Yakima River

YAKIMA

The river is up over the last 5 days due to releases from the Cle Elum reservoir.

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

-Mother;s day Caddis

-Salmon Flies

-Salmon Smolt

Just around the corner

-PMDs

-Drakes

-Golden Stones

Nymphs

Salmon Fly Nymphs

#12-16 Pheasant Tails, Super Caddis

#14 Duracel

#4-6 Sparkle Minnows

#10-12 Prince Nymphs for the active Drake nymphs

#16 Trigger nymph

Dry Flies

#4-8 Salmon Fly Adults Chubbys , Glommers etc

#10-16 Parachute Adams

#12-16 X-Caddis, Egg Layers

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BOTH OF THESE RIVERS HAVE THE AMERICAN GRANNOM/ MOTHERS DAY CADDIS HATCH HAPPEN ING. MORE TO FOLLOW!

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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