At Lake McCumber a few fish being caught, No crowds

McCumber Reservoir - Viola, CA (Shasta County)


by The Fly Shop
8-23-2011
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Current Lake Conditions:
Weeds in the middle of the lake are preventing us from fishing it, but the water near the dam is cold, deep and weedless. Anglers should find fish here that eat small mayfly patterns. The key is: Look for deeper water. Retrieving PT nymphs, damsel fly nymphs should get you tight to the rainbows found in this lake. Anglers in pontoon boats or foldable boats are getting into fish.

The Fly Shop's ? Tips:
Using a float tube or a pontoon boat, paddle out into the lake and look along the edges for cruising rainbows and browns. RIOs Aqualux Intermediate Sink Tip is a perfect line for retrieving and stripping leeches, damsel nymphs and streamers. Use a floating line and leader tapered to 4x with a bead head PT with a very, very, very slow retrieve. Fish will find your nymph and take it, but don't set the hook! Just lift and let line out until you can bend the rod without first breaking the fish off.

Flies:

Dries:
• Scum Dun Callibaetis #14
• D&D Cripple Callibaetis #16
• Parachute Adams #16-18

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Zallibaetis
• Hogan's S&M Brown #16-18
• GB Half Flashback PT #16-20
• Fox's Callibeeotis #14

Streamers/Leeches:
• Freshwater Clouser Olive/White
• Zonkers
• Burk's Sierra Damsel
• Zack Attack Damsel
• Zack's Zugger Yellow/Brown




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