Nevada Fish Report
Iron Canyon Reservoir Fish Report for 8-1-2012
Iron Canyon Reservoir Fish Report for 8-1-2012
Fishing at Iron Canyon has been fair. Leeches, buggers & damsel nymphs on sinking lines works best.
Iron Canyon Reservoir - Deadlun, CA (Shasta County)
by The Fly Shop
8-1-2012
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Current Lake Conditions: The fishing has been fair. Fishing leeches, buggers and damsel nymphs on sinking lines works best. Suspend a #18 P.T. nymph or #16 licorice!
Guaranteed solitude with a few locals hanging around in float tubes or fishing from the bank. The rainbows and browns will clobber nymphs stripped on floating lines or suspended under indicators. Bring a motorized boat, and fish near the inflow at the NE end of the lake. Try stripping buggers on a Type 7 full sinking line.
The Fly Shop's ? Tips: Retrieving or stripping buggers and leech patterns seems to be the best, most productive method of fly fishing Iron Canyon at this time. Look for rainbows and browns along the edges of the lake.
You can fish this lake either one of two ways, indicator and nymphs or sinking lines and streamers. The midge hatches are usually strong in the AM hours, fishing a Blood Midge with a Black Midge Pupa dropper is deadly. For those who want to cast and retrieve flies, Leeches and Bugger style flies work great. Clouser Minnows are a fantastic fly on Iron Canyon, fished on a RIO Deep 7 sinking line, plan on finding the aggressive fish that hang in the depths! Use an intermediate sinking line along the shallower edges of the lake when fishing streamers. Fishing a #16 BH PT Nymph on the end of a tapered leader attached to a floating line is an all time best way to find fish here or any still water. Once flies are cast, use a very slow retrieve, just move the line enough to stay tight to the fly and feel the thuds of the take!
Lake Level: • Iron Canyon Lake Level
Suggested Fly Patterns:
Dry Flies:
• Scum Duns - Callibaetis #14
• D&D Cripples - Callibaetis #16
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Burk's Sierra Damsel
• Licorice #16
• Pheasant Tail Nymph #14-16
• Hula Damsel
• San Juan Worm - Fire #8-14
• CB Frostbite - #16-18
• Chromies - #16-18
• Zebra Midge - #16-20
• Micro Mayfly - #14-18
• Tungsten Beaded JuJu #16
• Blood Geyser Midge - Red #10-16
• GB Half-Flashback PT - #16-20
Streamers/Leeches:
• Burk's Sierra Damsel
• Hula Damsel
• Freshwater Clouser - Olive/White
• Lite Brite Buggers - #6
• Zonkers - #4
• Zack's Zuggers - Yellow/Brown #8
Fly Fishing Gear:
• Outcast ? Super Fat Cat-LCS Float Tube
• Rio ? Deep 7™ Full Sink Fly Line
• Simms ? WaderWick™
• The Fly Shop's ? X-Country Jacket
• Nautilus FWX Fly Reels
• R.L. Winston Boron IIIx Fly Rod 4-5wt
• The Fly Shop's ? Fresh H2O Fly Rod 4-6wt
• Simms ? Solar Sombrero
• Simms ? ExStream™ Socks
• Angling Evolution's™ Foam Indicators
Guaranteed solitude with a few locals hanging around in float tubes or fishing from the bank. The rainbows and browns will clobber nymphs stripped on floating lines or suspended under indicators. Bring a motorized boat, and fish near the inflow at the NE end of the lake. Try stripping buggers on a Type 7 full sinking line.
The Fly Shop's ? Tips: Retrieving or stripping buggers and leech patterns seems to be the best, most productive method of fly fishing Iron Canyon at this time. Look for rainbows and browns along the edges of the lake.
You can fish this lake either one of two ways, indicator and nymphs or sinking lines and streamers. The midge hatches are usually strong in the AM hours, fishing a Blood Midge with a Black Midge Pupa dropper is deadly. For those who want to cast and retrieve flies, Leeches and Bugger style flies work great. Clouser Minnows are a fantastic fly on Iron Canyon, fished on a RIO Deep 7 sinking line, plan on finding the aggressive fish that hang in the depths! Use an intermediate sinking line along the shallower edges of the lake when fishing streamers. Fishing a #16 BH PT Nymph on the end of a tapered leader attached to a floating line is an all time best way to find fish here or any still water. Once flies are cast, use a very slow retrieve, just move the line enough to stay tight to the fly and feel the thuds of the take!
Lake Level: • Iron Canyon Lake Level
Suggested Fly Patterns:
Dry Flies:
• Scum Duns - Callibaetis #14
• D&D Cripples - Callibaetis #16
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Burk's Sierra Damsel
• Licorice #16
• Pheasant Tail Nymph #14-16
• Hula Damsel
• San Juan Worm - Fire #8-14
• CB Frostbite - #16-18
• Chromies - #16-18
• Zebra Midge - #16-20
• Micro Mayfly - #14-18
• Tungsten Beaded JuJu #16
• Blood Geyser Midge - Red #10-16
• GB Half-Flashback PT - #16-20
Streamers/Leeches:
• Burk's Sierra Damsel
• Hula Damsel
• Freshwater Clouser - Olive/White
• Lite Brite Buggers - #6
• Zonkers - #4
• Zack's Zuggers - Yellow/Brown #8
Fly Fishing Gear:
• Outcast ? Super Fat Cat-LCS Float Tube
• Rio ? Deep 7™ Full Sink Fly Line
• Simms ? WaderWick™
• The Fly Shop's ? X-Country Jacket
• Nautilus FWX Fly Reels
• R.L. Winston Boron IIIx Fly Rod 4-5wt
• The Fly Shop's ? Fresh H2O Fly Rod 4-6wt
• Simms ? Solar Sombrero
• Simms ? ExStream™ Socks
• Angling Evolution's™ Foam Indicators
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McCloud River: The McCloud offers good, uncrowded fishing during the "dog-days" of summer.
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The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, July 19th, 2012Fall River: The best fishing for Fall River has been late in the day
Hat Creek: Hat Creek has a good BWO hatch, fishing is best early to around noon
Klamath River - Upper - CA: The Klamath is between seasons, nothing exciting to report
Sacramento River: Fishing reports on the Lower "Sac" range from fair to great
McCloud River: Fishing is good, not great on the McCloud
Pit River: The fishing on the Pit remains great!
Trinity River: The Salmon fishing has been good on the Trinity River
Sacramento River: Fishing on the Upper Sac has been good, if it is warm it will shut off at mid-day
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