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Current Reports
Bob Marriott's now provides up to date fly fishing reports for all your favorite hotspots:
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Updated:
July 24, 2008
American River
No reports this week.
Feather River
Fishing is poor to fair. The best fishing is from first light to 10am for trout. Caddis larva and mayfly nymphs will pick up fish in pocket water and the heads of runs.
The water warms considerably during the day and the fishing turns off midday. Now is the time to pull out the woolly buggers and hunt for the smallmouth bass. Target the
slower water along rocky points and log jams in the lower river around Pulga. Use erratic strips with distinct pauses on a sink tip line. Make sure to use a loop knot to
connect your fly to give it better action.
Lower Sac River
Fishing is fair. Fishing the Sac is fairly straightforward during the high summer flows. Successful anglers are tossing long leaders, heavy split shot, and stonefly-caddis
pupa patterns under a high floating Thingamabobber strike indicator. Many trout are hanging along the clay banks and drop-offs. Fish different slots until you figure out where
the trout are that day. There is decent caddis hatches in the evening, with some trout rising once the sun is off the water. Most of the rising fish are near streamside brush
where the caddis hangout prior to evening mating sessions. The bite is good one day and spotty the next.
Upper Sac River
Fishing is fair to good. There is a large variety of insects coming off on the river right now. Little yellow stones, caddis, PMD’s, and some golden stones are on the menu.
The best fishing is early and late in the day, as the hot summer days are dampening the afternoon bite. The lower river will fish until 10am until the water starts to warm up.
Move upstream where the water is cooler. You can still pick up a few fish in the pocket water with various caddis and stonefly patterns. Evening is by far the best time to cast
dry flies to rising fish. The best hatches are from Dunsmuir upstream to Box Canyon Dam. With all the insects hatching right now, the fly pattern does not make as much difference
as a good presentation.
Trinity River
No reports this week.
Truckee River
Fishing is fair to good. Water releases from the surface of Lake Tahoe is causing the temperature to rise on the Truckee River. Wet wading is very pleasant. The best fishing is
from first light to 11am when bigger fish are actively feeding on small stoneflies, PMD’s, caddis larva, and aquatic worms. Keep an eye out for a PMD hatch, which will extend the
fishing time into the afternoon. Midday fishing is slow. In the evening, decent hatches of caddis, yellow sallies, and a few PED’s will keep dry fly anglers busy. When fishing
dries on the Truckee, keep in mind that big fish will make subtle, confident rise forms. Splashy rises often indicate smaller fish.
Hat Creek
Fishing is fair. The trico hatch is between 8am and 10am. Target risers along the flats near Carbon Bridge. Use a drab colored fly line with fluorocarbon tippet. Nymphing in the
Powerhouse 2 riffle is best with caddis pupa and callibaetis or PMD nymphs. Evenings is the best time to be on the water with caddis and callibaetis activity until dark. If you
can’t get a take on an emerger, try fishing a drowned rusty spinner 8-10” behind a caddis dry.
THIS REPORT IS COURTESY OF:
The Trout Fly, Sierra Drifters, and Fish First.
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