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Yakima River - June 4th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
80 °
FISHING: Fair
The Yakima has been high, and the caddis has tapered off leaving room in your dry fly selection for PMDs and sulphurs. Overall, with these higher flows, nymphing has been the ticket. Princes, Pheasants, and Copper Johns in tandem with bigger stone patterns as a point fly are recommended. However, if you look hard, you might find some midday risers to PMDs, and some evening risers to caddis. It’s still a float game, though, and until the river drops a bit, the fishing is going to be inconsistent and difficult to wade.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - May 24th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
80 °
FISHING: Fair
The Yakima has been running at or above 5500 cfs this last week, making it virtually unfishable. As this is being written, however, the Yak at Umtanum has dropped back down to 4430 cfs, and the caddis are still on the water. If you have a boat, it’s definitely worth getting out with caution and a good dry fly rig in the afternoon, and sticking to a beaded stone/beaded nymph combo under an indicator in the morning. Some dry fly activity has been reported, but it is sporadic in the higher flows.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - May 18th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
60 °
FISHING: Poor
The Yakima in the canyon is at 6000cfs and in Cle Elum it is 4500cfs, so right now it is not a good bet for either boating or wading. Consider Rocky Ford or one of the area lakes like Lenice, Dry Falls or Chopaka.
Report submitted by Nathan Keen
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Yakima River - May 12th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
60 °
FISHING: Fair
The Yakima has bumped up to around 4500cfs at Umtanum and there's quite a bit of color in the water. Caddis are popping hard, with prolific numbers all over the river, however, the instability of the water has made fishing difficult. Look for flows to stabilize a bit and drop somewhat for the fishing to pick up.
Some fish are still being taken on peacock soft-hackle caddis pupae patterns and caddis sparkle pupae in 14's. Dries are not as effective as they will be when the fish get adjusted to the higher volume of water, so if you want to fish on top you will want to wait until the flows stabilize a bit.
As the fish begin to look up, standard Elk Hair Caddis in 14's and 16's, olive X-Caddis in 16's, and Caddis emerger patterns (Olive Silvey's Edible Emerger in 14/olive Bloom's CDC Caddis in 14 and 16) will all be effective patterns all over. But that's still a ways away.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - May 3rd, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
49 °
FISHING: Good
The Yak has come up to around 3100cfs @ Umtanum, which means that unless you have the ability to float, the upper stretches around Cle Elum are your best bet for wade fishing. The rig of choice continues to be a stonefly/beaded-nymph dropper.
Hot flies include a Twenty Incher Beaded Stone or a Thorax Double-Beaded Stone in a 8 and a 12 followed by an Natural Anatomay in 16, a Guide's Choice in a 12, or the ever-productive plain 'ol Pheasant Tail in a 12 or a 14. Look for increasing caddis activity as the temperatures rise, and keep your eyes peeled in the afternoons for surface activity.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - April 24th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
50 °
FISHING: Great
The weather has held steady, and the flows remain low. This is primetime spring fishing on the Yakima.
March Browns are coming off in a short-lived flurry from 12:00 PM on, and anglers have reported the continuing presence of Skwala stones on the water, as well as the ubiquitous BWO’s.
If you hit a dry spot between the bugs, tie on a pink San Juan Worm. The Yak is running between 2400cfs and 2800cfs at Umtanum and is sizzling right now.
If you need any more incentive to get out there, check out the great video of a curiously bullet-shaped trout at
http://www.redsflyshop.com/powerhour.html .
Awesome!
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - April 19th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
60 °
FISHING: Great
The Yak has dropped nicely into shape, and the insects are moving. Think Skwalas and BWO’s in the springtime weather. The flows are at a very manageable 2600, and access to the river for waders has improved considerably.
Successful patterns include San Juan worms, Stone Flies in 8’s – 12’s, mayfly imitations including Pheasant Tails (Anato Mays as well) in 14’s-18’s. This river is a great bet for a solid hook-up this week!
Keep an eye on the river levels for any increases due to snowmelt, rain etc.
http://www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/nws/hh/basins/data.html?yak+umtw
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - April 5th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
55 °
FISHING: Good
The day started with little or no insect activity, then burgeoned into a mix of BWO's, Skwalas, and March Browns. We also spotted some Golden Stones and a couple streamside Little Yellow Sallies. The thickest March Brown activity occurred around 1:30ish and tapered off quickly. Productive dry fly fishing immediately transported the anglers to "Troutasia" - a euphoria-like state induced by feisty trout rising in the sun (with a comparadun-style March Brown in a 14 being the immediate catalyst). As the day continued, increasing activity from small (14-18) black caddis had fish looking up.
Productive patterns included Peacock Anato May (16), Pheasant Tail (14), Double-beaded Stone (8), Black Tentwing Caddis (16), and high-floating Skwala imitations.
Interesting sights included a trout that took down a dry like a toilet-bowl flush (watch out for these bigger guys, sometimes you won't even see lips), an expired beaver somewhere below the Umtanum footbridge, and two hiking goats.
With the Yak on the way up, it may be hard to locate the fish. Stick to nymphs (ideally a double-rig with a stonefly imitation and a short mayfly dropper) and cover lots of water. If the Yakima stays under 5000 cfs @ Umtanum, it will still be worth fishing from a boat. Waders need the flows to be at 2200cfs or less for optimal conditions.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - April 4th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
45 °
FISHING: Good
The Yak is still too high for the wading angler, it is a boat show only right now. The weather has been cold and the hatches sparse for the most part. With warmer weather we should see some more bugs and hopefully snowmelt will not blow the rivers out of shape. Keep an eye on the flows at
http://www.nwd-wc.usace.army.mil/nws/hh/basins/data.html?yak+umtw
I would be prepared for March Browns, Baetis and Skwalas. Bring the usual assortment of small nymphs (red copper johns, lightning bugs, micro baetis) as well as some streamers and you'll be set up for some shots at spring rainbows.
Report submitted by Nathan Keen
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Yakima River - March 8th, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
45 °
FISHING: Good
The Yakima has been slowly rising with higher snow levels, but warmer temps have also brought water temps up a bit. As this happens the bugs get moving and fish start eating more regularly.
Early spring hatches include the Skwala stone and the baetis mayfly. Big and small. I would fish a Skwala stone nymph with a baetis trailer when fish don't seem to be near the surface. Prospect with a Skwala dry on warmer days and look for snouts and subtle rises in slower water to indicate a baetis emergence (or maybe midges, you'll just have to figure it out, but I don't feel sorry for you, because you'll be on the water and I probably won't!). If your baetis imitation don't work, switch a small midge emerger and chance are they will eat.
Streamers are always good this time of year, especially if the water is a bit high and off color. Play around with various retrieves from a twitched dead drift to and ultra fast downstream movement of the fly. The fish will let you know what they want.
Report submitted by Nathan Keen
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