Comments for Mosquito Creek Outfitters http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com Hunting, Fishing, Archery and More Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:07:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Fishing by Cody Stevens http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/el-dorado-county-fishing#comment-139 Cody Stevens Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:07:39 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-139 Mosquito Creek Outfitters is your source for anything outdoors! Knowledgeable service from Brittney at the front door; Brittney provides great informational assistance to guide you in your purchase and send you to the boys. If you're a novice hunter or fisherman all the way to a lifetime games man, Head to Mosquito Creek Outfitters for everything you need involving fishing, hunting, and floating! Mosquito Creek Outfitters is your source for anything outdoors! Knowledgeable service from Brittney at the front door; Brittney provides great informational assistance to guide you in your purchase and send you to the boys. If you’re a novice hunter or fisherman all the way to a lifetime games man, Head to Mosquito Creek Outfitters for everything you need involving fishing, hunting, and floating!

]]> Comment on Gallery by Brian Clemens http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-18 Brian Clemens Sat, 23 Apr 2011 03:36:42 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-18 Well it’s been awhile since my last report, and you can take that as a good thing or a bad thing. This time is good. The Valley Rivers are finally back in play and fishing great. I have been on the water a lot, with to many fish to count, and clients with grins ear to ear. It has been steelhead time for my clients and I, and even Joel from the shop found his way out with me on the Feather and landed some really nice steelhead on 4/11. The Feather is on FIRE and will continue to do so even as the weather warms up. It won’t see run off like the Yuba or American, so right now that’s the place to be. The Steelhead are in, and they are HOT HOT HOT. Try Prince Nymphs, Caddis, Pink San Juans, Micro Spawns, Glo Bugs and some Mayflies. The Lower Sac is finally down to 6000 cfs, and with those flows, the fishing is just stupid. Look for caddis on your sunny days, baetis, pmds and midges on your cloudy days, with a mix of all on every other day. Like I said it’s just stupid. And with it being April, the sucker fish are spawning, and the trout are keying in on micro spawns (sucker fish spawned eggs). They aren’t just keying in on them, they are gorging themselves on them. There are trout spawning too, so glo bugs will be something to try as well. Try Prince Nymphs, Caddis, Mayflies, Micro Spawns, Glo Bugs, March Browns. The Yuba is still high, but fishable along its edges and out of a boat. These fish haven’t seen much pressure these last few months, so that means they are eating and pretty much don’t have a care in the world. Try Rubber Leg Stones, March Browns, Mayflies and Caddis. Don’t be afraid to throw some San Juan Worms, Micro Spawns, Glo Bugs and some small Red Copper Johns too. The fish are hungry and they will eat. As far as the mountains go, I was hoping the warmer weather would lag just a little bit longer for the opener, but it looks like it won’t. Be careful where you fish on the opener cuz most of the Sierra streams will be high. But I bet if you do some work, you can find some areas all to yourself, that will be fishing great. GOOD LUCK TO ALL ON THE OPENER, and always remember KEEP THOSE LINES TIGHT Thanks Brian Clemens Nor Cal Fly Guides 530-354-3740 bclemens81@hotmail.com Well it’s been awhile since my last report, and you can take that as a good thing or a bad thing. This time is good.

The Valley Rivers are finally back in play and fishing great. I have been on the water a lot, with to many fish to count, and clients with grins ear to ear. It has been steelhead time for my clients and I, and even Joel from the shop found his way out with me on the Feather and landed some really nice steelhead on 4/11. The Feather is on FIRE and will continue to do so even as the weather warms up. It won’t see run off like the Yuba or American, so right now that’s the place to be. The Steelhead are in, and they are HOT HOT HOT. Try Prince Nymphs, Caddis, Pink San Juans, Micro Spawns, Glo Bugs and some Mayflies.

The Lower Sac is finally down to 6000 cfs, and with those flows, the fishing is just stupid. Look for caddis on your sunny days, baetis, pmds and midges on your cloudy days, with a mix of all on every other day. Like I said it’s just stupid. And with it being April, the sucker fish are spawning, and the trout are keying in on micro spawns (sucker fish spawned eggs). They aren’t just keying in on them, they are gorging themselves on them. There are trout spawning too, so glo bugs will be something to try as well. Try Prince Nymphs, Caddis, Mayflies, Micro Spawns, Glo Bugs, March Browns.

The Yuba is still high, but fishable along its edges and out of a boat. These fish haven’t seen much pressure these last few months, so that means they are eating and pretty much don’t have a care in the world. Try Rubber Leg Stones, March Browns, Mayflies and Caddis. Don’t be afraid to throw some San Juan Worms, Micro Spawns, Glo Bugs and some small Red Copper Johns too. The fish are hungry and they will eat.

As far as the mountains go, I was hoping the warmer weather would lag just a little bit longer for the opener, but it looks like it won’t. Be careful where you fish on the opener cuz most of the Sierra streams will be high. But I bet if you do some work, you can find some areas all to yourself, that will be fishing great.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL ON THE OPENER,
and always remember
KEEP THOSE LINES TIGHT

Thanks
Brian Clemens
Nor Cal Fly Guides
530-354-3740
bclemens81@hotmail.com

]]> Comment on Gallery by Brian Clemens http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-17 Brian Clemens Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:09:50 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-17 For those that have been following along, every so often I’ll give a local river/fishing report. Most of the time it is good and helpful, this time it will be good and not so great. With the trout season opener just around the corner and winter still nipping at our heels, it looks to be an interesting one. The good thing is that even though there is much snow still in the hills, I don’t think the opener will be greatly affected by snow run off, but a few weeks after the opener most of the high sierra streams will be blow out, so enjoy the fishing while you can. I honestly think the high sierra fishing won’t start getting good until late June maybe even mid July do to all the snow we will have in the mountains. So hit it while it’s hot, or should I say cold, before it all blows out. Your Central Valley Rivers for the most part are high and water clarity isn’t the greatest, this includes the American, Feather and Lower Sac, the fishing was epic until our last big storm that really filled up our lakes and reservoirs, which is now dumping into our Central Valley Rivers and streams. But we all can’t complain this rain was well needed. There are a few areas that are fishable one being the Yuba, the flows are high, but fishable. If you decide to wade please watch your step, I would suggest not even getting in the water, stay out of it and fish the edges. My personal opinion is if you want to hit the Yuba do so from a boat, this will be your best bet. Even though the flows are up, the fish need to eat, so fish the edges and you will be pleasantly surprised. 2) Putah Creek, this is where I have been spending most of my time fishing or guiding, flows are perfect, water clarity is perfect and being that the fish are post spawn they are eating like crazy. Many fishing in the upper teens to mid 20s have seen the net and camera. FYI the regs on this creek are: Artificial barbless, no bait, 0 take year round. The other river that has been fishing well is the Trinity River. A drive for most, but well worth the trip. There are a lot of steelhead smolts in the river from 10-16" and the big browns are keying in on them. The fly only water recently opened April 1st and a lot of bigger browns are being taken up there. It’s towards the end of the steelhead run, but there are a few still in the system, fresh and down runners. Bring your 10ft 6wt for the big boys and your 3wts for the smolts and be ready to have a blast. For those that read this, I stated earlier that I will be guiding in Alaska this summer. That has been postponed until next summer. So I will be guiding full time until then. I will still be offering a $50 dollar discount on full day guided trips and $25 dollar discount on half day guided trips if you contact me through M.C.O. I offer a basic or premium package trips for full or half day on both drift trips and walk and wade trips. Check out my website to see where I guide and info about those areas, pricing, about me as well as pictures . Now is the time to book your next walk and wade or drift trip for a great on the water experience. Thanks Brian Clemens Nor Cal Fly Guides 530-354-3740 bclemens81@hotmail.com For those that have been following along, every so often I’ll give a local river/fishing report. Most of the time it is good and helpful, this time it will be good and not so great.

With the trout season opener just around the corner and winter still nipping at our heels, it looks to be an interesting one. The good thing is that even though there is much snow still in the hills, I don’t think the opener will be greatly affected by snow run off, but a few weeks after the opener most of the high sierra streams will be blow out, so enjoy the fishing while you can. I honestly think the high sierra fishing won’t start getting good until late June maybe even mid July do to all the snow we will have in the mountains. So hit it while it’s hot, or should I say cold, before it all blows out.

Your Central Valley Rivers for the most part are high and water clarity isn’t the greatest, this includes the American, Feather and Lower Sac, the fishing was epic until our last big storm that really filled up our lakes and reservoirs, which is now dumping into our Central Valley Rivers and streams. But we all can’t complain this rain was well needed. There are a few areas that are fishable one being the Yuba, the flows are high, but fishable. If you decide to wade please watch your step, I would suggest not even getting in the water, stay out of it and fish the edges. My personal opinion is if you want to hit the Yuba do so from a boat, this will be your best bet. Even though the flows are up, the fish need to eat, so fish the edges and you will be pleasantly surprised. 2) Putah Creek, this is where I have been spending most of my time fishing or guiding, flows are perfect, water clarity is perfect and being that the fish are post spawn they are eating like crazy. Many fishing in the upper teens to mid 20s have seen the net and camera. FYI the regs on this creek are: Artificial barbless, no bait, 0 take year round. The other river that has been fishing well is the Trinity River. A drive for most, but well worth the trip. There are a lot of steelhead smolts in the river from 10-16″ and the big browns are keying in on them. The fly only water recently opened April 1st and a lot of bigger browns are being taken up there. It’s towards the end of the steelhead run, but there are a few still in the system, fresh and down runners. Bring your 10ft 6wt for the big boys and your 3wts for the smolts and be ready to have a blast.

For those that read this, I stated earlier that I will be guiding in Alaska this summer. That has been postponed until next summer. So I will be guiding full time until then. I will still be offering a $50 dollar discount on full day guided trips and $25 dollar discount on half day guided trips if you contact me through M.C.O. I offer a basic or premium package trips for full or half day on both drift trips and walk and wade trips. Check out my website to see where I guide and info about those areas, pricing, about me as well as pictures . Now is the time to book your next walk and wade or drift trip for a great on the water experience.

Thanks
Brian Clemens
Nor Cal Fly Guides
530-354-3740
bclemens81@hotmail.com

]]> Comment on Gallery by Brian Clemens http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-16 Brian Clemens Sun, 27 Mar 2011 22:54:36 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-16 Hi Stephanie, If you are looking for casting lessons or a full day guided trip that will have you ready for you next fly fishing adventure please email me or give me a call so we can set something up. Thanks Brian Clemens Nor Cal Fly Guides 530-354-3740 bclemens81@hotmail.com Hi Stephanie,

If you are looking for casting lessons or a full day guided trip that will have you ready for you next fly fishing adventure please email me or give me a call so we can set something up.

Thanks
Brian Clemens
Nor Cal Fly Guides
530-354-3740
bclemens81@hotmail.com

]]> Comment on Gallery by don http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-15 don Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:48:19 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-15 Hi Stephanie, Our shop does offer free fly tying classes once a month. If you would like to sign up for our April class please e-mail us your phone number and any other questions you have to mosquitocreekoutfitters@gmail.com. Thanks! Mosquito Creek Outfitters Hi Stephanie,
Our shop does offer free fly tying classes once a month. If you would like to sign up for our April class please e-mail us your phone number and any other questions you have to mosquitocreekoutfitters@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Mosquito Creek Outfitters

]]> Comment on Gallery by Stephanie http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-14 Stephanie Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:11:40 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-14 Hey Brian, I'm a local girl and I've been fishing for a couple years now. The store is an amazing addition to the area and I love the atmosphere every time I go in there. I've mostly stuck to trolling up around loon lake and Ice House as well as some trout fishing in the Sierra's. I've been dying to learn how to fly fish though and I'm also really interested in learning how to tie flys. I was wondering if your store offered any classes on either one of those areas? Any help or suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Hey Brian,
I’m a local girl and I’ve been fishing for a couple years now. The store is an amazing addition to the area and I love the atmosphere every time I go in there. I’ve mostly stuck to trolling up around loon lake and Ice House as well as some trout fishing in the Sierra’s. I’ve been dying to learn how to fly fish though and I’m also really interested in learning how to tie flys. I was wondering if your store offered any classes on either one of those areas? Any help or suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

]]> Comment on Gallery by Brian Clemens http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-13 Brian Clemens Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:35:54 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-13 Well, even with this weather, the fishing is still great. So get out, dress warm and stay dry, you will be surprised what you might stick. The Lower Sac is where it’s at right now. Big rainbows, a lot of bugs and with the flows at 4000cfs, the river is in perfect condition. Most of the fish being landed are 14-18", but being that it is the lower sac, there have been some piggy’s in the 20-22" class landed too, with a few hooked in the mid 20s as well. While most of the big fish are all about the stones, the smaller guys are keying in on caddis and mayflys, but also glo bugs and unreal eggs the higher up you get in the river. As far as equipment goes I like to use my Redington CPX 10’6” 6wt switch with Rio’s 6/7 Switch line, but a 10ft 5wt or 9’6” 6wt rods would do just as good and don’t forget about tippet, 2-4x fluoro is the way to go with the clear water. What’s nice about this time of year is that there are a lot of big fish in the system and hooking one in the mid 20's is not uncommon. Again the Lower Sac is where it’s at. The American River is fishing fair. The winter fish are still in either spawning or are down runners aka post spawn. Please watch were you wade, and please don’t step on the redds. These down runners are just that, all done spawning and heading back down river to head to the ocean to get ready for next year’s run. But while heading back they are easily persuaded to eat whatever you throw, whether it’s swung or drifted in their direction. Please land and release these fish ASAP. With these past few storms, the fishing has really picked up. We have seen some fresh winter/spring run steelhead come in, and it will only get better as the days go by and with the rain still coming down in the weeks to follow. If you like to swing, well get out and do it. It’s that time to swing for those BLUEBACKS. Swinging slim black patterns have been producing nicely for me, while others are doing well with egg sucking leeches, I do know personally that tradition black spey patterns are working well too. If you like to nymph, find areas that steelhead will hold before or after a chute that has some depth and be ready. Using glo bugs, unreal eggs, mayflys, caddis and steelhead nymph patters are working well. Again I love using my 10’6” Redington 6wt switch, but 10ft 6wt and 10ft 7wt rods will work too, and tippet again 2-4x fluoro is the way to go. Bluebacks are in, and it’s time to get out and hunt them down. The Feather River is slow right now, with a fish or 2 landed each outing. But don’t be discouraged, it can pop off at anytime with some of the best steelhead fishing in the valley. March is when it starts and doesn’t die down until almost June. Fishing for these guys is a bit different than your normal steelhead, where you are using bright steelhead patterns and nymphs. These guys are just like big trout, so your smaller mayflys, caddis, san juans, Montana princes, fast water princes and stones work the best. But having a few drys in these patterns and a few glo bugs and unreal eggs in your box won’t hurt either. I know it sounds like a broken record, but I like my 10’6” Redington 6wt switch, but a 10ft 6wt or 7wt is all you need for this river, and again 2-4x fluoro tippet is best on this clear water. These fish are hot, and will test your abilities to fight fresh fish. Be ready for some drag smoking runs and some aerial acrobatics. These fish are awesome, and again they are HOT HOT HOT! The Yuba River was fishing great until these storms came in. Even thought the Yuba is at 2000cfs, it’s Deer Creek that’s giving the Yuba some trouble and that chocolate milk color, its flowing at 3000cfs. We will need almost 2 weeks without rain for the Yuba to come back into fishable shape. The good thing about the chocolate milk is that it’s giving the trout and steelhead time and cover to spawn without being harassed by fisherman or predators. Once the water clarity comes back to normal, expect it to be time for skwala stones, march browns, mayflys, small red copper johns and san juan worms to be the go to bugs, and having a glo bug or unreal egg would be a good choice to have in your box too. On this river I like to use my 10’6” Redington 5wt switch, and feel that a 10ft 5wt is awesome on this river, and when this river is gin clear the only tippet I use is fluoro 2x-4x. This fish are hot and probably pound for pound the best fighting trout in the state, so be ready. The average fish on the Yuba is 14-17” with many pushing the 20” mark, and an occasional fish over 20”. But again these fish are hot to trot, and it’s one of my favorite rivers in the state. All these flys that I have mentioned can all be purchased at Mosquito Creek, as well as tippet, indicators, shot and anything else needed for your fly fishing excursion. And if you need a new set up for one of these rivers they have exactly what you need. If you are looking to book either a drift trip or a walk and wade trip, and you book it through Mosquito Creek Outfitters or call me or email me and state that you read this post you will receive a $50 discount on a full day or $25 on a half day. Book your trip now before it’s too late. FYI to all, from June till October I will be guiding in Alaska. Even though I will be out of state you can still book a trip for when I get back. October is a great time on all Sac Valley Rivers, all those stated in this post will be on fire when I get back. If you are looking to book a trip with me after I get back, don’t worry you will still have that opportunity. I will leave the proper contact information with Mosquito Creek Outfitters, as well as on my website under my contact info. Well, even with this weather, the fishing is still great. So get out, dress warm and stay dry, you will be surprised what you might stick.
The Lower Sac is where it’s at right now. Big rainbows, a lot of bugs and with the flows at 4000cfs, the river is in perfect condition. Most of the fish being landed are 14-18″, but being that it is the lower sac, there have been some piggy’s in the 20-22″ class landed too, with a few hooked in the mid 20s as well. While most of the big fish are all about the stones, the smaller guys are keying in on caddis and mayflys, but also glo bugs and unreal eggs the higher up you get in the river. As far as equipment goes I like to use my Redington CPX 10’6” 6wt switch with Rio’s 6/7 Switch line, but a 10ft 5wt or 9’6” 6wt rods would do just as good and don’t forget about tippet, 2-4x fluoro is the way to go with the clear water. What’s nice about this time of year is that there are a lot of big fish in the system and hooking one in the mid 20′s is not uncommon. Again the Lower Sac is where it’s at.
The American River is fishing fair. The winter fish are still in either spawning or are down runners aka post spawn. Please watch were you wade, and please don’t step on the redds. These down runners are just that, all done spawning and heading back down river to head to the ocean to get ready for next year’s run. But while heading back they are easily persuaded to eat whatever you throw, whether it’s swung or drifted in their direction. Please land and release these fish ASAP. With these past few storms, the fishing has really picked up. We have seen some fresh winter/spring run steelhead come in, and it will only get better as the days go by and with the rain still coming down in the weeks to follow. If you like to swing, well get out and do it. It’s that time to swing for those BLUEBACKS. Swinging slim black patterns have been producing nicely for me, while others are doing well with egg sucking leeches, I do know personally that tradition black spey patterns are working well too. If you like to nymph, find areas that steelhead will hold before or after a chute that has some depth and be ready. Using glo bugs, unreal eggs, mayflys, caddis and steelhead nymph patters are working well. Again I love using my 10’6” Redington 6wt switch, but 10ft 6wt and 10ft 7wt rods will work too, and tippet again 2-4x fluoro is the way to go. Bluebacks are in, and it’s time to get out and hunt them down.
The Feather River is slow right now, with a fish or 2 landed each outing. But don’t be discouraged, it can pop off at anytime with some of the best steelhead fishing in the valley. March is when it starts and doesn’t die down until almost June. Fishing for these guys is a bit different than your normal steelhead, where you are using bright steelhead patterns and nymphs. These guys are just like big trout, so your smaller mayflys, caddis, san juans, Montana princes, fast water princes and stones work the best. But having a few drys in these patterns and a few glo bugs and unreal eggs in your box won’t hurt either. I know it sounds like a broken record, but I like my 10’6” Redington 6wt switch, but a 10ft 6wt or 7wt is all you need for this river, and again 2-4x fluoro tippet is best on this clear water. These fish are hot, and will test your abilities to fight fresh fish. Be ready for some drag smoking runs and some aerial acrobatics. These fish are awesome, and again they are HOT HOT HOT!
The Yuba River was fishing great until these storms came in. Even thought the Yuba is at 2000cfs, it’s Deer Creek that’s giving the Yuba some trouble and that chocolate milk color, its flowing at 3000cfs. We will need almost 2 weeks without rain for the Yuba to come back into fishable shape. The good thing about the chocolate milk is that it’s giving the trout and steelhead time and cover to spawn without being harassed by fisherman or predators. Once the water clarity comes back to normal, expect it to be time for skwala stones, march browns, mayflys, small red copper johns and san juan worms to be the go to bugs, and having a glo bug or unreal egg would be a good choice to have in your box too. On this river I like to use my 10’6” Redington 5wt switch, and feel that a 10ft 5wt is awesome on this river, and when this river is gin clear the only tippet I use is fluoro 2x-4x. This fish are hot and probably pound for pound the best fighting trout in the state, so be ready. The average fish on the Yuba is 14-17” with many pushing the 20” mark, and an occasional fish over 20”. But again these fish are hot to trot, and it’s one of my favorite rivers in the state.
All these flys that I have mentioned can all be purchased at Mosquito Creek, as well as tippet, indicators, shot and anything else needed for your fly fishing excursion. And if you need a new set up for one of these rivers they have exactly what you need.
If you are looking to book either a drift trip or a walk and wade trip, and you book it through Mosquito Creek Outfitters or call me or email me and state that you read this post you will receive a $50 discount on a full day or $25 on a half day. Book your trip now before it’s too late.
FYI to all, from June till October I will be guiding in Alaska. Even though I will be out of state you can still book a trip for when I get back. October is a great time on all Sac Valley Rivers, all those stated in this post will be on fire when I get back. If you are looking to book a trip with me after I get back, don’t worry you will still have that opportunity. I will leave the proper contact information with Mosquito Creek Outfitters, as well as on my website under my contact info.

]]> Comment on Gallery by Lowell http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-12 Lowell Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:22:02 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-12 I've only recently gotten into fishing and I'm looking for places to go. I'm not real familiar, yet, with the rivers and streams in northern California and their locations. It would be great to know what rivers, streams and lake are good fishing, what species they hold and what type of tackle is catching them. Thanks, I’ve only recently gotten into fishing and I’m looking for places to go. I’m not real familiar, yet, with the rivers and streams in northern California and their locations. It would be great to know what rivers, streams and lake are good fishing, what species they hold and what type of tackle is catching them.
Thanks,

]]> Comment on Gallery by Herbert Pearsall http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-11 Herbert Pearsall Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:42:24 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-11 Hey really nice weblog!! Man .. Stunning .. Incredible .. I'll bookmark your weblog and get the feeds also... Hey really nice weblog!! Man .. Stunning .. Incredible .. I’ll bookmark your weblog and get the feeds
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]]> Comment on Gallery by Tom http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com/gallery-2#comment-10 Tom Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:40:10 +0000 http://mosquitocreekoutfitter.com#comment-10 Hello Brian, Do you have a fishing club? I am a beginner/intermediate fly fisherman looking for fishing outings. Thanks, Tom Hello Brian,
Do you have a fishing club? I am a beginner/intermediate fly fisherman looking for fishing outings.

Thanks,

Tom

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