Yakima RiverDated 10/10/09The Yakima river is in one of its most important stages of the year with lots of insect activity on and under the surface. The October Caddis is in full swing and the should be fished in the Pupal and adult stages. Baetis, Midge, Yellow Mays and Mahogany Duns should also be present this time of year. Beetles, Ants and Hoppers can also be present during the middle part of sunny days. 8/7/09 The Yakima is fishing very well and the fish are hungry. The best patterns to use would be the Black Ant and Hopper patterns fished next to the shore along over hangs and under cuts. The caddis are aslo very prevalent this time of year on the Yakima and good patterns to have on hand to imitate these guys are the Elk Hair Caddis in Olive, Tan and Brown. Alternativer patterns that could be very good would include the BH Stone Fly Nymph with rubber legs in size 6-10 in a golden tan color or black. Another good pattern to have on hand is the soft hackle in a variety of sizes from 10-16 and in Olive, Orange, Hares Ear and Peacock colors.  Possible other patterns for the Yakima include the BH Pheasant Tail Nymph fished with a strike indicator in the back eddies and along current seams.       Chuck Scott with a nice Brown trout 7/25/09 THIS IS A GOOD TIME OF THE YEAR TO BE USING SALMON FLY AND GOLDEN STONE FLY PATTERNS ON THE YAKIMA RIVER AS THE INSECTS ARE FOUND ALONG THE BANKS IN THE WATER AND IN VEGETATION BEGINNING TO HATCH. THESE HATCHES ARE USUALLY FOUND IN THE LATE AFTERNOONS ON WARM PARTLY OVER CAST DAYS. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO CATCH ONE OF THESE HATCHES RIGHT YOU WILL NOT FORGET IT BECAUSE THES FISH WILL GO BALLISTIC FEEDING WITH COMPLETE ABANDON. SOME OF THE BETTER PATTERNS FOR THESE TROUT ARE THE BH STONE FLY NYMPH, MATTS FUR , KAUFFMANS STONE FLY NYMPH IMPROVED SOFA PILLOWS, ORANGE AND YELLOW STIMULATORS , FOAM BULLET HEAD SALMON FLIES AND OTHERS. DATED 5/27/09  NICK COLASURDO FROM KORKER BOOTS WITH A NICE DRY FALLS RAINBOW. DATED 5/27/09  A VERY NICE EASTERN WASHIGTON LAKE LENICE RAINBOW CAUGHT USING FLIES. DATED 5/27/09 THE TIGER TROUT HAVE BEEN DOING WELL IN LAKE LENICE AND A FEW FISH HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE 3-4 POUND RANGE.  LARRY PETERSON WITH A BEAUTIFUL LAKE LENICE RAINBOW. DATED 5/27/09  ANOTHER NICE RAINBOW FROM LAKE LENICE. DATED 5/27/09 PHOTO COURTESY OF LARRY PETERSON Dated 2/6/09 If your looking for quality fishng in the Yakima area you might want to checkout the Rocky Ford area close to Euphrata, Washington.  A nice Rocky Ford Rainbow caught using a 5 weight fly rod and 6x tippet. Yes boys it is cold over there. Look at the hill sides they have some snow.
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