Fall River Fish Report

No insect hatches at Fall River for the past few days. We should see better fishing any day.

Fall River

by The Fly Shop
5-4-2012
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The Fall River is the largest of California's spring creeks, fed by several icy aquifers coming from the snows and glaciers of Mount Shasta.

Current River Conditions: Fishing fair. The best way to catch fish for now is dredging the depths with leeches stripped on an intermediate sink line. Don't worry kids, good fishing is around the corner. Needs to get a little warmer out. When you come, stay at Circle 7 Guest Ranch or Spinner Fall Lodge and have unfettered access to waters swimming with rainbows!

The Fly Shop's ? Tips: The "Fall River Twitch" has been the most effective technique on Fall River for decades. How to: Anchor your pram upstream of rising fish. Cast downstream and across, then feed line out to extend your drift a long ways downstream. The "Fall River Twitch" results in a presentation that lets the fish see your fly first, while you are positions upstream and out of the fished field of view. The Fall River Twitch is equally effective whether fishing dries, swinging nymphs or indicator nymphing. If you're casting to a pod of rising trout, work from the outside in and you can often pick them off one by one. 5-5wt rods are what we recommend for Fall River, with some anglers using 6wt. rods for casting heavier sinking lines. The Fly Shop ? recommended fly lines; RIO Gold floating line and an extra spool loaded with RIO CamoLux.

River Fact: Eurasian Watermillfoil is a threat on this river. Click here to read more about what Eurasian Watermillfoil is, what is being done and why Fall River has a bright future.

Suggested Fly Patterns:

Dry Flies:
• Last Chance Baetis #20
• Tilt Wing Dun PMD #18
• Tilt Wing Dun Mahogany #18
• Last Chance Cripple PMD #18
• Mayfly Cripple Limestone #18
• Mercer's Missing Link
• Norman's Loop Wing BWO #18
• Parachute Adams #18-20

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Pseudo May's Brown #16-18
• Drifting Flashback PT #14-16
• Black Zebra Midge #16-20
• Red Copper John #18
• Zug Bug #14-16
• PT Nymph #14-20
• TB PT Nymph #18
• Norman's Wiggle Tail PT #16-18
• Mercer's Micro May Fly Brown #16

Streamers/Leeches:
• Zack's Damsel Leech Olive
• J. Fair's Translucent Wiggle Tails Olive
• Zack's Swimming Leech Olive
• Zack's Swimming Leech Black

Fly Fishing Gear:
• Buff ? High UV Angler Series Headwear
• Simms ? Solar Sombrero
• Oakley GASCAN Polarized Sunglasses

More Reports

The Fly Shop Reports

for Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Klamath River - Upper - CA: The fishing is slow on the Klamath right now
Sacramento River: The fishing is GREAT on the Lower Sacramento
Pit River: Conditions on the Pit River keep getting better and better
Trinity River: Trinity river flows will soon be over 2,500 cfs & the fishing won't be good for a month or so
Sacramento River: Conditions on the Upper Sac are improving, but you'll need to expect higher water
Baum Lake: We expect Baum Lake to fish good for Opening Day

The Fly Shop Reports

for Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Fall River: May is a good time for dry fly fishing on Fall River
Klamath River - Upper - CA: Conditions are perfect on the Klamath! But the fishing is slow.
Sacramento River: Fishing conditions on the Lower Sac couldn't be better, & fishing has been good, nymphs work best.
McCloud River: Weather will be great for opening day. Conditions are good, fishing will be great on the McCloud
Pit River: The Pit is on one day, then kind of slow the next.
Trinity River: Fishing on the Trinity River has been fun for smaller juvenile steelhead and salmon
Sacramento River: There have been some good reports coming out of the Upper Sac, but not consistently
Baum Lake: Some will say the fishing is great at Baum Lake while others feel it's borderline fair