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Fishing Report

Lower Yuba RiverOct 27, 2016
Lower Yuba

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 10.20.2016Lower Yuba UpdateI worked the Lower Yuba River on Tuesday for a special guest who wanted a private one on one pontoon workshop. It was a glorious day with sunshine...

Feather RiverOct 27, 2016
Yuba, Feather, and Sac Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 10.20.2016Open Guide Dates:Nov 25, 26,Dec 17, 21-23, 27-31Jan 5-7, 14, 16, 21, 28Lower Sacramento Striper fishinghas been good if you can really pick your day and time. With ...

Lower Sacramento RiverOct 6, 2016
Lower Yuba and Lower Sac Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 10.6.2016Lower Yuba River -I spent a few days floating the Lower Yuba River the last week. Fishing has been fair I would say. I am sure the there is the opportunity for reall...

Feather RiverOct 6, 2016
Lower Yuba and Lower Sac Fly Fishing Report

Brian Clemens Reports on 10.6.2106Feather River Rating: Good to Great Flow: 800cfs in Low Flow Temp: mid 50’s Clarity: Clear The Feather has really turned on in the past week, and that’s mainly...

Lower Yuba RiverSep 8, 2016
Lower Yuba River Fishing Report

Jordan Romney Reports on 9.8.2016Errr… So mid August the Yuba was firing for me. I was excited about the number of fish we found and size. It was a relief to find the fish fat and healthy again. Bu...

American RiverSep 8, 2016
Norcal Fly Fishing Report

Brian Clemen’s Reports on 9/5/2016Yuba River  Rating: Good to good++ Flows: 800cfs Temp: high 50’s lower 60’s Clarity: Clear Report: This is where I have spent a few trips on as of recent. Prio...

Lower Sacramento RiverAug 25, 2016
Lower Sac Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 8.25.2016Lower Sac Striper fishing…fishing remains good. Weather has cooled down (relative for chico, ca in august) during the day but most importantly the evening temperatur...

Lower Yuba RiverAug 18, 2016
Lower Yuba Fishing Report

8/18/2016We have been hearing some descent fishing reports from the Lower Yuba. Our buddy Tony Bellaver was up there the other day to test out his new quad spey rod he is working on and landed this...

Lower Yuba RiverAug 11, 2016
Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi reports on 8.11.2016I just completed a 5 day run up on the North Fork Yuba River and my guests and I had such an awesome time as the fishing has been great. Water temperatures are stil...

Lower Yuba RiverJul 28, 2016
North Fork Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 7.28.2016The North Fork Yuba River has been fishing extremely well, so good in fact you could say it’s on fire. Water temperatures in the upper watershed are running 55 to 6...

Lower Yuba RiverJul 21, 2016
Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Dave Barbiere Reports on 7.21.2016Awesome striper fishing on the Yuba this week! We are getting almost as many stripers in a day, as we did shad during the height of the shad run. No huge fish, bu...

American RiverJun 2, 2016
North/Central Valley Fly Fishing Report

Brian Celmens Reports on 6/2/2016Wow, where has this year gone, April was EPIC, May was here and gone with some more great fishing, now we are in June and the fishing is really good too. I know I s...

Lower Yuba RiverMay 19, 2016
Yuba Shad Report

Dave Barbieri Reports on 5.18.2016Yuba Shad fishing is on fire right now! On the warmer days we are into unbelievable numbers of fish. I’m doing drift boat trips from Daguerre Dam, down about 7 mil...

Lower Yuba RiverApr 28, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 4.28.2016It’s still high but there is fish around and success seems to be if you find the fish on a given day. I have heard some good reports and had a few good days but have...

Feather RiverApr 13, 2016
Lower Sac, Yuba and Feather Fly Fishing report

Hogan Brown Reports on 4.13.2016So, the weather is all over the place…imagine that it is spring in Nor-Cal. Brings me back to days when we actually had a spring. 80 degrees and gorgeous to 55 cold ...

Lower Sacramento RiverMar 31, 2016
Lower Yuba & Sac Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 3.30.2016Here is what is going on and if you are looking to book a day I still have some late spring and Summer striper/trout dates open.June 10, 13, 17, 27, 28,July 6, 11, 1...

Lower Sacramento RiverMar 17, 2016
Lower Sac and Yuba Forecast

Hogan Brown Reports on 3.17.2016Well most of the water I fish is some where between blown out and flood stage or shades of a mocha with heavy cream and melted milk chocolate…I have found myself hav...

Lower Sacramento RiverMar 3, 2016
Lower Sac & Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 3.2.2016Rain is coming! good news for sure.Warm weather has been nice but has provided a bit of a guilty feeling… as much as I have enjoyed BBQing, fishing in flip flops, h...

Lower Yuba RiverMar 3, 2016
Lower Yuba River Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 3.3.2016To be quite honest, the Lower Yuba River has been extremely tough the last week. I’ve thought of dozens of possible scenarios that could be...

Lower Yuba RiverFeb 25, 2016
Lower Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters reports on 2.23.2016Fishing reports from fellow guides and anglers has been like a yo-yo, up and down, which describes the moods of the Lower Yuba River quite...

Lower Yuba RiverFeb 18, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi reports on 2.17.2016Finally our false spring is coming to an end today with a forecast of up to 3 inches of precipitation for the foothills. We’ll have to watch the Englebright and Dee...

Lower Sacramento RiverFeb 18, 2016
Lower Sac & Yuba Fly Fishing Reports & Skwala Rant

Hogan Brown reports on 2.17.2016  So our northern california typical february pseudo spring has come and hopefully gone. It seems most years that at some point in February the sun comes out and we ...

Lower Yuba RiverFeb 11, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters reports on 2.10.2016I was on the river a few days this week, and last Saturday saw unfavorable conditions for most anglers. Today was a whole different experi...

Lower Yuba RiverFeb 11, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jordan Romney reports on 2.11.2015Based on the fact that I have been wearing flip flops all week I would say early spring is in the air. The Yuba has been good to me lately as far as the fishing go...

Lower Yuba RiverFeb 4, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 2.3.2016If you’ve been hiding under a rock like a skwala stonefly in the last week, you’ve missed out on another major event when the surge of wate...

Lower Sacramento RiverFeb 4, 2016
Lower Sac and Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 2.1.2016Lower Sacramento RiverRiver is fishing well down to the cow creek area so mainly Posse to Anderson. Cow and Cotton wood should clear over the next week but it will ta...

Lower Yuba RiverJan 28, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jordan Romney reports on 1.27.201614,000 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 ...

Lower Yuba RiverJan 28, 2016
Lower Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 1.27.2016I’ve been on the river the last two days with my guests and have a very clear picture of the current conditions through observations. Firs...

Lower Yuba RiverJan 21, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi reports on 1.19.2016It’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....

Lower Yuba RiverJan 19, 2016
Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

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...

Lower Sacramento RiverJan 14, 2016
Lower Sac & Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 1/13/2104Lower 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 c...

Lower Yuba RiverJan 14, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jordan Romney Reports on 1/14/2015The 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...

Lower Yuba RiverJan 3, 2016
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters ReportsIt’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 eve...

Lower Yuba RiverDec 17, 2015
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 12/17/2015Been 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 adde...

Lower Yuba RiverDec 17, 2015
Lower Yuba River Fishing Report 12/16/15

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s TroutfittersCurrent 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 ...

Lower Yuba RiverNov 28, 2015
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s TroutfittersIt 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 conc...

Lower Sacramento RiverNov 27, 2015
Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 11/26/2015I have been spending the last week on the Lower Sac between Red Bluff and Corning running swing trips out of the jet boat. With the low flows there a lot of spots t...

Lower Yuba RiverNov 5, 2015
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters reports on 11.5.2015Since I’m unable to launch my boat at Lake Davis, trip numbers have been down. Like any creature of the wild I adjust, and I have been put...

Lower Yuba RiverOct 22, 2015
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Jordan Romney Reports on 10.22.2015Yuba Report Last week I put in one really long full day on the Yuba. We tried putting our flies in every crevice we could. Fishing was slow for the most part and ...

Feather RiverOct 22, 2015
Lower Yuba & Feather Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown reports on 10.22.2015:Lower Yuba River River is still low and I tend to stay away from it when it is below 700cfs…it is sitting at 686 cfs now with a water temp of 55.6 so temps are go...

Fall RiverSep 24, 2015
Feather, Yuba, Trinity, and Putah Fly Fishing Report

NOR CAL FLY GUIDES530-354-3740Feather River:Despite what you may hear the Feather is fishing pretty good right now. Over the past 2 weeks the number of steelhead in the system has increased dramati...

Lower Yuba RiverAug 13, 2015
Lower Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Dave Barbieri Yuba Reports  8/11/15After an incredible spring trout season, and an awesome shad run, trout fishing on the Yuba River has reverted to typical Yuba. Experienced anglers can get good...

Lower Yuba RiverJul 23, 2015
North Fork Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 7.22.2015Lance Gray and I are running a Yuba River pontoon drift workshop, It’s about learning how to read the water, control your boat, and gain ...

Lower Sacramento RiverJun 25, 2015
Lower Sac/ Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown Reports on 6.24.2015:Lower Sac Striper Fishing– There is a TON of young stripers in the river right now. Lots of shaker size fish and 17-20” fish. The big fish seem to be slowly coming ...

Lower Yuba RiverJun 11, 2015
North Fork Yuba River Fly Fishing Report 6/11

Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s TroutfittersJon The North Fork Yuba River is firing on all cylinders right now. Fishing is extremely good, and the evenings have been magical. Water temps are ranging from...

Lower Yuba RiverApr 9, 2015
Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Dave Barbieri, Dave Barbieri Guide ServiceDry fly fishing on the Yuba has been outstanding! Aside for about 5 min last week, we haven’t fished nymphs for about a month. Very good numbers, but fish ...

Lower Yuba RiverMar 26, 2015
Lower Yuba River Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi TroutfittersThe Lower Yuba River is on fire right now with abundant hatchesof March Browns, and Pink Alberts! This is it, exceptional dry fly fishing but asusual on the Lower...

Lower Yuba RiverMar 19, 2015
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Taylor Wells, Tailwalker Fly FishingMarch Browns are the main item on the menu in terms of dries. The skwalas seem to be tapering off, but fish are still reacting to them. There are a ton of differ...