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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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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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