Wild Waters Fly Fishing Report on 11.10.2016

The beloved McCloud has dropped right back into shape to say goodbye to us anglers in its last week of the season. The clarity is perfect for fishing and there has been some good eats on the surface. Throw a big October dry fly all day and it will get crushed. It seemed that the mid day bite was the best but staying late in hopes of lots of Caddis...

Jim Stimson Reports on 11.3.2016

What a World Series! Congratulations Chicago!

We had another weekend of wet weather. The ski area received anywhere between 6-24” of snow, depending on the elevation. Tioga Pass closed for the season (I think). All of the freestone rivers blew out during the storm as well. The San Joaquin went from 40 cfs to 1400 cfs, then back down again. Hopefully this trend of wet...

Jon Baiocchi Reports on 11.3.2016

The Lower Yuba River has been fishing spotty, good for a few days, then slow. I talked with two guide friends today on the river and they were working hard for a few fish after covering miles of water. The flows have been stable bouncing around 1,140 to 1,150 cubes for the last week, they did come up a notch late today though. Pretty good bwo spinner fall in the...

Dave Neal Reports on 11.2.2016

The reality for most anglers is the Trinity River has been fishing pretty scratchy these past few weeks. There’s simply not many fish around most days and the ones that are in the system won’t stop swimming! Perhaps there are more fish from Indian Creek upriver to Lewiston than in JC right now?

We received a ton of rain in October (is there such a thing as too much of...

Jordan Romney Reports on 11.2.2016 

50 cfs…let’s just say things are tough. The water went from being unusually high through September and early October to a puddle October 15th. The river was running at a healthy 275 on a Friday night and it dropped to 50 cfs trickle by the next morning. How a juvenile fish living in a side channel could get out in time is impossible. I thought the drop in flow...

Richard Loft Reports on 11.1.2016

Hey everyone here is my report for Putah Creek 9/16 > on to end of October. I fished much of the creek less visited most of the year. Flows where very low but if you know where to look you can find water rarely fished due to much higher flows through out the year and that made for some very interesting and productive fishing. Also I have started finding some really...

Jim Andras Reports on 11.2.2016

The Rogue continues to fish well despite higher than average flows. October brought some real rain costing us a couple of blown days. However, flows at Dodge Bridge currently hover around 2000 cfs and the river is clear from the dam to Gold Hill. Seeing some very nice wild fish around which should continue through December. I am booked through Thanksgiving with my...

Matt “Gilligan” Koles Reports on 11.2.2016

This October set record rainfall for Truckee-Lake Tahoe today. Needless to say, The Truckee River is flowing pretty good for late fall.

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In fact as I write this, the river is having a big push. Over 1000 cfs here in the Hirsh, it was 400 this morning. Looks like up by Squaw and Alpine they...

Steve Santucci Reports on 11.3.2016

Good numbers of Stripers have entered the system with even more to come.  The fish are liking large 4 to 5 inch Clouser Minows.  Good areas to try are Discovery Bay, Franks Tract and the main stem of the San Joaquin.  I  still have good availability for November.

Doug Ouellette Reports on 11.2.2016

Pyramid Lake continues to produce several BIG cutthroat from shoreline flyfishers. Retrieving Popcorn Beetles, Boobies, Buggers and Tui Chub patterns have been working well. The fish are all over the lake, pick your favorite spot and don’t be afraid to move a bit. These BIG fish are not easy so be prepared to grind it out. Be ready on every retrieve, it could be...