Sacramento River - Upper Fish Report for 7-13-2023
Temps on this gage are beginning to bump up towards 70 degrees in the late afternoon
Sacramento River - Upper - Shasta, CA (Shasta County)
by The Fly Shop
7-13-2023
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As the runoff has subsided, the flows on the lower end of the river above Lake Shasta are now fluctuating between 360 & 390 CFS. Temps on this gage are beginning to bump up towards 70 degrees in the late afternoon, if you are fishing below Simms play your fish quickly and keep them in the water. With just a hint of some color in the water, the fish are happy. Up top some residual Stoneflies are coming off and you can still get fish to take a Salmonfly or Golden Stone dry. Good rigs are a Chubby Chernobyl with a brown Rubberleg dropper. Some Blue Wing Olives and midges coming off will have fish sipping in the shady slicks. Smaller, dark Missing Links in #16 & 18 are working well. Keep you eyes peeled for ant falls. Besides the Rubberlegs, Perdigons, Sweet Peas, and #16 S&Ms in olive and brown are good patterns to drop.
Upper Sacramento Flows at Delta
Hot Flies:
Dry Flies:
• D&D Cripple - March Brown
• Low Water Baetis - #18
• Adams - #12-20
• Mercer's Missing Link - Dark #14-16
• Parachute Adams - #14-18
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Mercer's Tungsten October Pupa
• Morrish October Pupa
• Skip's TB October Caddis
• CB Birds Nest - #10-14
• Red Copper John - #16-18
• Zebra Midge - #18-20
• Mercury Black Beauty
• Mercer's Glass Bead Micro May - #22
• Mercer's GB Dark Stone - #8
• Mercer's Dark Stone - #6
• Pat's Rubber Legs - Brown #6-8
• GB Birds Nest - #12-14
• Gordon's Amber Wing Prince - #12-18
• Swink's BTS
• Mercer's CB Micro Mayfly - #14-16
Streamers & Leeches:
• Sheila Sculpin
• Woolly Buggers
• Muddler Minnows - #10
More Reports
The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, July 13th, 2023Fall River: The are Baetis, PMDs and Callibaetis hatching now
Hat Creek - Middle: With summer here Hat is fishing well on the bookends, mid day can be quite slow
Sacramento River - Lower: The releases from Keswick were adjusted down to their published target of 10,500 CFS
McCloud River: PMD's and Caddis should be coming on strong now
Pit River: Pit 3 continues to fish well
The Fly Shop Reports
for Tuesday, July 4th, 2023Fall River: Fall River Fishing Report
Hat Creek: With summer here Hat is fishing well on the bookends
Sacramento River - Lower: Sacramento River Lower Fishing Report
McCloud River: McCloud River Fishing Report
Pit River: Pit River Fishing Report
Sacramento River - Upper: Sacramento River Upper Fishing Report
Baum Lake: Baum Lake Fishing Report
Shasta Lake: California's largest reservoir is fishing great
Manzanita Lake: Manzanita Lake Fishing Report
McCloud Reservoir: McCloud Reservoir Fishing Report
Pyramid Lake, CA: The lake has closed for the season
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