Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly Fishing

Lower Sac outside of Chico, CA - Shad fishing remains good. Some nights have been just plain insane. Definitely one of the best shad runs in the last few years. Not sure how long it will last but we are going on 3 weeks strong of really good fishing. Best bite has been about 4pm -7pm and while fish continue to grab after 7pm to dark it is just not as fast and...

Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing

Insanely good trout fishing still occurring on the Lower Sacramento River. If you like drift boats, big wild rainbows and a bent 5wt, the Lower Sac might be the perfect place for you. Evening Caddis hatches are starting to happen. Some last light dry fly is in order. A lot of impressive fish making it to the net over the past few weeks. I’ve still got a few...

Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly Fishing

I have been spending most of my time on the Lower Sacramento outside of Chico chasing bass and shad. Shad fishing has been good with the best bite being during the afternoon and then right before the sun goes off the water. Ounce the sun is off the water the bite gets pretty tight. It is definitely not normal shad hours right at dark. I have spent most of my...

Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing

The tout fishing on the Lower Sac remains stellar. The pressure is getting lighter on the river and the fish are still grubbin’. We’ve seen big Salmonflies, little Yellow Sallies, Hydropsyche Caddis, and PMDs all coming off throughout the day in pretty good numbers. There have been boat loads of PMDs coming off the past few evenings, with a few fish starting to...

Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing

The Lower Sac has continued to kick out some great fishing over the past few weeks. The hatches have gotten better as the flows have started to come up. The river is currently sitting at 7k cubes and will likely stay around this number as summer rolls around. For those of you who were concerned about the river “closure” please don’t worry. The river is only going...

Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing

Flows just bumped up to 5K today on the Lower Sac. Nice to finally see some current pushing through the flats. The increase in flow seemed to have bumped the caddis hatch up a bit the last few days. Hydropsyches have been getting chewed on pretty well. PMDs are still happening too. Salmonflies are leaving their shucks and flying around. Fishing remains stellar....

Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing

The trout fishing on the Lower Sacramento River is as good as you will see it right now. We’ve had some banner days over the past few weeks. The bugs are coming off a little better on the cloudy, overcast days with some fish looking up in certain spots of the river. PMDs, Caddis and March browns have been the main items on the menu. We are expecting the fishing...

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nthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing

The Lower Sachas continued to kick out some great fishing over the past week. Still, we have yet to see the bigger hatches that the spring usually gives up. There are some spring Caddis still around, PMDs, March Browns and a few Salmonflies, but not in great numbers yet. Probably a symptom of the low water and more silt covering the gravel than usual.. Despite the...

Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing

Spring weather is here and the status of fishing on the Lower Sac has been bumped to Excellent. We’ve had some great days out on the water recently. Daytime temperatures have been in the high 70s, boat traffic has been light and the fish have been eager. Despite the lack of hatches, the rainbows have been aggressive to our bugs. With the temperatures forecasted to...

John Rickard, Wild Waters Fly Fishing

Just wrapping up what has been an epic steelhead season on the Klamath, Rogue, Trinity and coastal rivers. There is certainly still some fishing to be had for these special brutes. Up next we start segwaying into trout fishing on the Lower Sacramento and Upper Sacramento Rivers. Rick Cox of Wild Waters Fly Fishing is reporting good results on the Upper Sac...