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YAKIMA RIVER   is fishing good.

Bugs include…..

Blue Wing Olives #16
March Browns #12
Amyletus #14
Skwala #10

Streamers, nymphs and dry flies have all produced.  The dry fly game is pocket specific.

Flies de jour  –

#12 – 16 Flashback Pheasant Tails, CDC Pheasant Tails, Rockworms, Lightning bugs, YB’s

#10 San Juan worms

#8-12 Stone fly nymphs

#4-8 Sculpillas, Clousers, Dali LLamas,

YAKIMA

Fishing has been worthy when the river is in shape.  Currently the only viable water is above the Teanaway confluence.  Northwest river predictions shows the river going out over the net couple days.

Hatches include…  Skwala, Blue Wing Olives, March Browns

UPPER COLUMBIA

The river is at an incredibly low volume.    Most the fishing lately has been under tension…Either a swung fly or retrieved.   Recently been a bit slow.

OLYMPIC PENINSULA

The Olympic Peninsula just received an insurgence of much needed precipitation.  Some amazing fish have been hooked lately.  Tough to land some fo the giants.

Both the swing and nymph have proved worthy.

Line choices lately have varied from a Fall Favorite to a double density Skagit and T-14….Quite the range.  Fly choices from bright to dark and medium to LARGE in size.  I know that is not too specific, but it is the truth and sometimes it is just a matter of how it feels’….

YAKIMA

The only zone currently with clarity is above the Teanaway confluence where it has been a little crowded lately with anglers

UPPER COLUMBIA

Fishing is good.  Water  temps are 38-40 degrees with the flows ranging between 40-60K and  8 feet of visibiity.  Nymphing and swinging/retrieving have been the game.

Utilizing a variety of sink heads based on depth and flow is important with any fishing and that is key here as well.

OLYMPIC PENINSULA

Receiving much needed rain in the last 24 hours – Although we could use a lot more.  Fishing remains steady for some opportunity and some big fish around.

Sink tip rates used lately with success include:
->5 inches per second poly leader  on a mid belly
->10 feet of T-14 on a standard floating Skagit
->10 feet of T-8 on a Rio Game Changer

Flies that have met with success include:
->Queets leech
->Trey’s Bunny Leech
->Dark Mole Leech

SAGE X REVIEW
Two words come to mind with the 8130 Sage X  –   Lifting Power  – remarkable lifting power.

YAKIMA – UPDATE !!!!

YAKIMA

WINTER STEELHEAD

Some thoughts on winter steelhead….

Winter steelhead fishing requires

1- Arduous patience
2-Systematic approach of likely water based on water conditions
Heads and tails in high water
Guts of the run in low and clear

3-Proper lines choice for the run based on depth and flow

I like 4 rods rigged-
7.5 feet of T-14 on a Standard Skagit
10 feet of T-8 on a Rage
10 feet of T-11 to 14 on a Gamechanger or FIST
15 feet 0f T-11 on a Standard Skagit

4-Reasonable fly rendition based on clarity / weighted vs unweighted

5-Sharp hooks

6-Positive thoughts:)))