Yakima River

YAKIMA

We had a couple days there last week after the rain that was TOUGH. The river bumped up in flows and the clarity decreased but the biggest culprit was the 6 degree drop in water temp from the release of water out of the Cle Elum reservoir. We are back on track now as everything has evened out.

The Yakima Clarity is as follows..

5 ft Upper Proper

6 ft Upper Flatlands

5 ft ft Upper Canyon

5-3 Farmlands

3 ft Lower Canyon

Hatches

-Blue Wings

-March Browns

-Salmon Flies

-Salmon Smolt

Just around the corner

-Mothers day Caddis

-PMDs

-Drakes

Nymphs

Salmon Fly Nymphs

#12-16 Pheasant Tails

#14 Duracel

#4-6 Sparkle Minnows

#10-12 Prince Nymphs for the active Drake nymphs

#12 Trigger nymph

Dry Flies

#4-8 Salmon Fly Adults Chubbys , Glommers etc

#10-16 Parachute Adams

#10-14 Irressitable Adams

#10-14 March Brown Standard Thorax

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