Yakima and Tributary Creek Report // July 15th, 2020

High flows make for tough wade fishing, but it makes for GREAT drift boat and hopper fishing!  The Yakima River is running at summer level and "bankful' which means a lightweight wade fisherman might be whisked away in waist deep water!  There are LOTS of tubers and rafters on the weekends, so fish early in the morning or late in the evening on the weekends right now.

Hoppers are starting to make an appearance, so get geared up and ready for this opportunity.   While the fishing won't typically be "hot" mid day, a skilled caster will bring up some marvelous fishing during the mid day hours from now through the end of August. 

Dry Fly Podcast

Dry Fly Tips From This Week

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:

• Rainy's Bent Stone
• Duracell Jighead Tungsten Soft Hackle
• Roza's Red and Violet Tag Nymphs (GREAT droppers off a Chubby)
• Rainy's Flexi Stone
• Pat's Stonefly Nymph (various sizes and colors)
• Rainbow Warrior Nymph
• Tungsten DART Soft Hackle
• 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

Streamers:

• Sculp 'n Crossbones
• Sculpzilla #4 (had good success on white yesterday in the morning)
• Skiddish Smolt (there are a fair amount of Salmon Smolt migrating right now!)
• Make it Rainbow Articulated Streamer

Hoppers: