Tim - nice report. If you'd have shown me what you were using on the first pass, I wouldn't have had to make 4 more :) . Bart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 7:14 AM Subject: The Yak is still fishing well
> Went yesterday with a friend in hopes of the BWOs still hatching and, once > things thawed out, they did and the fish responded. On the drive over we > were getting a bit worried as the temperatures kept dropping as we came down > from Snoqualmie Pass and by the time we got to Ellensburg it was only about > 34 degrees out at 10:00 in the morning. After a brief stop at the fly shop > we were on our way and got fishing somewhere between 10:30 and 11:00 when it > was still in the 30's out. Even in the cold some fish were taking midges on > the surface in the flat water areas at this time. Around 11:30 the fish > began moving and I was getting them on nymphs. The first two fish were > almost identical 16-17" trout, very chunky and strong. For about an hour > the nymphing was really hot and I ended up landing 7, loosing 3 before > finishing up the stretch I was on. My partner had moved way upriver by > then and was also finding some fish. We prospected a bit furher and finally > at about 1:15 I saw the first rise. > > We moved down to better water and from 1:30 - 3:30 the hatch was going off. > It was not a constant heavy hatch but would come off hard briefly then slow > down. When it was heavy the fish were rising everywhere and you could get > 1-2 to come up then it would slow and you'd wait it out for 10 minutes or > so. The other factor was that damn helicopter that buzzed us at least 5 > times during the day and each time would shut the river down for about 10 > minutes it seemed. Scared the crap out of me the first time it flew over > and then you just got sort of used to it or at least knew it was coming. > During the hatch we landed about 10 fish between us, missed many, and I lost > about 5 in a row at one point. I think the biggest riser was about 14". > All were taken on #18-20 BWO Comparaduns. > > > Tim > >
