Baum Lake Fish Report for 6-8-2023
The lake is still a solid option
Baum Lake - Cassel, CA (Shasta County)
by The Fly Shop
6-8-2023
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The lake is still a solid option for those of you who are looking for a day on a spring creek casting flies to greedy-hungry Rainbow Trout. More and more Damselflies are hatching and the fish will definitely eat the nymphs. Olive seems to be the best color for the Damsels. Make sure you have a full midge box and red can be a fantastic color some days. Dry Dropper can be a deadly setup, a red or black Zebra Midge underneath a Chubby Chernobyl or a Fat Head Moth is a good setup. More and more PMDs are Callibaetis are also coming off so bring those flies as well. A good PMD pattern on stillwater is Mercer's Poxyback PMD. On the bright, sunny days you will want to drop down on your tippet to 6X or 7X. Our guides have this place wired if you are looking for some tactical advice on fishing a great spring creek fishery with an expert!
Hot Flies:
Dry Flies:
Adams - #18-20, Hackle Winged May - BWO, Harrop's Last Chance - All, Griffith's Gnat, Mercer's Missing Link - #14-18, Light Cahill - #18
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
Red Copper John - #18, Ultra Scuds, GB Flashback PT - #14-20, Black A.P. - #14-16, Beaded Zebra Midge - #18-20, Mercer's Gidget, Mercer's CB Micro Mays - Ruby Red #16-18, GB Flashback PT - Olive #18, Beaded Zebra Midge - #16-20, Chromie - #18
Steamers & Leeches:
JGF Translucent Wiggle Tail - #10, Beaded Micro Buggers - #12, Zack's Damseleech - #14
More Reports
The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, June 8th, 2023Hat Creek: The area is receiving quite a bit of pressure in the Powerhouse 2 Riffle area
Sacramento River - Lower: The upper river is fishing solidly through the mid day
McCloud River: Releases are at 200 CFS from the lake now
Sacramento River - Upper: This river may drop into a good spot to go soon
The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, June 1st, 2023Hat Creek: The fish in the flats are eating midges and some PMDs
Sacramento River - Lower: Flows are now just around 10,000 CFS from Keswick
Pit River: Releases from Lake Britton are now down to 328 CFS
Trinity River: The final bump of the spring flow releases happened yesterday
Sacramento River - Upper: The gage at Delta is showing north of 2,500 CFS and some robust turbidity
Baum Lake: The lake is still a solid option
Shasta Lake: Shasta is fishing fantastic
Manzanita Lake: Manzanita is pretty much ice free at this point
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