Nevada Fish Report
Sacramento River Fish Report for 1-18-2012
Sacramento River Fish Report for 1-18-2012
The lower Sac has been on again off again for fly fishermen
Sacramento River - CA
by The Fly Shop
1-18-2012
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Current River Conditions:
The fishing has been great one day and tough the next! Our guides have been putting anglers on some huge rainbows. Pro Fly Shop Guides Ross Wilkerson and Greg Kennedy came off the river on Monday with reports of 18-20" rainbows. Nice!!! River flows are down to 4,300 cubic feet per second.
Hot flies in your fly box will be #6-8 dark to golden stones with rubber legs, #14-16 PT Nymphs and Bird's Nests. Can't leave out Pseudo Nymphs and RK's BWOs!
If you plan on wading the Lower Sacramento here in Redding, CA., consider purchasing a PFD and a wading staff!
Click here for up to date Lower Sacramento flow
By the way- "Good fishing can be found at these private water destinations this winter: Luk Lake and Steiner Lake"
The Fly Shop's ? Tips:
Fishing a long, 9' leader tapered to 3x (the second fly can be attached using 4X) with a big indicator and an SSG split shot will get the flies down to the fish. If you are wading the river and not in a drift boat, add another AAA or even a second SSG to your rig. The sooner the flies get to the bottom of the river, the more time you spend "fishing". At this time of year, look for hatches of Baetis, BWOs and midges. The "egg" bite is slowing down and mostly done.
Bridge News: All of the construction projects have finished their in-river work, so there are no longer hazards in the river at any of the bridges, and there are no longer flow-related boating restrictions anywhere on the river. Yeah!
River Fact: How did the Sacramento River get it's name? In 1808, Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga, on a journey to find suitable sites for the construction of missions, became the first foreigner to see the river clearly. Judging its huge breadth and power he named it Rio de good Sacramentos, or "River of the Blessed Sacrament".
Flies:
Dries:
• Mercer's Missing Link #14-16
• Parachute Profile Spinner BWO
• Norman's Loop Wing BWO
• D&D Cripple-Any!
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Mercer's Sac Fry
• Pale Alvin #6-12
• Zack's Soft Alevin
• Zack's Zaddis Amber #12-14
• Fox's Beeottis
• Fox's Cinnamon Poopah #12-14
• RK Flatulator BWO
• Eng Thing #14-16
• Mercer's Gidget
• Pat's Rubberlegs #4-8
• Zack's Thurmantor Stone • CB Birds Nest #12-16
• S&M #16-18 (Any Color)
• Pseudo May #16-18
• Red Micro Mayfly #16-18
• Skip Nymph #16
Streamers/Leeches:
• Muddler Minnow #10
• Freshwater Clouser Olive/White
• Spruce Matuka
Eggs:
• MC Redd Reaper
• Micro Spawn
• Single Eggs
• Surreal Eggs
• Boles Bazookas
The fishing has been great one day and tough the next! Our guides have been putting anglers on some huge rainbows. Pro Fly Shop Guides Ross Wilkerson and Greg Kennedy came off the river on Monday with reports of 18-20" rainbows. Nice!!! River flows are down to 4,300 cubic feet per second.
Hot flies in your fly box will be #6-8 dark to golden stones with rubber legs, #14-16 PT Nymphs and Bird's Nests. Can't leave out Pseudo Nymphs and RK's BWOs!
If you plan on wading the Lower Sacramento here in Redding, CA., consider purchasing a PFD and a wading staff!
Click here for up to date Lower Sacramento flow
By the way- "Good fishing can be found at these private water destinations this winter: Luk Lake and Steiner Lake"
The Fly Shop's ? Tips:
Fishing a long, 9' leader tapered to 3x (the second fly can be attached using 4X) with a big indicator and an SSG split shot will get the flies down to the fish. If you are wading the river and not in a drift boat, add another AAA or even a second SSG to your rig. The sooner the flies get to the bottom of the river, the more time you spend "fishing". At this time of year, look for hatches of Baetis, BWOs and midges. The "egg" bite is slowing down and mostly done.
Bridge News: All of the construction projects have finished their in-river work, so there are no longer hazards in the river at any of the bridges, and there are no longer flow-related boating restrictions anywhere on the river. Yeah!
River Fact: How did the Sacramento River get it's name? In 1808, Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga, on a journey to find suitable sites for the construction of missions, became the first foreigner to see the river clearly. Judging its huge breadth and power he named it Rio de good Sacramentos, or "River of the Blessed Sacrament".
Flies:
Dries:
• Mercer's Missing Link #14-16
• Parachute Profile Spinner BWO
• Norman's Loop Wing BWO
• D&D Cripple-Any!
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Mercer's Sac Fry
• Pale Alvin #6-12
• Zack's Soft Alevin
• Zack's Zaddis Amber #12-14
• Fox's Beeottis
• Fox's Cinnamon Poopah #12-14
• RK Flatulator BWO
• Eng Thing #14-16
• Mercer's Gidget
• Pat's Rubberlegs #4-8
• Zack's Thurmantor Stone • CB Birds Nest #12-16
• S&M #16-18 (Any Color)
• Pseudo May #16-18
• Red Micro Mayfly #16-18
• Skip Nymph #16
Streamers/Leeches:
• Muddler Minnow #10
• Freshwater Clouser Olive/White
• Spruce Matuka
Eggs:
• MC Redd Reaper
• Micro Spawn
• Single Eggs
• Surreal Eggs
• Boles Bazookas
More Reports
The Fly Shop Reports
for Friday, January 13th, 2012Sacramento River: The Lower Sac has been on fire with lot's of hook-ups
Sacramento River: The sunny warm winter weather has kept the Upper Sac in perfect shape resulting in great fishing!
Trinity River: The flows on the Trinity are perfectly clear and low! Steelhead fishing has been excellent!
Klamath River - Upper - CA: Wow, it's been frosty in the AM hours on the Klamath this week! Steelhead fishing has been great
Pit River: Excellent fishing on the Pit River right now.
The Fly Shop Reports
for Saturday, January 7th, 2012Sacramento River: The fishing has been great on the Lower Sac! The weather is amazing! You can't go skiing, go fishing
Sacramento River: It is unusual to have great fishing conditions on the Upper Sac in Jan, but that is what we have
Trinity River: River conditions are great for steelhead fishing on the Trinity River!
Klamath River - Upper - CA: Fishing for Steelhead has been good on the Klamath and should get better thru March
Pit River: You can't beat the Pit River for a winter time rainbow trout fishery!
Baum Lake: The fishing at Baum Lake has been nothing less that great over the past week
Lewiston Lake: Better still water fishing is unlikely to be found outside of Lewiston Lake!
Iron Canyon Reservoir: The fishing is great at Iron Canyon Reservoir
Manzanita Lake: Really COLD. Whoa! Fishing at Manzanita Lake will be fair at best.
McCumber Reservoir: Time to give ol' McCumber a rest until it rains its too cold.
Keswick Reservoir: Haven't heard much about the fishing on this reservoir over the past week.
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