The river bumped up recently and slowed the dry fly fishing a bit. Streamers and nymphs have been the ticket over the last 48 hours. Prior to the bump, the overall dry fly fishing had been good and should resume.
Month: March 2015
WINTER STEELHEAD REPORT – 3/29/15
Posted onThe water levels have been up and down lately with the clarity less and more respectfully. While some days have been tough on the swing, some have been incredibly memorable. There have been a few that got away, that we wished didn’t. Every fish is remarkable but recently we witnessed a LARGE steelhead with remarkable proportions. The fish was fought well but did not end up landed. Regardless, the memory and the sight of such a specimen was awesome.
Best swing bugs lately include:
Black and Purple Bucket Bouncer
Black and Pink Medusa
Black and Pink Moal
Orange Searcher
Best Line lately: I Flight with 10 feet of T-11
Best nymph junk lately:
Yarn, Pink Worm and the Bead
Tip of the day – Don’t be afraid to step into your presentation to get it down and slow the swing.
Troy and Kristian |
YAKIMA RIVER REPORT – 3/20/15
Posted onWe have been from the headwaers to Roza on the river lately. Due to the big rains this past week the volume increased and the clarity diminished, but the river is definitely on the mend and we were able to fish through it.
Tim with a Yakima Bow |
Nick and a Yakima Cutthroat |
WINTER STEELHEAD REPORT – 3/17/15
Posted onMr Weather report has been all over the board, and so has the actual weather. It appears we are good to go for some days on all watersheds. The last couple of days has been worthy. We tossed the two hander all day on Sunday with one encounter…..it literally ripped the fly off the end of the leader on the take – 12 pound maxima – Viciously.
Best swing flies recently;
4 inches of purple egg sucker
4 of black and blue Bucket Bouncer
Best nymph junk lately;
Yarn
Steelhead Bob |
Kevin Davis and Bob Chadwell |
WINTER STEELHEAD REPORT – 3/12/15
Posted onThe coastal waters just got a MUCH needed injection of agua. The Queets was down to 1000 CFS prior to 36 hours ago. Heard tell it was at it’s lowest winter level on record since 1945….I wonder if global warming was happening in the 40’s as well?
Gorde’s first |
Tomo(all the way from Japan) and a black and white one. |
YAKIMA RIVER REPORT – 3/12/15
Posted onThe Song Remains the Same – The adult Skwala stone combined with the Blue Wing and Ameletus mayfly have provided some good dry fly fishing lately. The Ameletus looks a lot like a small March Brown but it is smaller in size. The March Brown is an average size 12 / The Ameletus is a size ’15The Ameletus is a swimmer mayfly where the March Brown is a clinger mayfly.
Lately, the bright sun has made the dry fly fishing a little ‘less good’. Regardless, the shadows of the afternoon have proven worthy. The river is LOW and clear. March Browns are just around the corner.
Adult Skwala |
Ameletus Dun |
YAKIMA RIVER REPORT – 3/7/15
Posted onYAKIMA RIVER REPORT – 3/5/15
Posted onUPPER COLUMBIA RIVER REPORT – 3/2/15
Posted onThe river is in great shape. Flows at the international border are ranging between 90-100k daily and the lake level is @ 1265 above sea level.
The elevation of Lake Roosevelt is expected to gradually decrease over the next week to be in the range of 1257 – 1259 by March 7. Lake Roosevelt is currently being operated to meet power demand. The predicted elevations are…
March 31 – 1255
April 30 – 1249.5