Central Valley Striper Fly Fishing Report

Lake season has wrapped up on Lake Oroville, as we saw our first jet ski and floating couch being towed around to the sounds of top 40 country--making it the official start of river striper season, that runs June-October. We have had a great run of migratory fish on all our valley rivers this spring, we have plenty of water in the reservoirs for the summer, and while pulse flows this spring can make fishing tough we should see some stabilization in flows soon. Fishing has been fair to good this last week and should be getting better over the next few weeks as flows stabilize and clarity improves. June-August, with stable weather and consistent flows on most valley rivers, should be great fishing for resident and hold migratory fish like usual. 

Capt. Hogan Brown 

Fly Fishing Guide

Co-Founder of the Cal Bass Union

Owner Alluvial Marketing Collective