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Yakima River Fly Fishing - 4/26/08

Anew — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:37:00 +0000

Ned, Dawn and I fished the Upper Canyon on Saturday. Once again fishing was pretty predictable with the focus being on the March Brown in the early afternoon. The water clarity was still quite good but the Tenaway was on the rise. We had very little luck (one whitefish) until 2pm when I landed a real nice Cut/Bow on a March Brown dry I had tied the day before. We pushed on after landing my fish looking for more feeding fish. Not to far down stream I spotted rising fish and I position the boat for Ned to get at them. Ned pricked one smaller fish and while he was changing up his pattern another larger fish started feeding just up river. One cast short of the mark then a perfect cast and Ned had another great fish on. He played him for a few minutes then I missed him with the net (sorry Ned.) A little fight later and he came unpinned. A great fight with a great fish. Blue Wings started coming off relatively thick and we changed up the rigs. Ned long distance released a few smaller fish while on the fly to end a warm Yakima River day.

Yakima River Fly Fishing - 4/25/08

Anew — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:24:00 +0000

Friday Rene joined me for a float on the Yakima River. After fishing yesterday I knew that we needed to be on good water around 1pm so we took our time and positioned ourselves within the pack of boats so that we would hit what I'm calling March Brown Riffle at 1pm. Fishing was slow threw the morning but I was able to hook one on a double bead Kaufmans Stone in green. Well what do you know, 1pm and the March Brown started coming off and the fish responded. I landed a few missed a lot and fished to a specific feeding fish for at least a half hour only to miss him on one take. Fun none the less. Started to see a few Blue Wings come off in the late afternoon but fishing slowed quickly after the March Brown hatch.

Yakima River Fly Fishing - 4/24/08

Anew — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:15:00 +0000

I ran over to the Yakima to catch some March Brown Mayfly action before the river blew up with the upcoming heat of the weekend. I didn't have anyone to fish with on Thursday the 24th so I moved slow all morning and didn't make it to the put in until 12:30. I rushed to get the boat in the water knowing that the hatch couldn't be far off. I push hard on the oars to make the first good riffle while keeping my eyes open for little brown sailboats in the riffles. After pulling in and rigging a dry fly setup I went about rigging the rest of the days rods. While doing so I looked up to see the March Brown hatch starting strong. I dove for my rod and ran up river. Not more that 5 casts later I was moving fish and within the hour I had landed 3 and missed countless more. After the hatch finished off the fishing went dead so I pushed on for the take out. A great day on the Yakima again.

Yakima River Fly Fishing - 4/19/08

Anew — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:27:00 +0000

I fished the Yakima with Aaron Opp today. Not a whole lot going on. We floated from Rinhart to Bighorn with no results. Water temps are still quite cold and very little bug life to be seen. Gin clear water didn't help much. Next time....

Yakima River Fly Fishing - 6/15/07

Anew — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:31:00 +0000

Lindsey, Tylor, George and I got out and fished the Yakima yesterday. We had comfortable temps in the 60's, light winds, and overcast skies that brought out the PMD's. We consistently moved fish all morning but unfortunetly didn't land many fish over 10" Great company and real nice dry fly fishing.

Yakima River Fly Fishing Report - 5/17/07

Anew — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:35:00 +0000

I got over and fished the Yakima yesterday with my Dad and four of our friends. Fishing is really slow right now. Water visibility has dropped to just a couple of feet the water has risen another 1,000 cfs. We had relatively strong winds that built all day until it was blowing whitecaps down river. My Dad managed to hook and land one nice 13 to 14 inch rainbow, his first, on a Elk Hair Caddis while we flowed around a large eddie. Other than that fish, a few strikes and one other hookup we didn't have much luck.

5,000+ CFS
50 to 53 degree water
Mid 70's air temp

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Yakima River Fly Fishing Report - 5/11-12/07

Anew — Sun, 13 May 2007 11:38:00 +0000

Adam and Kent Hitch joined me for a few days of fishing on the Yakima this weekend. We saw flows jump dramatically prior to us arriving on Friday morning. This really cooled the river down and pushed fish to the edges of the strong flow. We saw a few March Browns flying mid day and then found fish feeding on the first large blooms of caddis in the late evening. Challenging fishing to say the least, but persistence payed off and we ended up with a few nice fish to hand, along with quite a few other players. Once flows stabilize we should be in there for great caddis fishing.

4,000+ CFS
47 - 51 degree water temps
Clear skies on Friday with overcast windy skies on Sat.

Yakima River Fly Fishing Report -5/5/07

Anew — Sun, 06 May 2007 16:47:00 +0000

Ted and I headed over and fished the Yakima River yesterday. Clear skies, relatively light winds until late in the day and cool overnight temps combined to make for real good fishing. We saw a few very small may flies as we put on the river around 11am then quickly started seeing caddis and march browns. Once again we had no luck on the nymph but had great fishing on the dry and emerger. I tested out a new emerger pattern that I came up with and had real good results. Looks like the Mothers Day Caddis hatch is just around the corner. Once we get some warmer weather in the lowlands along with higher temps overnight in the passes and we will be in there.

2900 cfrs
47 deg water in the morning then rose to 50 by early evening

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Yakima River Fly Fishing Report – 4/30/07

Anew — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:27:00 +0000

Ned and I got over to the Yakima River today. We had a great time floating and fishing the lower farmlands. We meet up in North Bend, dropped a car then made it to the river around 10:30. We saw a few small mayflies early, a lot of dark mothers day caddis by mid day then a real strong hatch of March Browns by early afternoon. We had no luck on nymphing but caught quite a few fish with a dry as an indicator and an emerger. We mostly fished Elkhair caddis, various March Brown Adults and a variation on the BWO WD-40 without a bead.

3,500 cfs
49 degree water temp
65 degree air temp

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