Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 2.3.2016

If 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 water from Englebright Dam and Deer Creek topped 16,000 cubes early Saturday morning on the 30^th. High snow levels with heavy rain on a decent sized snowpack equaled in heavy runoff for all forks of the...

Hogan Brown Reports on 2.1.2016

Lower Sacramento River

River 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 take awhile as both were pretty high and muddy as of Sunday. The clarity from Bonnie View down to Anderson was about 2-3’ and it was off color enough I did’t have much confidence fishing smaller mayflies...

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...

• Color: Golden-Olive with Brown mottling
• Antennae: 2
• Tails: 2
• Legs: 6
• Size: 18-22mm (size 8-12 hook)

Skwala Nymph

Generally found in swift water, but is also known to hang around the edges of deeper pools due to its desire for cold water.

Similarly to other stoneflies, the Skwala lives anywhere from 2-4 years in the water in its nymphal stage.

When fishing a Skwala nymph it is very important to get your...

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...