Yakima River Fishing Report Winter 2019
Here’s a video, words below that.
This winter has been fairly warm, I mean just above freezing but not having to chip ice off the guides is so nice.
Fishing on the Yakima River in the winter can be a real treat or a real struggle. One safe bet, hit it when the weather is decent not only for your own well being, but also the trout are stoked on good weather too. Watch for that water temperature to creep up above 40 degrees and you’ll see a difference in activity. But even in the cooler temps it’s all about knowing where to go. Target the best holding water and that’s about it. I usually put in and float a good ways to the honey hole and skip any questionable water. Sometimes that means fishing only two spots in a couple miles! But it pays off.
From the video you can see i’m messing with a pretty wacky set up. My 11’6″ 7wt switch rod has become my euro rod of choice. The OPST Lazer Line works great as a “mono rig” and I run tippet straight off of that. Casting any euro set up isn’t great and this one is no exception but it works. The fish are in deep pockets so my go to combo is a jig head pats stone with a worm dropper most winter days. Needless to say it works. Looks like winter will continue for the foreseeable future, keep getting after em!
Snowmageddon was no joke this February.