Sacramento River - Upper Fish Report for 4-25-2024
The river is high from top to bottom
Sacramento River - Upper - Siskiyou, CA (Siskiyou County)
by The Fly Shop
4-25-2024
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With the warming weather and the snowpack up in this watershed, we are beginning to see signs of runoff. The river is high from top to bottom. The flows dropped down to around 1,600 CFS Monday, but are ramping up daily and sit around 2,000 CFS at the Delta gage. We'll get some rain through Saturday, so should see another bump from that storm. If you would like to go, be super careful at these flows, you should take a look at heading up to Dunsmuir or above. For those who like to swing, now would be a good time to get out the micro-Spey and give it a shot as there are large Rainbows heading up from the lake. Sculpins should be on the menu for the lakers, Barr's Slumpbuster in olive and black are two good options, a Dalai Lama in olive & white or The Mob in olive are other good patterns. Up top above Simms the small black flies, #18-20 black Zebra Midges, the BP Weiss nymphs, Jigged X-Mays and any Perdigon you have in your box will work well. Blue Wing Olives and midges will be good nymphs to try in the mornings, olive and black X-Mays and S&Ms along with the BP Weiss Nymph and Olive Hotspots.
Upper Sacramento Flows at Delta
Hot Flies:
Dry Flies:
• Sedgeback October Caddis - #10
• 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
• 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
• Jigged Birds Nest - #14-16
• Gordon's Amber Wing Prince - #12-18
• Mercer's CB Micro Mayfly - #16-18
• Walt's Worm
Streamers & Leeches:
• Sheila Sculpin
• Woolly Buggers
• Zack's Stillwater Swimming Leech - #8
More Reports
The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, April 25thFall River: The Fall River valley is warming up and the river is beginning to come to life
Hat Creek: Hat Creek Fishing Report
Sacramento River - Lower: The river continues to clear and is fishing better each day
McCloud River: McCloud River Report
The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, April 11thSacramento River - Lower: Lake Shasta is topping up with a lot of cold water
McCloud River: The clarity on the lake gage is very good, so this should be a good option
Pit River: Pit 3 flows were bumped the second week this month and are not a stable 480 CFS
Trinity River: The Spring pulse flows will begin next Tuesday, April 16th
Sacramento River - Upper: Beginning to see signs of runoff
Baum Lake: Baum has been a good spot to get a great workout fighting trout
Shasta Lake: The fishing has been steadily good on the Float N' Fly rigs
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