Jim Stimson reports on 3.30.17

I got out of Dodge last weekend and headed north to Pyramid Lake with my son and a buddy from Crowley. We met up with some friends from the Bay Area and regular contributors to Lost Coast Outfitters, Tyler Graff and Aaron van Schyndel. We spent the morning on our ladders, laughing, telling stories, and catching fish nymphing and stripping streamers. Nobody caught...

Jon Baiocchi reports on 3.30.17

Just an echo from previous reports of the Truckee River, big water equals big fish. My guests and I have found some really nice, large trout throughout the system from the Glenshire stretch, through Hirschdale, and downstream to the California /Nevada border. 

Water temperatures have been recorded at 45 to 48 degrees. The trout of the Truckee River are a rare breed...

Matt Heron reports on 3.30.17

It’s hard to think of a better month of fishing than we had this March. The consistently high water has given the water one of the best flushes it’s had since the 2010-11 season and it’s not even close to over yet.
In my eleven years of guiding the Truckee, I’ve never seen our big browns eat like they have been recently. The off color water has caused them to let their...

Brian “Bucko” Theriot reports on 3.30.17

The Upper Sac is currently flowing at 3400 CFS which is definitely fishable. We are showing no rain till Wednesday or Thursday of next week. The weekend should be a good opportunity to come up. Rubberlegs, PT, micro mays and princes have been getting fish to the net. The salmon and goldenstones are right around the corner and May and June are some of the...

Jordan Romney reports on 3.30.17

Flows: 1100

Color: Green

At this point, I am not sure if the flows are ever going to play nice for us. The creek has been hovering around 900-1100 cfs. The glory hole is still spilling over, and has been for the past 35 days. There have been periods where the lake level looks like it will stop spilling but then a new weather pattern heads our way. These storms have...

Jordan Romney reports on 3.30.17

Flows 1200 up top, 3000 down low

Color: Clear in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon.

Some seriously nice fish have been in the net the past couple of weeks. Read any guide report in the area and you will see one consistent thing, quality fishing. It seems this week with the warmer weather the rainbows have come out to play. They have some good spunk to them. There...

Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 3.23.17

Steelhead season is winding down everywhere but on the Trinity the beat goes on. It hasn’t been the best season for sure, but there are still a few steelies and the odd brown around to bend your rod.

Flows are quite high, but what else is new? Stick to the upper river from the fly-only water down to Douglas City area. Despite the high water, the river is...

Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 3.23.17

The coast dropped in nicely this weekend and the LCO crew got after it before (and during) the monsoons came. After a disappointing steelhead season, this was our last hope to get some steel before the end of the season and this time we did it right. 

Ben, our resident artist and Atlantic Salmon fly tier popped his steelhead cherry with a couple nice fish and...

Jon Baiocchi reports on 3.23.17

Brian Clemens from Nor Cal Fly Guides invited me to float the Lower Yuba River with him last Sunday to see the changes from the past high water events, and to wet a line. As far as we know, this was the first drift for 2017, and one for the books. 

We put in at the usual spot below the Hwy. 20 Bridge on the south side of the river, it seems to be easier now, and just...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles reports on 3.23.17

Big, high flows and big fish.

Flows are up over 3,500 here in the Hirsch. Big pumping flows. Surprisingly the fishing is pretty good. Hard to believe, but if you can find some soft water you should find some fish.

Water is pumping out if everything. All the lakes and res’s are dumping their water, creeks are high and fast, and just water coming out of...