Guided drift boat fly fishing on the Yakima River — wild rainbows and westslope cutthroat in the heart of the Cascades, from Cle Elum to Roza Dam. All skill levels welcome.
Book Your Float View TripsA small operation built around one river we know bend by bend.
Your guide has floated every mile of the upper and lower Yakima — from the Cle Elum confluence down through the canyon to Roza Dam — and knows where fish hold in every season and flow.
Fish from a ClackaCraft drift boat, the workhorse of Western trout rivers. Stable, comfortable, and built to put you on water walk-in anglers never touch.
First cast or ten-thousandth — trips are tailored to you. Learn to read water, mend line, and fool wild trout on dry flies, nymphs, and streamers.
All trips include flies, tackle, and instruction. Full-day floats include riverside lunch.
Roughly 8 hours covering 8–12 miles of prime water. The complete Yakima experience: multiple hatches, changing water, and a hot riverside lunch.
Book Full Day4–5 hours on the water — perfect for a morning hatch, an evening caddis blitz, or a first taste of drift boat fishing.
Book Half DayOne-on-one casting and rigging instruction near Seattle. Dial in your loop before your float, or get started from zero.
Book a LessonTwo hours east of Seattle, the Yakima cuts through pine forest, ranchland, and desert canyon on its way from the Cascades to the Columbia. It's Washington's only officially designated blue-ribbon trout stream — a tailwater fishery with strong populations of wild rainbow trout, westslope cutthroat, and the occasional big brown.
The river fishes year-round. Skwala stoneflies bring dry-fly fishing as early as February, spring means March Browns and caddis, summer delivers hopper season through the canyon, and fall offers crisp mornings, October caddis, and aggressive pre-winter feeding. Whatever month you come, there's a bug on the water and a reason to be here.
