Jon Baiocchi Reports on 10.27.2016Current conditions on the Lower Yuba River have changed in a big way during the last 2 weeks. Since our first good storm that rolled through on the 16th and 17th t...
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...
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 ...
Hogan Brown Reports on 10.13.2016Fishing has been picking up with a bit warmer water temps (59-61) everything could change starting thursday as the weather is going to change with a storm moving in...
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...
Brian Clemen’s Reports on 9.29.2016Over the past few weeks, the fish in Nor Cal has really turned on. The salmon are showing up in good numbers, some are starting to spawn and you know what that me...
Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 9.8.2016The North Fork Yuba River continues to fish well from the top of the watershed, down to the lower reaches below Downieville. Water temps ha...
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...
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...
Jon Baiocchi Report on 9.1.2016North Fork Yuba River summer is coming to an end, days are noticeably shorter, mornings are colder, and the sun is arcing lower in the horizon each day. The North For...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 8.18.2016Conditions remain the same on the North Fork Yuba River, great fishing, and exceptional views. Water temperatures are 57 in the morning rising to 63 degrees in the ...
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...
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...
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...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 7.15.2016The North Fork Yuba River has been fishing very well from morning to early afternoon, then for the evening hatch. Water temps in the upper watershed are still on th...
Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters Reports on 7.6.2016North Fork Yuba River - Conditions are perfect right now for the most beautiful watershed in all of California. The North Fork screams fun ...
Hogan Brown Reports on 6.23.2016Before I left the weather was all over the place…rain, wind, cold, and very little warm weather. I was actually in my Simms Pro Dry suit for about 3-4 days which I l...
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...
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...
Dave Barbieri Reports on 5.4.2016Great shad fishing on the Yuba right now! Just expected to see some shad today, and maybe pick off one or two. Did not expect to hook into a bunch. It’s pretty earl...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 4.20.2016The Truckee River is fishing pretty well right now, and the flows are dropping into shape. The Glenshire stretch is at 220 cubes, and the upper canyon is running at...
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 ...
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...
Jon Baiocchi Reports on 3.15.2016I don’t have to tell you that the entire north state got hammered with precipitation and snow. It was so great to the rivers swell up to monstrous proportions, lake...
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...
Jon Baiocchi / Baiocchi’s Troutfitters reports on 3.9.2016Mother Nature has been kicking our ass up here in the Sierra foothills with voluminous amounts of precipitation, and it’s not over yet. On ...
Brian Clemens reports 3.8.2016Well it likes like the weather has finally come in, mainly the rain and the snow, but some wind as well, and it has been dumping a bunch all throughout Nor Cal. The re...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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....
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...
Color: Golden-Olive with Brown mottling Antennae: 2 Tails: 2 Legs: 6 Size: 18-22mm (size 8-12 hook) Skwala NymphGenerally found in swift water, but is also known to hang around the edges of deeper...
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...
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...
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 ...
Hogan Brown reports on 12.10.2015http://www.hgbflyfishing.com/hgbflyfishing/Welcome.htmlReports right now…Still spending most of my time on the Lower Sacramento River down between Red Bluff and Cor...
Dave Barbieri Reports on 11.12.2015The egg bite on the Feather is in full swing. We’re also getting fish on BWO’s, and attractor patterns, such as Red Copper Johns. Flows in the Low Flow are runn...
Richard Loft Reports on 11.12.2015:I really like the Yuba at these flows. Its a long drive but worth it. My local option is Putah Creek and the flows are back down to 66cfs and just too low; as wel...
Brian Clemens Reports on 11.12.2015Feather River As always this is where I am spending most of my time. The fishing is a bit more consistent than a few weeks ago with the recent rains, but the fish...
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...
Hogan Brown Reports on 10.29.2015Lower Sacramento River StripersI spent that last week for and guiding for stripers on the Lower Sac outside of chico. Fall fishing for stripers can be really good o...



























