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Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes
here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 16, 8:16*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote:
I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? You might try this over at rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (leave out the "tying") Frank Reid |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 25, 5:14*pm, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Dec 16, 8:16*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote: I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? You *might try this over at rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (leave out the "tying") Frank Reid The Yakima usually gets a good hatch of Skwala's from mid-late March and any good Skwala pattern size 10 -8 will produce through mid May. Standards like PMD's, BWO's, Pheasant tails, and Gold ribbed hares ears in sizes 16-12 are good the rest of the year. |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On 12/25/2010 08:51 PM, Bob wrote:
On Dec 25, 5:14 pm, Frank Reid © wrote: On Dec 16, 8:16 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none wrote: I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? You might try this over at rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (leave out the "tying") Frank Reid The Yakima usually gets a good hatch of Skwala's from mid-late March and any good Skwala pattern size 10 -8 will produce through mid May. Standards like PMD's, BWO's, Pheasant tails, and Gold ribbed hares ears in sizes 16-12 are good the rest of the year. Thanks for the info. I've tied #16 Pheasant tail nymphs and Hare's ear nymphs in those fly-tying classes, and I think I still have the instruction sheet somewhere. I'll have to look up an easy Skwala pattern (probably both nymph and adult?) online, which will help keep me occupied until IT classes start for the winter quarter. Oh, hey... There's a tutorial on YouTube! Now we're getting somewhere! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rUpGC_mVY Okay, I'll go back offline for a while... thanks again! |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 27, 11:40*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote:
On 12/25/2010 08:51 PM, Bob wrote: On Dec 25, 5:14 pm, Frank Reid *wrote: On Dec 16, 8:16 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none *wrote: I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm.. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? You *might try this over at rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (leave out the "tying") Frank Reid The Yakima usually gets a good hatch of Skwala's from mid-late March and any good Skwala pattern size 10 -8 will produce through mid May. Standards like PMD's, BWO's, Pheasant tails, and Gold ribbed hares ears in sizes 16-12 are good the rest of the year. Thanks for the info. I've tied #16 Pheasant tail nymphs and Hare's ear nymphs in those fly-tying classes, and I think I still have the instruction sheet somewhere. I'll have to look up an easy Skwala pattern (probably both nymph and adult?) online, which will help keep me occupied until IT classes start for the winter quarter. Oh, hey... There's a tutorial on YouTube! Now we're getting somewhere!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rUpGC_mVY Okay, I'll go back offline for a while... thanks again! An IT guy going "off line?" Not until u surgically remove the DS3 from the pop on your skull. Frank Reid (except on stream) |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 27, 10:40*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote:
On 12/25/2010 08:51 PM, Bob wrote: On Dec 25, 5:14 pm, Frank Reid *wrote: On Dec 16, 8:16 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none *wrote: I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm.. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? You *might try this over at rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (leave out the "tying") Frank Reid The Yakima usually gets a good hatch of Skwala's from mid-late March and any good Skwala pattern size 10 -8 will produce through mid May. Standards like PMD's, BWO's, Pheasant tails, and Gold ribbed hares ears in sizes 16-12 are good the rest of the year. Thanks for the info. I've tied #16 Pheasant tail nymphs and Hare's ear nymphs in those fly-tying classes, and I think I still have the instruction sheet somewhere. I'll have to look up an easy Skwala pattern (probably both nymph and adult?) online, which will help keep me occupied until IT classes start for the winter quarter. Oh, hey... There's a tutorial on YouTube! Now we're getting somewhere!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rUpGC_mVY Okay, I'll go back offline for a while... thanks again! I firmly believe that if you can't catch fish with PTs and GRHEs, then you can't catch fish. :-) One of my favorite flies is the Skip's Nymph, which is a cross between a pheasant tail and a hare's ear, combining the best aspects of both. I like to tie it with Frog's Fanny (or the generic equivalent) mixed into the dubbing. |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On 12/28/2010 06:57 AM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Dec 27, 11:40 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none wrote: On 12/25/2010 08:51 PM, Bob wrote: On Dec 25, 5:14 pm, Frank Reid wrote: On Dec 16, 8:16 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none wrote: I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? You might try this over at rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (leave out the "tying") Frank Reid The Yakima usually gets a good hatch of Skwala's from mid-late March and any good Skwala pattern size 10 -8 will produce through mid May. Standards like PMD's, BWO's, Pheasant tails, and Gold ribbed hares ears in sizes 16-12 are good the rest of the year. Thanks for the info. I've tied #16 Pheasant tail nymphs and Hare's ear nymphs in those fly-tying classes, and I think I still have the instruction sheet somewhere. I'll have to look up an easy Skwala pattern (probably both nymph and adult?) online, which will help keep me occupied until IT classes start for the winter quarter. Oh, hey... There's a tutorial on YouTube! Now we're getting somewhere!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rUpGC_mVY Okay, I'll go back offline for a while... thanks again! An IT guy going "off line?" Not until u surgically remove the DS3 from the pop on your skull. Frank Reid (except on stream) Hey! I'm still just a student! They don't bring out the drill press and the tap-and-die set until after graduation! I'm hoping to find work in one of the little street-corner computer-repair shops. It seems to me that would be a good way to find out how much of what I'm being taught is obsolete, useless, or just plain wrong. Until then... An occasional chance to get a little fishing in should be a nice way to retain some sort of sanity. |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 28, 6:28*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote:
That brings up a thought... I'll have to find a source for fly tying materials in the Yakima to Ellensburg area unless I want to drive down to the increasingly misnamed "Tri-Cities" for stuff. Look into buying materials on-line. I think most tiers probably do that these days. I do. It seems to me (purely anectodotally) that many shops have cut back on in-shop inventory because demand has shifted on- line, or they've established on-line stores themselves. I may well be the least effective fly-fisherman in eastern washington, so the phrase "then you can't catch fish" rings ominously. Thas a good reason to keep it simple with patterns. If you can't fish effectively with the basic patterns you won't do any better with more specialized ones. |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 28, 7:12*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote:
On 12/28/2010 06:57 AM, Frank Reid 2010 wrote: On Dec 27, 11:40 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none *wrote: On 12/25/2010 08:51 PM, Bob wrote: On Dec 25, 5:14 pm, Frank Reid * *wrote: On Dec 16, 8:16 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none * *wrote: I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? You *might try this over at rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (leave out the "tying") Frank Reid The Yakima usually gets a good hatch of Skwala's from mid-late March and any good Skwala pattern size 10 -8 will produce through mid May. Standards like PMD's, BWO's, Pheasant tails, and Gold ribbed hares ears in sizes 16-12 are good the rest of the year. Thanks for the info. I've tied #16 Pheasant tail nymphs and Hare's ear nymphs in those fly-tying classes, and I think I still have the instruction sheet somewhere. I'll have to look up an easy Skwala pattern (probably both nymph and adult?) online, which will help keep me occupied until IT classes start for the winter quarter. Oh, hey... There's a tutorial on YouTube! Now we're getting somewhere!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rUpGC_mVY Okay, I'll go back offline for a while... thanks again! An IT guy going "off line?" *Not until u surgically remove the DS3 from the pop on your skull. Frank Reid (except on stream) Hey! I'm still just a student! They don't bring out the drill press and the tap-and-die set until after graduation! I'm hoping to find work in one of the little street-corner computer-repair shops. It seems to me that would be a good way to find out how much of what I'm being taught is obsolete, useless, or just plain wrong. Until then... An occasional chance to get a little fishing in should be a nice way to retain some sort of sanity. Go to work for a small to medium size company in the IT department where you will be called upon to do all ends of the spectrum. Much better learning environment where you will probably find an area to concentrate on. Frank Reid (Fly Fisherman (kinda) and Computer Scientist (kinda)) |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 28, 7:28*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote:
The concept of "mending your line" is still sort of a mystery to me... The descriptions in the books seem obscure on the subject. One of those things that descriptions can never do justice to. The simple truth is that mending line will, one day, suddenly seem natural. It may take a while. Till then, practice, practice, practice. Read, by all means, but the only way to learn to do it is to do it.....a few thousand times. I can understand giving the line an extra flip as it settles to the river, but once the line is stuck to the water..? Yep, that's the hard part. I could describe it, but..... Ah, well! Nobody starts out knowing everything! Actually, many do. Some of them eventually get over it, though. I'll look up the Skip's Nymph, and try to tie one, while I'm waiting for the Adobe Flash software I ordered. I'll be learning to flash people this winter! Good thing I already have an old raincoat. Old raincoat is good, but by no means necessary. As is true of fly fishing, there are innumerable ways of flashing successfully.....and at a reasonable cost. Remember, it ain't the fiddlestick that makes music.....it's the fiddler. giles impresario to the impecunious |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 28, 6:23*pm, Giles wrote:
One of those things that descriptions can never do justice to. *The simple truth is that mending line will, one day, suddenly seem natural. *It may take a while. Till then, practice, practice, practice. * One thing that has helped me approach nearly adequate at mending is to realize that most times you have to add line to the system not just move line. So make sure you have the needed extra line ready and visualize throwing it into the place where it's needed to add more slack. This WILL pick up what's already out there and move it, usually, but makes it easier ( for me ) to avoid moving the fly in the process. One more thing ... I've redefined my 'poor mending' into "advanced twitching tactics" for fishing things like damsel adults, caddis dries, hoppers, etc. ... helps my ego :-) |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 29, 12:51*pm, Larry L wrote:
On Dec 28, 6:23*pm, Giles wrote: One of those things that descriptions can never do justice to. *The simple truth is that mending line will, one day, suddenly seem natural. *It may take a while. Till then, practice, practice, practice. * One thing that has helped me approach nearly adequate at mending is to realize that most times you have to add line to the system not just move line. * So make sure you have the needed extra line ready and visualize throwing it into the place where it's needed to add more slack. * This WILL pick up what's already out there and move it, usually, but makes it easier ( for me ) to avoid moving the fly in the process. Another thing that often helps is to tug on the line a bit before begging the mend. This helps to ensure that more (if not necessarily all) of the line is on the surface, thus reducing drag somewhat. Both your method and mine WILL often move the fly. This, while not always desirable, is often unavoidable. Sometimes, though, it IS desirable.....to correct an errant drift, for example. And one can make allowances for this movement by deliberate placement of the fly in the first place. In other words, do not place the fly where a perfect drift will bring it where you want it to be IF you can execute a perfect mend without moving the fly in the process. Place it where a perfect drift will bring it to where you want it after a mend that moves the fly a bit. As with many other techniques, this takes longer to describe than it takes to do. And it takes no longer to learn than any other mend. Nor does it take any longer to perfect (well, as near as any of us comes to executing ANY technique perfectly, anyway) than doing it without moving the fly. In fact, since learning to mend well without moving the fly is difficult in itself, it is at least plausible that learning to do it well WITH that movement may take even less time. One more thing ... I've redefined my 'poor mending' into "advanced twitching tactics" for fishing things like damsel adults, caddis dries, hoppers, etc. *... helps my ego :-) Making a virtue of necessity.....or, malleable standards. By whatever name, a useful and valuable technique in its own right. :) giles |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On 12/28/2010 06:21 PM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
On Dec 28, 7:12 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none wrote: On 12/28/2010 06:57 AM, Frank Reid 2010 wrote: On Dec 27, 11:40 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none wrote: On 12/25/2010 08:51 PM, Bob wrote: On Dec 25, 5:14 pm, Frank Reid wrote: On Dec 16, 8:16 pm, Mark Allreadnone@none wrote: I'm just another laid-off electronics tech., currently taking IT classes here in eastern WA (Sorry to any ozzies, not that EWA) and hoping to find time in a few months to knock the rust off of my fly-casting arm. I've taken a couple of basic fly-tying classes, and it seems my old tech skills work there too. Any thoughts on what types and sizes of wet or dry flies might find success on the mighty Yakima River? You might try this over at rec.outdoors.fishing.fly (leave out the "tying") Frank Reid The Yakima usually gets a good hatch of Skwala's from mid-late March and any good Skwala pattern size 10 -8 will produce through mid May. Standards like PMD's, BWO's, Pheasant tails, and Gold ribbed hares ears in sizes 16-12 are good the rest of the year. Thanks for the info. I've tied #16 Pheasant tail nymphs and Hare's ear nymphs in those fly-tying classes, and I think I still have the instruction sheet somewhere. I'll have to look up an easy Skwala pattern (probably both nymph and adult?) online, which will help keep me occupied until IT classes start for the winter quarter. Oh, hey... There's a tutorial on YouTube! Now we're getting somewhere!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0rUpGC_mVY Okay, I'll go back offline for a while... thanks again! An IT guy going "off line?" Not until u surgically remove the DS3 from the pop on your skull. Frank Reid (except on stream) Hey! I'm still just a student! They don't bring out the drill press and the tap-and-die set until after graduation! I'm hoping to find work in one of the little street-corner computer-repair shops. It seems to me that would be a good way to find out how much of what I'm being taught is obsolete, useless, or just plain wrong. Until then... An occasional chance to get a little fishing in should be a nice way to retain some sort of sanity. Go to work for a small to medium size company in the IT department where you will be called upon to do all ends of the spectrum. Much better learning environment where you will probably find an area to concentrate on. Frank Reid (Fly Fisherman (kinda) and Computer Scientist (kinda)) I will definitely keep this in mind as I approach graduation. |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On 12/29/2010 03:04 PM, Giles wrote:
On Dec 29, 12:51 pm, Larry wrote: On Dec 28, 6:23 pm, wrote: One of those things that descriptions can never do justice to. The simple truth is that mending line will, one day, suddenly seem natural. It may take a while. Till then, practice, practice, practice. One thing that has helped me approach nearly adequate at mending is to realize that most times you have to add line to the system not just move line. So make sure you have the needed extra line ready and visualize throwing it into the place where it's needed to add more slack. This WILL pick up what's already out there and move it, usually, but makes it easier ( for me ) to avoid moving the fly in the process. Another thing that often helps is to tug on the line a bit before begging the mend. This helps to ensure that more (if not necessarily all) of the line is on the surface, thus reducing drag somewhat. Both your method and mine WILL often move the fly. This, while not always desirable, is often unavoidable. Sometimes, though, it IS desirable.....to correct an errant drift, for example. And one can make allowances for this movement by deliberate placement of the fly in the first place. In other words, do not place the fly where a perfect drift will bring it where you want it to be IF you can execute a perfect mend without moving the fly in the process. Place it where a perfect drift will bring it to where you want it after a mend that moves the fly a bit. As with many other techniques, this takes longer to describe than it takes to do. And it takes no longer to learn than any other mend. Nor does it take any longer to perfect (well, as near as any of us comes to executing ANY technique perfectly, anyway) than doing it without moving the fly. In fact, since learning to mend well without moving the fly is difficult in itself, it is at least plausible that learning to do it well WITH that movement may take even less time. One more thing ... I've redefined my 'poor mending' into "advanced twitching tactics" for fishing things like damsel adults, caddis dries, hoppers, etc. ... helps my ego :-) Making a virtue of necessity.....or, malleable standards. By whatever name, a useful and valuable technique in its own right. :) giles I've had some success doing a sort of a "roll cast" using a big loop of additional line, while the original line remains in place on the water... more or less... No idea whether this is what I'm supposed to be doing, of course. |
Any tips for fly-fishing the Yakima river?
On Dec 29, 9:26*pm, Mark Allread none@none wrote:
I've had some success doing a sort of a "roll cast" using a big loop of additional line, while the original line remains *in place on the water... more or less... No idea whether this is what I'm supposed to be doing, of course. If it works, it is exactly what you are supposed to be doing. There are no laws worthy of note. giles |
Yakima has made the usual incubation Skwala good from mid to late March any good Skwala pattern size will have a mid-October to August. Standards such as PMD's, BWO's, pheasant tails, gold ribbed hare ear size of 16-12 the rest of the year are good.
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