The Evening Hatch

I wanted to give the Evening Hatch a strong shout out based on the excellent river-​side manners of a guide that works for your shop.
A friend and I were fishing the Klickitat River on Friday, ⁹⁄₄. It had been a long day on the river, and we’d picked up a few fish but it was by no means «white-​hot». Towards the end of the drift, near town, we saw a driftboat anchored up against the shore. We figured this meant that the fishermen were going after Chinook, and fished on through with our floating lines. Long story short, we hooked a strong steelhead in the whitewater just above the hole, and had to pull over just in front of the boat. We asked the guide –if we could borrow his net, as we’d lost ours the previous day. He not only did that, but hopped out and netted the fish for us.
The guide (Ricky) could have been angry with us for fishing through his water (even on accident). Instead he was a consummate professional and very friendly, cheering us on. My friend and I were very impressed at his riverside manners and think it deserves a very strong kudos.
I will definitely keep the Evening Hatch in mind on my future trips to the river. Keep it up guys!

Just took my 2^nd trip with The Evening Hatch on the Yakima River. Did the winter special both last year and last weekend. Both trips were really fun. Our guide this year was Russell, he did a great job getting us into some big fish. Both my friend Ken and me caught a couple rainbows over 12″ each. A whole bunch of smaller trout too. Booking was easy online. We’ll definitely go again next spring.

We have over a ¼ century in business. Not fulfilling someones scheduled guided trip is the last thing we would want. Errors are made and unfortunately we made one. This year we had over 1000 other trips where people left with smiles on their face.
Best fishes,
Jack Mitchell — Owner
The Evening Hatch — Since 1988
5 Great Rivers, 2 Cool Lodges, 1 Little Fly Shop

My girlfriend booked full day trip for the two of us for my b day. They booked us on the wrong day! They did try to scramble around to find a guide, but it didn’t work out. What a disappointment! We drove down the street to another fly shop walked in and asked if they could accommodate. They did and was very nice about it!

I went out on the Yakima yesterday with Kevin and had the best time. We floated the lower canyon from about 3−9pm. The fishing definitely picked up once the sun sunk behind the hills. Caught my record Rainbow, 17″. Superb fly choices, very knowledgeable of the river, incredible wildlife along the way. Can’t wait to go again!

Love this little fly shop. Great ownership, super friendly staff, quality gear and bugs, and a terrific group of guides. They often run specials, which are exceptional values. I went on back-​to-​back late winter floats on the Yakima with one of their guides and we crushed fish. One day we had big rainbows, fat cuts, and a steelhead! I’ll be using these guys for years to come. Keep up the great service Evening Hatch.