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Yakima River - February 23rd, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
40 °
FISHING: Fair
The Yak has been blown out, but it will pick up as flows drop with the cooler temps we have been having. It is currently flowing at 3000 cfs right now, which is fishable from a boat, but not the best for wading.
Pound the banks with streamer patterns and if the weather warms a little during the day, look baetis and maybe a few Skwala stones.
If it were me, I would be fishing streamers and nymphing until I saw definite rise activity.
The river needs to drop to 2200cfs (at Umtanum) or so to be manageable for wading.
Check the flows by clicking here:
Report submitted Nathan Keen
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Yakima River - February 6th, 2007
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC
RECORDED: 
43 °
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.
With some milder temps, the Yakima has been fishing great lately. Just adjust your tempo to the slower pace of a winter fish. Dead drifted nymphs and slowly fished streamers are most effective when the water is cooler. Another proven tactic is to think small with nymphs at this time of the year, although Skwala Stones will become active as soon as temperatures rise. For those of you who want to target big fish. Big Sculpin patterns have been producing some real pigs.
NYMPHS: Pat's Rubber Legs, Vinyl Lightning #18, WD40 #18, Pheasant Tail #18…
DRIES: Parachute B.W.O. #18, Adams Parachute #18
STREAMERS: Olive Beldar, Baby Dad, Stalcup Sculpin FLOWS: Click here to get Real Time flows at Umtanum
Shuttle service is available from Red’s Flyshop.
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Yakima River - February 2nd, 2007
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
40 °
FISHING: Fair
As the ice flows come off from the winter thaw, midges should start
happening with enough force to get fish moving.
Remember though that at this time of year, if it is cold and clear on the west side, it is even colder on the east side. There won't be much bug activity right now, but once we get a little warmer temps, the midges will start and all the early hatches won't be far behind.
Right now, I would fish streamers in soft water and have your midge dries available in case a hatch comes off. Or you can tie on a skwala stone nymph and something small and red (like a copper john) and then nymph a few fish up.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter, Ryan Smith and Nathan Keen
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Yakima River - November 17th, 2006
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
40 °
FISHING: Fair
The Yak has come down quite a bit from last week and is fishable
despite reduced visibility. Big streamers (cone-headed buggers,
muddlers in olive, zonkers, et al) fished toward the bank with hard
strips will produce if fished consistently.
A big nymph rig is your
next bet - a Fergus Stone in 6 or 8 trailed by a Gold-Ribbed Hare's
Ear or a Pheasant Tail in a 12 will rip some lips as well. Keep an eye on the level, however, with recent rains, it could push the river up and make it a dicey situation for fishability.
Check out the river level by clicking here.
Report submitted by Joel Oerter
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Yakima River - September 19th, 2006
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED: 
65 °
FISHING: Great
The Yakima has dropped into great wading shape and the fishing is improving by the day.
Look for baetis (if the weather is overcast and cool) and October Caddis on any day (and especially in the evening). If the weather warms consider fishing an ant pattern as these terrestrials linger into autumn longer than any other.
I would be fishing a large October caddis pupa with a dropper like a Morrish Olive Anatomay (size 18) or a bead head olive hare's ear (size 18 as well) during non hatch times. As midday wears on into late afternoon, begin to ply the banks with a size 10 or 12 October Caddis adult. Cast to all the likely looking spots and if you are not getting strikes, keep moving. Once you fish some working fish, then slow down and fish more deliberately.
Fish small soft hackles (14 and 16) on a floating line and leader tapered to 4x during non hatch periods. Soft hackles "represent" just about any emerging insect and they do a good job when nothing else is working OR as a primary method of fishing. Cast straight across, dead drift for a while and then let the flies swing across current slowly, but seductively. Don't set on these fish or you'll break off lots of flies!
Report submitted by Nathan Keen
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Yakima River - September 17th, 2006
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC
RECORDED:
68 °
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.
Jon, Bill and I fished the lower Yak on Sunday. In summary, the weather was perfect…the fishing wasn’t bad it just wasn’t as good as we thought it should be. With overcast skies, light wind and mild temperatures, we all kept expecting a great hatch of B.W.O.’s. A decent hatch did come off in around 1:00, but the fish just didn’t seem that interested. We managed some whitefish, a few decent trout (even a nice 17”) but it could have been so much better. Oh well, a few more weeks of this weather and the fish have to turn on.
Flies: Jelly Bean, Red Vinyl Lightning, WD-50.
FLOWS: Click here to get Real Time flows at Umtanum
Shuttle service is available from Red’s Flyshop.
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Yakima River - August 13th, 2006
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC
RECORDED:
89 °
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.
We Fished the Yak yesterday with a few friends. Our boat floated from Rinehart to Ringer. A short float with the 4,000+ c.f.s. that we’ve been seeing, but we had to get home early, so a short float was exactly what we needed.
We fished the usual suspects: Hoppers, Nymphs and Streamers, with Streamers producing both the biggest and most fish. With results like that it made the choice to fish Streamers fairly easy. While we didn’t land a ton of fish, we hooked a fair number and landed some nice rainbows with some scrappy (or a word that rhymes with that) Northern Pikeminnow thrown in too.
NYMPHS: Prince,Vinyl Lightning Bugs
DRIES: Parachute Hopper, Joe's Hopper
STREAMERS: Brown Beldar, Mini Sculpin
FLOWS: Click here to get Real Time flows at Umtanum
Shuttle service is available from Red’s Flyshop.
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Yakima River - June 15th, 2006
supplied by: All About the Fly
FISHING: Poor
Well, its that time of the year for the Yak. Good one day - out the next. Best advise: Check the flows!! The Yak is running high and dirty. With the start of the irrigation season and the thunder storms the valley experienced early this week, the river won't be fishable for at least a couple of days. Good time to get some of those home projects done. Report (and honey-do reminder) provided by Yakima Guide, Bill Loder.
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Yakima River - June 5th, 2006
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC
RECORDED: 
73 °
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.
Windows of opportunity come and go on the Yakima. Right now milder temps and less rain have teamed up to create some good fishing above Wilson Creek. If you go, fish above the Creek and you will be rewarded with P.M.D. hatches and clear water.
NYMPHS: Jelly Bean, GoldVinyl Lightning #14 and #16 and Tan Sparkle Pupa
DRIES: P.M.D. Thorax, Tan Elk Hair and P.M.D Parachute
STREAMERS: Olive Beldar, Baby Dad, Mini Sculpin
FLOWS: Click here to get Real Time flows at Umtanum
Shuttle service is available from Red’s Flyshop.
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Yakima River - May 25th, 2006
supplied by: The Avid Angler
RECORDED:
65 °
FISHING: Fair
The Yakima is at 4000cfs as of today and the wade fishing is non existent below the Teanaway and maybe possible in the upper river. Look for it to settle a bit more after last week's blow out before you boaters head over.
For the waders in the bunch, you are probably looking at September before this river is user friendly again.
The Cedar opens June 1 and will be a good bet for some nice trout.
Report submitted by Nathan Keen and Dave McCoy
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