Jordan Romney reports on 1.27.2016

14,000 CFS turned the peaceful river into a raging torrent of mud. Prior to the river blowing out it was fishing excellent. There was a little bit of color from a smaller storm that helped the fishing. The drifts didn’t have to be as perfect as they had in the past two years of clear water. Fish were healthy, full of spunk and heavy. They have been eating and were...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 1.27.2016

I’ve been on the river the last two days with my guests and have a very clear picture of the current conditions through observations. First off the river has really come down into shape, currently Englebright Dam is releasing 667 cubes, and Deer Creek is way down at 65 cfs. The water clarity is the issue that has put a bit of a damper on...

Jon Baiocchi reports on 1.19.2016

It’s the calm after the storm(s), but it finally happened, and not just on the Yuba, but on many watersheds throughout the state were affected by raging high flows. That will happen when snow levels are high and it rains on an already decent snowpack. On the night of the 17^thcontinued heavy rain pounded the state and I was up every few hours to check the gauges for...

Customer and Cal Trout Golden Trout Member made a trip to Yuba River on Monday to find she was muddy and more than swollen from rains. She’s dropping into shape and the forecast looks like the rain is tapering off for Marysville. Looks like a great opportunity to swing some flies for steelhead in upcoming days. Sculpins, salmon alvins, and leaches are powerbars for fish moving up river. then again...

Hogan Brown Reports on 1/13/2104

Lower Sacramento River: The Lower Sac hasn’t changed much sense my last post outside of the weather has been a bit warmer on average. For a few weeks it was really cold, in the low 40’s in Redding and the fish really seemed to only be active during the warmest part of the day. The last time I was on the river it was a bit more consistent throughout the day as the...

Jordan Romney Reports on 1/14/2015

The river I have been focusing my attention on this winter has been the Yuba. The fishing has been great if you are there on the right day. Probably one of the best winters I have seen thus far. The fish have been very moody though from day to day. A couple days ago it was tough going on a Monday and lights out on a Tuesday (moody fish).

The fish are in...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports

It’s been really cold in the foothills and on the Lower Yuba River the last week with temperatures hovering in the high twenties in the morning. We even had a dusting of snow this morning. The good news is the fishing is steadier than the past 3 weeks. Nymphing is getting the job done right now and transition zones from riffles to the edge of deeper...

Hogan Brown Reports on 12/17/2015

Been on the Lower Yuba River Lately…Fishing has been very inconsistent. I thought with the last 2 big pushes of water out of deer creek a little color would be added to the water and fish would move around…maybe getting on a more consistent grab. Not so much…fishing is still pretty hit and miss. Fish don’t seem to be to picky they just seem to be either eating or...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters

Current conditions on the Lower Yuba River remains fair to good depending on the day and the location. Resident rainbows seem to be podded up below redds, and transition zones of riffles leading into drop offs. Fishing pressure is light, with the most activity above the Parks Bar bridge. The blue wing olive hatch has been coming off later in the day – If it...

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters

It was a beautiful out last Friday on the Lower Yuba River, air temps reached the 70’s and fishing pressure was very light. My guest for the day wanted to concentrate on being better at dry fly fishing, and swinging flies. The blue wing olive hatch was very light yet still yielded a small pod of working fish. Perfect presentations and dropping down to 5x, and...