Steelhead are on the feed on the Trinity River, fishing is a blast right now

Trinity River - Douglas City, CA


by The Fly Shop
2-2-2013
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Current River Conditions: Water conditions are excellent. The fishing has been good! Saw a few brown trout and several steelhead today. One fish went into the 10 lb range. Skwala stones are crawling around on the surface of the river. Saw a steelhead eat an adult skwala stone off the surface today! We are in for more good fishing through the coming week! The Trinity is a good choice!

Icy road conditions mean your journey on HWY 299, west of Buckhorn summit, will be a careful, slow one.

The Fly Shop's?? Tips: A variety of techniques, using your 8-9 wt rod for Salmon, or a more adaptable 5-6 wt fly rod for small steelhead and aggressive browns will tie you into fish. Suspending nymphs under an indicator, stripping buggers and leeches, swinging muddlers or PT nymphs will produce hook-ups! Even dry flies should be in the plan. Bring a parachute Adams! Hey! The King Salmon will eat nymphs suspended under indicators. What a blast!

Road Conditions:
Expect icy conditions in the AM and evening hours. Be very careful. Call 1-800.427.7623 for up to date Northern California Road Conditions. Here's a link to Cal-Trans Road Conditions: Click Here.

Water Flows:
Trinity River Flows
Dreamflows - Trinity River

Suggested Fly Patterns:

Dry Flies:

• CDC Callibaetis Dun
• Parachute March Brown
• Adams #14-16
• Rogue Foam Skwalla-Dark Olive
• Speroni's Skwala - Olive

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Mercer's Poxy-Back Hares Ear #8-14
• Psycho Princes - Purple
• Mercer's Poxyback GB PMD #16
• Mercer's Poxyback GB Hares Ears #8-14
• BH Flashback P.T. Nymphs #12-14
• Red Copper John #12-14
• TB Solitude Stone - #8
• Pat's Rubber Legs - Brown & Black #6-8

Eggs:
• Boles Bazookas - #8
• Micro Spawn Eggs - Pink & Salmon Egg
• M.C. Redd Reapers
• Clown Egg - #4-10

Streamers/Leeches:
• CH Kiwi Muddlers
• CH Lightning Bugger #6
• Freshwater Clouser (Any)
• Dietz's Sculpins #4

Fly Fishing Gear:
• The Fly Shop's?? Fresh H2O Fly Rods 4-5 wt
• The Fly Shop's?? L2a Fly Reels
• RIO Gold Floating Fly Line
• Simms?? G3 Guide Jacket
• Flexi-Wrap
• Hardbite™ Star Cleats - Simms??
• Modern Spey Casting DVD