Posts Tagged ‘Hot Flies’

So…the lower Sacramento has just been lights out good the last week.  40 to 60 hookups a day are norm right now for those with some experience and a little help from the weather.  Several days of rain seems to have helped.  This won’t last forever as the river is getting more pressure as the [...]

For the most part, the lower Sac has been fishing very very well despite the crowds of October.  The salmon “run” is trickling in and a few trout always seem to be caught in and downstream of the redds.  But…that said, most of the fish we’re boating aren’t anywhere near the few redds that have [...]

Spent a very fun day steelheading the Trinity with the two brother surgeons, Jim and Tom.  The fishing was a pleasant surprise!  …and a nice change from the lower Sac crowds.  The upshot is…there are fish already in the system and almost everybody we talked to hooked a fish or 2.  We were 2 for [...]

Stormy skies greeted anglers in Redding last week but, it didn’t seem to slow the fishing all that much.  Little wind was the key to success as Todd and Ryan from Menlo Park floated the lower Sac for the first time and we had a blast.  Day one we fished from Bonnyview down and had [...]

Freelance writer Bob Borgwat and I tested the waters of the Bollibokka section of the McCloud recently. It was, in a word….unbelievable.  7 miles of the lower McCloud that (coincidentally) no one had fished in a couple of weeks. 7 miles!?! Where do you start?!? Those that have fished the McCloud know the beauty and [...]

Haven’t posted in a couple weeks…busy busy busy, and all over the map!  Good thing I guess.  In the last two weeks I’ve fished Antelope Creek Ranch (FF School), Upper Sac, Pit, McCloud, Lower Sac and Trinity (for half-pounders).  Mostly, fishing has been ‘ok’ with a few exceptional days and a couple of tough days.  [...]

Been a very very busy couple of weeks!!  I haven’t posted many reports because frankly, I’ve been too busy fishing, driving and sleeping.  So…this is a catch-up post, of sorts, for those of you keeping track. The big news right now is the Klamath.  The Salmonflies are out in abundance and I’ve seen some very [...]

Greg and Jason enjoyed a great couple of days in Shasta county this week.  Hat Creek continues to produce some great fish ahead of the Salmonfly hatch.  Only a few adult bugs were in the air but every likely spot on the river seems to hold fish willing to eat the big nymphs with abandon. [...]

Brrrrr!!  What a difference a couple of days can make in northern California!  It was 38 degrees when Bruce and I suited up to fish the Wild Trout section of Hat Creek.  Not surprisingly, there wasn’t a soul around at the PH2 riffle being that it was so cold and windy.  After reviewing the techniques [...]

Great fun was had by Chris and Doug who came all the way from Orange County.  They’d never fished the Pit before and looking forward to learning the techniques and some of the spots around Reach 4 and 5.  Great weather and a cooperating fish usually mark a day on the Pit in May and [...]