Dave Neal, Reel Adventures Guide Service

Two words for Nor-Cal and Southern Oregon fly fishers… Get Outside! It’s the middle of May… do you know where your wading boots are?

Simply put… it’s an angler’s blank canvas with pretty much every fishery in northern California holding potential over the next few weeks. It’s all beginning to happen: salmonflies, golden stoneflies, caddis, drakes, pmd...

Wildwaters Reports

We are continuing to fish on the McCloud river, Upper Sac and Lower Sac. In general the fishing has been fair to good. We are seeing fish eat dry flies on the upper rivers and we only expect the hatches to grow each day. The Lower Sac continues to be a strong hold of good fishing. With all the trout streams open in California we have also been spending time on some lesser know...

John Rickard, Wild Waters Fly Fishing

The Upper Sac is fishing very good right now. A midday hatch of March Browns is occurring and the stones are starting to show in numbers as the afternoon progresses.

Wild Waters Reports:

This last week we have been focusing on walk and wade trips on the Upper Sacramento River and drift boat trips on the Lower Sacramento River. Spring time rainbows are becoming more aggressive to the fly with the afternoon bite becoming reliable. Water temperatures have been all over the place. Some recent snow in the hills melted quickly and the river has receded back to low...

Aaron Gabriel, The Northern California Guide

The Upper Sacramento has been fishing very well with fish caught on both dry flies and Nymphs. Haven’t had a chance to throw streamers yet but the water temperature seems about right. The other day I wet waded it which was a first for me in early April. The fishing was best in the afternoon with fish feeding on March Browns and a few PMDs I didn’t stick...

Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing

The Lower Sacramento River continues to fish well despite the weird weather we’ve had. The hatches have yet to really get going but the fish have been eating well, regardless. The fish seem pretty podded up in certain spots of the river so it is important to know where these spots will be. Still anticipating the Dry fly thing to happen soon. We’ve had some fun...