I attended the Overlake FF club meeting a couple of weeks back and met Gonzalo, a recent transplant from MA - he's a fisheries biologist and moved out here for a fresh start. He'd never fished the Yakima before, so we floated between S. Cle Elum and State today - it was gorgeous out. Put in at 11 am, water was 40*, air was 38, and partly cloudy. I spent the first few hours in a short-sleeve shirt, it was nice to feel the sun again. I figured that the fishing would improve around 1, given the recent trend, and sure enough, it got VERY good. Pat's Stone in brown, CJ dropper for Gonzalo, who is a great caster and knows how to fish. Patient, good listener, attentive, and well - he should be fishy given his profession. I caught a few nice fish today too, the Cutt below on a tunghead streamer in olive, sink tip line. Deep and slow was the game today. Off the river at 530, some live Willie Nelson for the drive home. A great day - no skwala's to be seen, but a prolific midge hatch around noon - no rising fish though, still too cold.
I also got to test out the new Orvis River Guard Ultralight boots with the EcoTraX sole - it's Vibram and comes with easy to change out studs. Great boots, very sturdy and sticky. No slippage.
All in all a great day and made a new friend - problem is now he thinks ALL the fish on the Yak are this big....
Nice, Derek! Glad you got him out. With his newfound and misguided impression of fishing out here, next up he needs to go steelquesting for a slice of humble pie.
Great report.
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