The river saw a recent spike from the current weather pattern. Prior to the bump in flows, the fishing has been good to great…. Refer to the last Yakima report for the inside scoop.  The recent bump has not amounted to much of an increase in flows and loss of clarity…..Especially up river.

Also here is a little shorty on the Yakima’s  ‘Other Season’

Sporadic year overall.  Every encounter was appreciated. Some weeks were TOUGH catching, others not as much.  The 2017 season closes at the end of the month. Although lots of fish make for a great day, 1 fish is awesome.  Finding one fish with a swung fly takes the cake…

Recent fishing has been decent.  The above pictured fish came on 2.75 inches of a chartruese dumbell eyed black leech fished behind a 550  I Flight  with 10 feet of T-8.   In fact two fish ate that combo in the same run within 5 casts.  One was landed.

Water clarity is at 4.5 feet with the water temp ranging from 41-44 degrees depending on time and zone.

GREAT FISHING  lately….. Highlights;

1. White fish spawn
2. Small Baetis, Midge and Caddis nymphs
3. Isolated dry fly action
4. Sculpins

Wake up late, have a cup of Joe and an omelette; Fish during the warmth of the day 12-4:30 / Bankers hours:)  Go home @ 5pm have some soup…. Tie some bugs.  Go to bed…..

Wake up and repeat.

KLICKITAT REPORT – Tough fishing, end of story.  The 10/24 – 31 was reasonable, however Nov 1 – 6 has been TOUGH.

YAKIMA REPORT – PDG fishing. Nymphs, Dry Flies and Streamers

Patterns Dejour
#16-20 BWO nymphs and emerger patterns
#18 – 20 BWO Adult patterns
#16-20 Soft Hackles
#8 Sculpilla in Natural

Dry fly fishing has been predominantly limited to Baetis activity in isolated zones.

Big smiles for Tomonori Higashi  – All the way from Japan:)

KLICKITAT

The river has good clarity – 2.5 to 3 feet.  Our fish over the last few days have been on medium to heavy sink tips.  We have used some light tips/just under the surface,  to no avail.  Flows are at 1100…………perfect for the swing.

YAKIMA

In great shape currently.  Fishing is good. Predominantly nymphing and streamers with some isolated dry fly action on Blue Wings.

Over the next month some of the highlights will include
1)the whitefish spawn,
2)swinging /retrieving/drifting streamers
3)Isolated dry fly activity

CLARITY CHART
Upper proper  4.5 feet
Upper Flatlands 5.5 feet
Upper Canyon 5.5 feet
Farmlands 5.5 – 3.5 feet
Lower Canyon  2.5 feet

YAKIMA   The recent Atmospheric river increased the flows on the Yakima as it did on all rivers here in the Northwest.  The Yakima should be back in great shape shortly.  Fishing has been worthy.  The swing fishing has been good with the dry fly fishing and nymphing reasonable as well.

Bugs include… Midges, Baetis and the remaing October Caddis.  The overall insect game will diminish now until the Spring of 2018.

KLICKITAT   Consideraing the low counts,  our catching has been ok. Like a broken record,  we were able to entice fish with multiple lines including dry, light tips and heavy tips.  The dry line fishing has diminished over the last week or so due to the colder weather.  Of course this river is currently blown out due to the recent weather pattern.  Should be about 4+ days for this one to be back in shape.

UPPER COLUMBIA  We are done on the UC for the 17′ season.  We want to thank all the guests that joined us  in the Columbia highlands and at Black Bear Lodge.   There was some good fishing this year but was a bit unpredictable compared to 16′. Of Course and as always we are looking forward to the upcoming year.