I also have a 14 yrold son - we are just beginning in the sport & would love
to take some classes - if anyone can recommend one that would be great - we
live in the Ballard area - My son's name is Josh - Talk to you all soon -
Terry Tines
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Meyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:08 AM
Subject: Yakima Report
> My 14-year old son had no school yesterday (Monday) so I ditched work and
we
> hit the Yakima.
>
> We floated and fished from the Diversion Dam near Thorp to Rhinehart Park
in
> Ellensburg. 10 miles or so. We put in about noon and floated until 6:30.
> Water l-o-w. Temperature in the low-mid 80's and sunny. And no wind! (A
big
> bonus this year for Yakima flyfishers.)
>
> The fishing was not as good as I expected or experienced in past years in
> late September. We might have hooked 2 dozen fish. We did catch a couple
of
> large fish. A 17-inch cut-bow landed and my son had a hog release early.
But
> overall, I thought both quantity and quality were down.
>
> We mostly fished stimulator/hopper/madame X dries with prince and pheasant
> tail nymph droppers. I fished buggers and streamers for an hour or so
with
> nary a take. No surface activity, although we left before the dusk caddis
> hatch may have come off. (The highlite of the day was when my son had a
> double hook-up with the dropper set-up and that created quite a ruckus.)
>
> In retrospect I would have fished further downriver.
>
> But there were no other boats on the river. It was peaceful and warm. And
my
> son and I both agreed; it beat the hell out of school and work.
>
> Gary Meyers
> Kirkland
>
