Nevada Fish Report
Fall River Fish Report for 5-14-2012
Fall River Fish Report for 5-14-2012
The fishing on Fall River is improving
Fall River
by The Fly Shop
5-14-2012
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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:
Sunny warm weather and strictly classic fly fishing. The fishing is improving. Just being out on Fall River makes life fun!
The Fly Shop's ? Tips:
The best way to fool the wild rainbows of the Fall River this week is with black or olive colored leeches, stripped slowly on intermediate sinking lines.
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. 5-6 wt rods are what we recommend for Fall River, with some anglers using 6 wt. rods for casting heavier sinking lines. The Fly Shop ? recommended fly lines; RIO Gold floating line and an extra spool loaded with RIO CamoLux.
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
Current River Conditions:
Sunny warm weather and strictly classic fly fishing. The fishing is improving. Just being out on Fall River makes life fun!
The Fly Shop's ? Tips:
The best way to fool the wild rainbows of the Fall River this week is with black or olive colored leeches, stripped slowly on intermediate sinking lines.
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. 5-6 wt rods are what we recommend for Fall River, with some anglers using 6 wt. rods for casting heavier sinking lines. The Fly Shop ? recommended fly lines; RIO Gold floating line and an extra spool loaded with RIO CamoLux.
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
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The Fly Shop Reports
for Monday, May 7th, 2012Klamath River - Upper - CA: Fishing on the Klamath is slow for now. Typical for early May.
Sacramento River: No springtime fly fishing trip is complete without a day on the Lower Sac. Conditions are perfect
The Fly Shop Reports
for Sunday, May 6th, 2012Fall River: Fall River is fishing poor to fair. No insect hatches, but we saw lots of PMD shucks in the river.
Hat Creek: Hat Creek is fishing best in the AM & just after sunset. As the weather warms hatches will improve
McCloud River: The fishing has been good with the dry fly fishing being the highlight on the McCloud River!
Pit River: Fishing has been mostly good on the Pit River, but a few tough reports have been floating around.
Trinity River: Flows are up on the Trinity River. which has put a damper on fishing
Sacramento River: Fishing on the Upper Sac has been fair for some, poor for others & a few great reports.
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