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Yakima River Fishing Report

5/12/11  The Yakima is over 5000 cfs at Umtanum and rising.  Melting snow and reservoir releases.

5/14/11  Rain and warm temps. The Yak dropped slightly, but is on the rise again.

5/18/11  The Yakima crested at over 16000 cfs at Umtanum on the 16th, dropped quickly to aprox. 9000, but is on a slight rising trend today due to reservoir releases. The current NOAA forecast indicates that the river at Umtanum most likely won’t be much under 5000 cfs for awhile.  

5/27/11  Still over 7000 cfs at Umtanum, but dropping.

5/31/11  The Yakima is in good shape today, still running over 4000 cfs at Umtanum, but clarity is OK. Rain is in the forcast over the next few days, which could color the river again. Lots of Grannom in the Canyon yesterday.

6/6/11 The Yakima is too high to fish effectively. Over 6000 cfs at Umtanum and rising.

6/17/11  The Yakima has dropped and cleared and should be close to 4000 cfs at Umtanum by Sunday, normal summer flows. Not much dry fly currently, OK nymphing.

6/27/11   The river is in great shape. Fair to good fishing depending on the day and stretch.

7/1/11    Hot weather, melting snow and full reservoirs brought the Yakima back up. Currently just below 5500 cfs at Umtanum. 42oo at Cel Elum but dropping.

7/2/11   Back in shape.

7/15/11   Fair to good fishing depending on the day and stretch. The Yakima is in excellent shape. Runoff appears to be done, any rise should be  from the dams for irrigation.

8/31/11  The annual flip-flop is under way. The Yak has dropped 600 cfs in the last two days. Lower water is on the way.

9/29/11  The Yakima is running at aprox. 14oo cfs at Umtanum . Fair to good nymphing and still some dry fly on October Caddis. Cloudy weather should crank up the BWOs.

10/26/11  Pretty sparse BWO hatches this fall. Fair to good nymping.