Ryan Johnston Reports on 7.14.2016

The striper fishing on the Sacramento River near Chico has been really good the last couple of weeks. There are lots of fish in the system with most days resulting in 20+ stripers being landed. Currently most of the fish are in the 1-4lb class with a couple 5-8lb fish being hooked daily. With the colder water temperatures this year it has been challenging to find...

Hogan Brown Reports on 7.7.2016

Fishing has been good. We have been catching good number of keeper size fish and getting a few shots at double digit fish a day on most days. Water temps are cooler then normal so knowing what areas warm first throughout the day is key. There has even been some decent top water fishing during the morning along shaded banks and and if the fish won’t hit a surface fly...

Brian “Bucko” Theriot reports on 6.23.2016

Upper Sac

If your planning on coming up to the upper sac, you might as well leave those waders at home! This river is perfect for wet wading and the temps are suppose to jet up into the 90s by Saturday and even up to the hundreds by early next week. The fishing has been best mornings and evenings and the nymphing game has been good. Nymphs to try: prince...

Hogan Brown Reports on 6.23.2016

Before I left the weather was all over the place…rain, wind, cold, and very little warm weather. I was actually in my Simms Pro Dry suit for about 3-4 days which I literally had to dig out of my closet being June! The up and down weather really affects the stripers from my experience and the barometric shifts and cooler water temps slows them down…that said there...

Dave Neal Reports on 6.15.2016

Technically it is still spring. Summer is 5 days away and the weather this week feels more like March than late June. When it could easily be 102 in Redding today, the high is expected to only reach 70… what wha????

The fishing on the Lower Sacramento from downtown Redding to Anderson continues to be ridiculously spectacular! We are consistently amazed by the health...

Ac fly fishing reports on 6.15.2016

Between the McCloud, Upper Sac and Lower Sac, there are a whole lot of good things happening. A few words that might help describe what’s been goin’ on up here; Insanely nice weather, wet wading, dry flies, shallow water nymphing, quantity and quality fish, monster hatches, Golden Stones, Caddis, PMDs, evening cocktail floats hunting for heads, jet boats, drift...

Hogan Brown Reports on 6.9.2016

Lower Sacramento Striper Fishing 

turning on as the shad are thinning out. We have been getting fish up to 10lbs over the last week and plenty of keeper fish to fill the gaps. As the Shad thin out the bigger fish should start looking for other food sources making them easier targets for the fly. There has also ben some nice largemouth bass in the mix that are chasing...

AC Fly Fishing Reports on 6.9.2016

Gobs of PMDs and Caddis are driving the fishing right now. Flows are up just over 8K. Dry dropper fishing is good in certain parts of the river. Fish are in skinny water and are looking up in the right spots during the right time. Expect the evening Caddis hatches to only get better as we get into July. Hot days really get those Hydropsyches goin. More images from...

AC Fly Fishing Reports on 6.1.2016

It’d be hard to imagine a trout river that’s fishing better than the Lower Sacramento River right now. There are lots of opportunities to mix it up out there recently. Anchoring up or wading the skinny stuff and throwing dry flies or dry/dropper rigs has been a pretty productive way to get em. There are a lot of big fish moving up to the drops during the massive...

Hogan Brown Reports on 6/2/2016

Lower Sac Shad fishing 

Fishing has been improving. Not huge numbers but some bigger females have shown up and are mixed in with the males…about 5-1 ration from what I can tell with anglers getting a nice 3-4lb female a night. There seems to be more fish around then a week ago but that can change any day. The heat has pushed the bite back a bit but not to much. Best...