San Joaquin River Fish Report

Fly Fishing on the San Joaquin is Very Good right now

San Joaquin River - Stockton, CA

by The Trout Fitter Staff
9-15-2011
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Water Conditions:
Flows are perfect! Temps in the mid 50's.

Fishing Conditions and Hatches:
Excellent! Make sure your fly is floating high, been seeing a lot of rejections cause the fly was sitting in the film instead of riding on top.

Fishing starts to get good around 11 AM. Larger Caddis around with BWO's making up most of the mayflies. Still some larger stones around too.

Recommended Flies:

Dries: Kaufman Stimulator #16
Headlight Yellow Sally #16
Outrigger Sally #16
Parachute Adams #18
Yellow Humpy #16
Elk Hair Caddis Olive #16-18
Hackle Stacker# 16
Royal Wulff #14-18
Chernobyl Ants
Stone Flies

Nymphs:
San Juan Worm Red/Pink
Copper John Red/Green #18
Bead Head Prince Nymph #18
Glass Bead Olive Micromayfly #18
Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail #18

Streamers:
Doc's Twin Lakes Special #12, Black/Olive/Brown

Guides Hint:
Pools usually yield 2-3 fish. Rather than changing flys, move upstream to the next pool. Sticking to faster water where the fish don't spook quite so easily.

More Reports

The Trout Fitter Reports

for Thursday, September 15th, 2011

Mammoth Lakes : Fly Fishing around Mammoth has been Good
Hot Creek: Caddis imitations are the fly of choice at Hot Creek, especially after 10:00 AM

The Trout Fitter Reports

for Friday, September 9th, 2011

Mammoth Lakes : Fishing in the Mammoth Basin is Good and the Crowds are down
Hot Creek: Terrestrials are out at Hot Creek now
San Joaquin River: Fishing the San Joaquin is Excellent, there are some Yellow Sallies around
Crowley Lake: The Big Fish at Crowley are 14' or deeper, smaller fish are usually shallower
Owens River: Avoid the muddy water on the Upper Owens
Owens River: Fishing is still good at the Owens River Gorge
Owens River: Fair to Good Fishing Right Now on the Lower Owens River
Bridgeport Reservoir: Fair to Good Fishing at Bridgeport Reservoir