I had an appoinment yesterday in Goldendale and thought I'd try fishing part of the way back up to the Seattle area and the Yakima is an obvious place to try. I have lived here for eight years and have never even driven down the canyon road and now i know what i have been missing.
I don't need much in the way of mayfly imitations for most of the fishing i do and since two different spinner falls were happening i didn't really think i had a chance of hooking a fish. So i tied on a Muddler and actually had a nice fish on for a few seconds. After rounding the Umtanum bend i noticed a light playing on the far canyon wall and i was able to see that it was coming from a truck slowly moving north. I tried to catch up but the truck managed to keep ahead of me despite the high speeds i stupidly reached. on coming out of the canyon i called 911 to report suspected poaching and was put through to the State Patrol's wildlife division. an officer called me back and said he was in ellensburg while another officer was driving up the canyon. know that i know the canyon is as good as you all have said, i plan on returning as often as possible, with spinner imitations in my vest. brian
