Jon Baiocchi Reports on 1.9.17

The great atmospheric river of 2017 (so far) started its wrath on the region early Saturday morning with light rain, and intensified into the evening. By Sunday morning the precipitation was heavy, along with very windy conditions here in Nevada City. The Sierra started off with snow in the morning which then turned to rain, and snow levels increased up to 9,000 feet...

Jon Baiocchi reports on 1.5.17

The Lower Yuba River is blown out again. Flows reached 19,000 cfs on Wednesday evening, and are currently at 16,700 cubes. A pineapple express will engulf northern California Saturday night into Monday with heavy precipitation, and high snow levels. Many say this storm may replicate the 1997 floods with rain melting the snow that is now on the ground. We will not be...

Hogan Brown Reports on 1.3.17

Lower Sachas been tough…Pays to be patient though as the fish we are catching are really good fish just not many hook ups. Though that is pretty standard for the winter. I have not been on the river since the flows dropped again from 10,000cfs so that may kick things back into gear but the cold weather can’t help either so who knows what is going to happen. It is the...

Jon Baiocchi reports on 12.29.2016

Some good news concerning the Lower Yuba River came the morning of the 29th as the flows were nearly cut in half dropping down to 2, 104 cubes. When I saw the graphs at 6am while drinking a thick cup of Joe, I made plans to get a firsthand look at the conditions of the river. Surprisingly all the puddles on the south road had ice on them as I made way getting...

Hogan Brown reports on 12.15.2016

The Lower Yuba River is at 5000cfs and dropping but with more rain and water on the way this week not sure how that is going to go. The South Fork of the Yuba River is pumping big time and pumping all sorts of mud and debris into Englebright which will most likely muddy up the river for a while. That said I feel comfortable fishing river around 2500-3000cfs with a...

Hogan Brown Reports on 12.8.2016

Lower Yuba River - spent a few days on the Lower Yuba River last week. Flows are stable around 1000cfs but could drop any time if we don’t get some rain like forecasted at the end of this week. They were suppose to drop this weekend but I think with the forecasted rain they have kept them up. Fishing was good. The fish seem to be getting out of their November funk...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 12.8.2016

It’s the calm before the storm as a series of weather systems and an atmospheric river prepare to invade northern California. We hardly noticed the shifting downward spiral of the air temperatures on the Lower Yuba River today, though the Pseudocloeons (tiny BWO’s) did not come off until an hour later than normal. It was a glorious morning with Ruby Crowned...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 12/2/2016

The Lower Yuba River is currently fishing fair. There is less active salmon spawning, and more evidence of carcases on the banks and in the idle side waters. As of today, the flows from Englebright reservoir have been ramped down from 1,212 cubes to 1048 cfs, and Deer Creek is trickling in at 21 cubes. Water clarity is clear at this time. There is a few chances of...

Jordan Romney Reports on 12.1.2016

The Yuba has been fishing fair to good. With the rain fall the river has risen to 1200 cfs and is holding there. If it stays stable we are in for a good December.

There have been a bunch of Bastia out but the interesting bug has been a cream pond that has been coming off around 10. With a light wind day the bugs are out and the fish are eating them on the surface....

Jon Baiocchi Reports 11.24.16

I finally got a big project finished I started a few weeks ago, and accomplished a brand new PowerPoint that I will be showing at fly clubs, and the fly fishing show at Pleasanton, Ca for 2017. Creating a new presentation from scratch is hard work, but I enjoy every bit of it, it’s like tying a complex articulated streamer with stunning results.

I’m back on the Lower...