Fishing the Yakima

[Jerry Daschofsky]

Where my love of trout fly fishing really kicked in. Mostly from teaching wounded veterans/military how to fish it. Still make trips up there just to fish trout. Something you would never had seen me do 15 years ago. Avid salmon/steelheader year around.

 

[BDD]

Honest question Jerry, do you think you would have ever tried trout on the Yakima if fishing for salmon and steelhead were the same? Would/could you have pulled yourself away from it?

 

[Jerry Daschofsky]

Honest question Jerry, do you think you would have ever tried trout on the Yakima if fishing for salmon and steelhead were the same? Would/could you have pulled yourself away from it?

Actually I didn't try the Yak because of that. I tried it because of PHWFF. Easier to put newbies into trout with a fly rod than salmon or steelhead usually. I still can catch salmon pretty readily, steelhead not quite.

 

[Jerry Daschofsky]

@BDD should also add it was also set up by Chuck. He was primarily a trout Fisherman. So he set up the river and dates, I set up the camp and brought my boat.

 

[BDD]

Thanks. I kinda thought it was related to PHWFF. I was not sure which came first, the event or the downward spiral of salmon/steelhead fishing in general.

 

[Jerry Daschofsky]

Thanks. I kinda thought it was related to PHWFF. I was not sure which came first, the event or the downward spiral of salmon/steelhead fishing in general.

The collapse, at least rivers I fish, came after. One of the best years I had fishing salmon and steelhead happened the year I helped stand up the program.