. You name it, you fish it on a sink tip, and fish it all day. It will not produce as many strikes as imitating insects, but the strikes you do get will be hard to miss. This, more than any other method, is the best way to produce a large, fighting fish when the insect activity is down. Explore the deep runs and the undercut banks.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - October 4th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
55 °
FISHING: Great
As this is going to press, the Yak is in prime fishing shape. Flows have stabilized around 1500 cfs or below at Umtanum, and the Blue Wings are coming off consistently in the afternoons.
Look for cool mornings to fish a variety of nymphs. Larger stones are always a good bet, as well as a variety of trout candy: Natural Anato Mays in 14 and 16, Guide’s Choice Hare’s Ear in 12 and 14, Lightening bugs in 14 and 16.
When the BWO’s are coming off, resort to something smaller. Flashback Pheasant Tails in 16 and 18 and the all-hallowed WD-40 in 20 are great Baetis imitations, and fish love to eat these tiny bugs.
When you start to see fish sipping, change over to a Pablo’s Cripple in a 16 or a similar emerger. Grease it so it rides just under the surface, and fish it behind a Baetis dry. Searching for pods of feeding fish is a little easier in a boat, but if you’re wading, get below them and cast up and across with as little surface disturbance as possible. Be a trout stalker to get consistent grabs.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - August 2nd, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
75 °
FISHING: Good
Wet a line in the Yak up high, and although it's a little late to post to keep current, the flows haven't really dropped since this time. I'd expect that if one went to fish around Cle Elum you'd have a similar experience to my wading escapades two weekends ago. Although the flows were high, the river was, in fact, accessible.
The biggest problem you face when fishing a high river (besides the imminent possibility of losing your footing) is locating the fish. I was using a double nymph rig with two, even three split shot on it at times to keep my bugs bumping along the bottom, and I covered a lot of water. Anywhere that there was the possibility of hooking a fish, I ran my rig through it. That's undercut banks, deep down in broad pools, in faster, oxygenated water at the top of riffles. You name it, I hit it.
I fished a larger point fly than my dropper (typically something like a beaded stone in a 12 or 14, or a GRHE in a 12), then trailed 12" of tippet to a smaller, more imitative pattern (Guide's Choice Hare's Ear #14, Amber Morrish's Super Pupa #14, a Partridge and Peacock Soft Hackle in a #14, and some smaller Baetis imitations as well in the 16-18 size range), and swam those bugs hard.
There was no visible insect activity save some teensy midges. After a 3/4 mile hike downstream, over downed trees, through underbrush, and 4-5 fly changes, I found one 10" rainbow. Worth the headache? Maybe. Or maybe it's worth waiting for the flows to drop, or find a way into a float.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - July 27th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
80 °
FISHING: Good
The Yak has been holding pretty consistently around 4000 cfs at
Umtanum, and the weather in Eastern Washington has been varied enough
to keep the fishing interesting if not always productive. Reports
indicate that big dries are still producing, so we're talking Dave's
Hopper in a 10, Turks Tarantula sz 8, Bullethead Hoppers, et cetera.
Terrestrials of the non-hopper variety would also be a productive
idea, especially when fished behind big floating uglies on lighter
tippet for a more natural drift. Fish see ants, beetles, and spiders
in the water all the time during windy conditions, and a highly
visible foam-bodied pattern will often do the trick when a bigger,
gaudier imitation will not.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - July 17th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
85 °
FISHING: Good
Fishing on the Yak has been moving consistently towards the dry fly end of things. Although the flows are still a bit high (around 4000 @ Umtanum), fish are looking up and ready to eat. Chernobyl Ants, Bullethead Hoppers, and other terrestrial fare are good bets, especially when used in conjunction with a bead headed dropper.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - June 21st, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
75 °
FISHING: Great
As this is being written, the Yakima has bumped up just a hair to 2700 @ Umtanum, and it remains at a very fishable level. We've been getting good reports from all over the river, with insect activity peaking in the evening. Caddis and yellow sallies in the upper sections of the river from Cle Elum to Ellensburg have had fish looking up, and big dry flies fished as attractor search patterns like a Quigley's Hackle Stacker Stone sz 8 or an Orange Paralyzer in a 10 have gotten grabs. Pick the pockets with these highly visible floaters. You want them behind eddies, along seam lines, and against banks. If you're not loosing flies, then fish them harder and closer into the bank, under tree branches, below logs breaking up the current, etc.
The most productive patterns, however, have been in the water under an indicator: Double-Beaded Speckled Hare's Ear Stones in 8's and 10's, Prince of Darkness in 14's and 16's, Pearl Lightening Bugs in 14's and 16's, and Natural Anato Mays in 14's and 16's. There is a smorgasbord of aquatic insects in the water right now, and if you can get one of these imitations in front of a trout's nose on a drag-free drift, they'll eat it. Getting a double-rig going with a large stonefly-like point fly followed with a foot of tippet to a smaller, mayfly-like dropper has been deadly.
For match-the-hatch dry fly conditions, look for caddis to come off in the upper canyon near dark. Size 16 X-caddis in tan and olive is still the magic fly, here, as well as something a little less fluffy, like a Natural Rocky Road Caddis in a 16 for calmer waters. Keep in mind that there's still some PMD's coming off in the lower canyon in the afternoons as well, so don't be without sparkle duns in PMD colors in 14's and 16's, and emerger patterns like Pablo's Cripple as well.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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