Yakima River Weekly Report // June 25th

Flows are good, water is clear and stoneflies are on the move!  Fish stonefly nymphs in the fast currents and focus on dry fly fishing early in the morning and late in the evenings.  The Caddis hatch is only happening in the evenings, and the PMD hatch is now sparse.

The river is low enough to offer productive wading, good DIY boat trips, and the guides... well the guides are always effective haha.  We want 

Flows and Weather Links:

• Current River Flows at Umtanum
• Flow Forecast at Umtanum (this is one step above fortune telling, often not accurate!)
• Weather in Selah, WA

Suggested Flies for This Week:

Nymphs:

• Roza's Red and Violet Tag Nymphs (GREAT droppers off a Chubby)
• Rainy's Flexi Stone
• Gypsy King Stonefly
• Rainbow Warrior Nymph
• Tungsten DART Soft Hackle
• Caddis Super Pupae
• King Prince
• Pat's Stones (Tan/Brown and Orange) - Golden Stoneflies are on the move!
• Biot Sparkle Stone (great Yellow Sally nymph)
• Gold Lightning Bugs (great PMD nymphs)
• Rainy's Black Jack
• Caddis Pupae Jigged
• Double Bead Stonefly Nymph

Dry Flies:

• CFO Chernobyl Ant
• Crowd Surfer Stone (Golden)
• McKnight's Fat Boy
• Chubby Chernobyls (various sizes and colors work off an on)
• Rainy's Everything Dry
• E/C Caddis (evenings)
• PMD Dry Flies Upper Yakima River getting sparse in the Lower Canyon
• Yellow Sally Dry Flies

Streamers:

• Skiddish Smolt (there are a fair amount of Salmon Smolt migrating right now!)
• Make it Rainbow Articulated Streamer