You bet, Brent. -C ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Comer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Yakima River 3/24-25/05
> Thanks for the excellent report, Cliff. > > Brent > > > --- Cliff & Karen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A buddy and I fished the Yakima in Cle Elum on > > Thursday afternoon, but missed any hatches that > > might have been occurring there. We fished some wets > > under indicators and/or a huge Chernobyl ant-type > > thing, but we couldn't get a strike. We then drove > > down to the canyon, but we had missed the Blue Wing > > Olive hatch by an hour or two, according to some > > guys at the Evening Hatch. Still, we gave it our > > best at a couple of pools upstream from the Umtanum > > area, then we fished the Umtanum bridge area with > > negative results, with the exception of a couple of > > hits on pheasant tails under an indicator. > > > > Spent the night at some basin lakes and fished them > > the next morning, then came back in time for the BWO > > hatch in the canyon (noon). We weren't > > disappointed. We pretty much stayed right around the > > Umtanum footbridge because that's where it all > > seemed to be happening, at least on that stretch of > > the river. Guys several hundred yards north of us > > were busy, as were some folks several hundred yards > > downstream, on the east bank. I've never fished this > > hatch before and it was almost unbelievable, there > > were fish rising everywhere, sometimes 7 or 8 in a > > 10ft x10ft square area, all at the same time. The > > bugs were really difficult for me to spot, and my > > closest imitations were some BWO's I had from a trip > > to MT a couple of years ago, but my flies were > > larger and had much lighter wings. Anyway, I'm > > almost ashamed to tell how many hookups I screwed up > > (hence the subject line). I'm guessing I screwed up > > 15-20 hookups, just couldn't get the hang of it. I > > hooked and lost probably another 10 fish, some > > large, and landed a couple of dinks, a couple in the > > 10"-12" range, and a nice fat 14" bow. > > > > The hatch lasted for a couple of hours, off and on, > > and would dissipate for 15 minutes or so, then come > > back on. It seemed like clouds would roll in and > > they'd be rising, then go quiet again in the > > sunlight, but then we also observed them actively > > feeding (a feeding frenzy would more accurate) in > > direct sunlight. It all started tapering and was > > pretty much done by 3pm or so, although there were > > sporadic hatches even then, but I think it was mixed > > with a small caddis hatch. After we left the river > > we drove down to Roza Dam and back up through the > > canyon. There were LOTS of fishermen and boats on > > the river, so I'll bet it's a madhouse this weekend. > > > > Happy fishing, > > Cliff > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
