I haven't fished the Cle Elum area recently, so I can't speak to the hatches that are/aren't happening, but I can tell you there are nice BWO hatches, along with some mahogany duns and the odd October caddis, happening in the Canyon.
Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 9:06 PM Subject: Re: Yakima Canyon report > Thanks for the report Tim. > > I have fished the Yakima at the Cle Elum boat launch twice in the past week - > last Thurs and this Thurs. Last week was windy, overcast and cold. This > week it was between storms, the wind was light and it was sunny. I saw very > few rises both days and no hatches except a short lived bwo both days in the > afternoon. I saw a few cahills (?) and, about 4 Octobers over the 2 day > period. > > I had very little success; 1 fish and 6 or so rises to the dry fly in the > late afternoon. One fish was quite heavy and snapped me off immediately. > > I tend to use light tippets 3lb (6x?) and leaders which has resulted in > losing some nice fish while catching some average ones. > > I could use some advice. Is it wise to use light line to entice more takes, > or something heavier? Is it worth the extra miles to travel further towards > the canyon from Seattle? I always wade. Was there ever an October Caddis > hatch this fall? Do the hatches occur along the river at about the same > time? Should I be fishing nymphs instead of small caddis, bwo, etc? Are > attractor patterns or streamers in order when no rises are seen? > > Thanks for any advice. > Eric > > > > In a message dated 10/24/01 8:47:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Subj: Yakima Canyon report > > Date: 10/24/01 8:47:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Harris) > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > My friend, Lisa, and I braved the weather today and headed to Ellensburg > > to > > try the Yakima. It was pouring in Seattle, snowing from Snoqualmie Pass > to > > Cle Elum but actually very nice in Ellensburg. We started down the canyon > > road only to find it closed due to an accident, a truck turned over and > > blocked the road just up from Red's. We told the guy at the road closed > > post we were just fishing so we went in to find water before the road > block. > > Fished from 10-12 between mile 19 & 18 but got no hits, saw no rises, > etc... > > The water was a bit higher and colder than my last visit and full of > leaves, > > grass, branches, and other assorted garbage from the wind yesterday. My > > biggest catch on that stretch was a really big leaf. Saw a few small BWOs > > in this stretch but no fish up taking them. From 12-2 we fished up from > > Umtanum and did much better. I landed 5 rainbows in the 12-14" range, lost > > one and had a few other potential takes. All fish were on a #18 PT that I > > had dropped behind a #14 BHPT. Lisa got skunked but this was only her 3rd > > trip out and the fishing was a bit tougher than it was on the last few > trips > > over there. The wind was getting pretty horrid by 2 and the clouds/rain > > were on the way so we bailed and got to drive through rain most of the way > > home. > > > > Tim > > > >
