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I fished the Yuba river on 10/11 from 7am-1pm with a good friend and had a great day. Between the 2 of us we landed 20 or so fish and had many more LDR’s. With several fish pushing the 20″ mark, and with me personally landing 2 steelhead over 20″, it was a big fish day. Fishing is really starting to pick up, with beads, glo bugs and stones catching fish throughout the day. Now is the time to get out and enjoy CA’s last river without a hatchery. Wild fish run rampant on the Yuba River and they sure show you whose in charge. Come join me on a walk and wade of the Yuba river, and enjoy a trip that you will soon not forget.
Hello Brian,
Do you have a fishing club? I am a beginner/intermediate fly fisherman looking for fishing outings.
Thanks,
Tom
For the past few weeks I have been fishing one of my favorite High Sierra streams. This is a river that never lets me down year round. It’s by no means a walk in the park, but if you learn its secrets, it is a very rewarding stream. I went out twice this week, once with Joel from the shop, the other time with a good buddy of mine. And a few times since the end of September with him as well, and the fishing has been great. There are still some Kokes in the river spawning, but not as many as the previous weeks. With that said, there are some big fish in the system, including big browns that have started showing up in numbers, which means the start of spawning, so the egg bite is on. A lot of fish are taking beads, unreal eggs and glo bugs. It will only get better as the weeks pass. With over 20 fish hooked each day between 2 people and landing well over half of them, it isnt hard to get a hat trick (3 species of fish). On 10/22 I was blessed with a beaver trick (4 species of fish), some german browns, a few rainbows, a couple of kokanee and my first and biggest Mackinaw ever. A 25″ monster that was hooked and landed on my 3wt TFO rod, 6x tippet and a size 20 midge. If your interested in this great experience, come in asap and get the scoop on this awesome river, get the hot flys that are working right now and get out there and wack some huge fish.
Tight Lines
Brian Clemens
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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,
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.
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!
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,
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
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
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