Yakima River

YAKIMA

Probably one of the most consistent springs in a long time. This is due partly to the stable water we have experienced. Most of our snow pack is above 4K and with the cooler temps we have been experiencing we just have not seen normal early pushes. In addition our snow pack is not at 100%. Thankfully we received some more higher elevation snow over the past week.

PREDOMINANT INSECT HATCHES INCLUDE;

Skwala, Blue Wings, March Browns, Midges, Salmon Flies, Salmon Smolt, Light Caddis

Coming soon;

Mothers Day Caddis

Green Drakes Late May

Nymphs

#10-12 Stonefly nymphs Pats, Double bead Skwalas etc

#14-18 CDC PTs, Perdigons, CDC prince, Zebra Midge

Dry flies

#8-12 Unit Skwala, Parachute Madam X, Wersland Big Dog Stone, Chubbys

#10-18 Royal Parachute, Purple Haze, Parachute Blue Wings, Sparkle Duns

Clarity Chart

5 feet Upper Proper Easton to Cle Elum River Confluence

6 feet Upper Flatlands Cle Elum river Confluence e to State Boat Launch

5 feet Upper Canyon State Boat Launch to Diversion

5-4 feet Farmlands Diversion to Ringer

3 feet Lower Canyon Ringer to Roza

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