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Yakima River - May 17th, 2009
supplied by: Griff's Fly Fishing Adventures
RECORDED: 
83 °
FISHING: Poor
Clint and I fished the Yakima from Ringer to Red's yesterday. We started about 11am and took off at 5pm. It was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and an afternoon temp of about 83 degrees. We even did the float wearing shorts and sandals. Lots of Caddis throughout the entire float but no fish eating on top. We tried both dries and nymphs. The nymphs were the most productive. Both the Pat's Stone and Pearl Lightening Bug were about equally effective. The rest of the story is that the river is off-color with about 1.5 ft. of visibility and in the mid 4000 cfs range. With each passing day, I get more excited about the opener on the Methow and Twisp Rivers on the first Saturday of June. By the way, this opening date is new this year. In past years these streams have opened on June 1, so don't head to the river on June 1. It could be a costly mistake. Always give WDFW regulations a second look, it could keep you from an embarrassing moment,
See ya on the river, Rod
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Yakima River - March 14th, 2009
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC
RECORDED: 
42 °
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.
Fishing is entirely dependant on the weather right now. Warmer days and warmer times in the day are producing the most fish. Look for cloudier days with decent temperatures to really ignite the B.W.O.’s. Skwalas nymphs are already very active with a few adults poking around as well. Ringer loop access has re-opened but Bighorn will remain closed.
If things get real warm and the river dirties-up, think San Juan WormsFlies: Silvey's Olive Stone, Bullet Head Skwala, Hi-Vis BWO, Sparkle BWO, Jelly Bean Baetis, WD40', Sculpzilla.
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 2nd, 2009
supplied by: Griff's Fly Fishing Adventures
RECORDED:
39 °
FISHING: Poor
I had quests in the Farmlands on Saturday and the colder temperatures both overnight and through the day slowed the fishing for rainbows. However, thank God for Whitefish. The weatherman is predicting some more favorable temps in our future. Hopefully, that will perk up the bows.
See ya on the river, Rod
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Yakima River - February 24th, 2009
supplied by: Yakima River Fly Shop
RECORDED: 
40 °
FISHING: Fair
The river continues to be low and clear. It is at a very good level for wading and floating despite some of the boat launches in the Cle Elum area still having snow. The launches in the Ellensburg area are clear. Active bugs include skwala nymphs (no adults seen yet) and some midges when the temperature is in the mid-forties. Flies that have taken fish over the past weekend include black, size 8 wooly buggers, skwala nymphs and pink San Juan worms. The fish tend to be found in deep, slow moving water. www.tightlinesangling.com
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Yakima River - February 23rd, 2009
supplied by: Griff's Fly Fishing Adventures
RECORDED: 
45 °
FISHING: Good
I fished the river with two guests, Brian and Trevor, on Saturday, February 21. The fishing was great and we had alot of fun. The catching was not red hot, but we managed to hook a handful of fish on nymphs. The highlight of the day was landing two bows late afternoon, both about 17 inches, on Skwala dries. It was Brian's first dry fly fish. Both fish were fooled with sz. 8 foam Skwala patterns of my own creation that I don't have names for. I am convinced, however, from the takes that any good Skwala pattern would have fooled them. The nymphs that we fished were various sz. 8 and 10 stonefly patterns with a San Juan Worm, Copper John, Pheasant Tail, or Prince Nymph dropper. The river is in great shape. There are a few changes since the high water. That is what makes this river great. New water to figure out. It is only going to get better, especially the dry fly fishing. If you want to get out and fish give me a call at 509-929-3813.
See ya on the river, Rod
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Yakima River - October 30th, 2008
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC
RECORDED:
58 °
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.
Flies: Hi-Vis BWO, Sparkle BWO, Jelly Bean Baetis, WD40', Sculpzilla.
It looks like this cloudier weather should improve the fishing over the next week. Sporadic BWO and Mahogany hatches will continue and seem likely to increase. Nymphing has been extremely effective in the Canyon with some decent dry fly fishing during the afternoons. If you like to cover a lot of water, throwing streamers (Sculpzilla) can produce some very large fish, particularly at this time of the year.
FLOWS: Click here to get Real Time flows at Umtanum
Shuttle service is available from Red’s Flyshop.
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Yakima River - October 24th, 2008
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
50 °
FISHING: Great
The Yak has been fishing well. The water is low and generally clear and fishing in the canyon is best as the water continues to get colder, but the Cle Elum stretch is still putting out some nice fish. Look for BWO's, Mahoganies and a few late October Caddis. Pat's stone is a great searching nymph and a trailer nymph imitating a baetis is a sure bet.
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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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