That left at the first bend in the river has been a "gotcha" for sometime. You need to stay rt. and there can be some difficulty even to the right, but you've been able to get through for a number of years now. When the state opened the Yakima up for King fishing that was one of the areas that the hardware anglers targeted and launched some very, unsafe craft and had no idea the trouble that immediately lay ahead. Quite likely, in the near future, the river may turn and go that way, but now it is a dead channel and bad news. My guide buddy made the same mistake. Jere ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willy Gevers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:52 PM Subject: Yakima River - portage, safety and fishing > Floated the Yakima from S. Cle-Elum (the State boat launch) to RRR on > Friday. > 1. As you leave the launch, you usually immediately take the left channel as > you leave the launch. A large tree blocks the channel. If you go down that > side you are in for a rough portage. A guide last week made that mistake, > and he and his clients carried their drift boat through the woods. Stay to > the Right to avoid that mistake. > 2. The irrigation outflow is putting a lot of water into the river and is > extremely dangerous. A rafter got into the hydraulics and drowned a few days > ago. The outflow is just past the mouth of the Teanaway River. > 3. Fishing was fair, the weather was very hot - but no wind and the hopper > fishing was only marginally successful. > Pinks and Silvers are sounding pretty good! > > >
