yosemite outfitters reports: The Lower Tuolumne is fishing well and by well I mean this, it’s a streaky river good days and bad and when the good days are more than the bad - it’s a good day! Rac...
I have heard of sightings on many different rivers. They’re living among us. The Salmon fly is a beautiful thing.
Wild Waters Reports: This last week we have been focusing on walk and wade trips on the Upper Sacramento River and drift boat trips on the Lower Sacramento River. Spring time rainbows are becoming ...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing The trout fishing on the Lower Sacramento River is as good as you will see it right now. We’ve had some banner days over the past few weeks. The bugs are coming...
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly Fishing Delta fishing for Stripers has been good. The water conditions are discolored in many areas. The water is around 64 degrees. Their are good numbers of pr...
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly Fishing April in the Sierra means unsettled weather. Last week the ski area was plastered with almost two feet of new snow. Yesterday we received three feet of win...
Matt Koles, Gilligan’s Guide Service I guess it’s spring here on out. Summer will come early this year. Get your fishing in on the Truckee River now until July.I do not know when the flows will ...
If you are a regular reader you have likely gathered that Diesel, my yellow lab, goes everywhere with me. Having a fishing dog is not always as glamorous as it seems. If you are a dog owner then yo...
The Skwallas are starting to show on the Owyhee River. Fishing has been a little up and down so far. This is pretty normal early in the Skwalla hatch. It usually takes the bulk of the fish several ...
Cory Godell, Deschutes River AnglersThe entire Lower Deschutes River will be open in less than a month. Mostly what goes on for the first three weeks or so is nymphing. But, by mid May is when the ...
Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guide ServiceFishing was good this week for both good sized Stripers and especially Largemouth Bass. The female bass were hitting good in about 10 feet of water. We c...
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly FishingSnow! It actually snowed yesterday! 15" in Mammoth Lakes. Certainly not a drought buster but every drop and flake of snow is welcome. The peaks look wintery and...
Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi TroutfittersWhat I thought was going to be an epic opener on the MFFR turned out to be a bust. Water temperatures will always dictate whether the fishing the first weekend of...
Matt Koles, Gilligan’s Guide ServiceCold and wind and snow in the Tahoe region on the Truckee River. It has been very cold the last few days. Snow is on the way today and more could be on the way n...
Tayler Wells, Tailwalker Fly FishingThe forks of the American have been fishing well. Floated a popular drift and moved around a dozen big Browns to streamers. Spring time is Great to explore the f...
Aaron Gabriel, The Northern California GuidePit River has been fishing good with plenty of plump trout being caught nmphing. All reaches seem to be fishing about the same though the most popular a...
Aaron Gabriel, The Northern California Guide The Upper Sacramento has been fishing very well with fish caught on both dry flies and Nymphs. Haven’t had a chance to throw streamers yet but the wate...
Jack Harrison, Fish The Rip Stripers & smelt are starting to show up on select beaches, the perch bite has been slow and the surf conditions are changing on a daily basis. Santa Cruz is a good ...
Rick Mazaira, Yosemite OutfittersFinally some welcomed rain, with the abnormal warm spell, we have seen some early hatches BWO and strong Caddis, which will continue through April. Fishing in the w...
Dave Barbieri, Dave Barbieri Guide ServiceDry fly fishing on the Yuba has been outstanding! Aside for about 5 min last week, we haven’t fished nymphs for about a month. Very good numbers, but fish ...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly FishingThe Lower Sachas continued to kick out some great fishing over the past week. Still, we have yet to see the bigger hatches that the spring usually gives up. There a...
Aaron Gabriel, The Northern California GuideTrinity river fly only water opened today! Had fun watching the crowdsand throwing the streamer around. Landed a handful of adults and watched some getti...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly FishingSpring weather is here and the status of fishing on the Lower Sac has been bumped to Excellent. We’ve had some great days out on the water recently. Daytime tempera...
John Rickard, Wild Waters Fly FishingJust wrapping up what has been an epic steelhead season on the Klamath, Rogue, Trinity and coastal rivers. There is certainly still some fishing to be had for t...
Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guide Service Striper fishing cooled off a bit and the fishing was less productive this last week. Sometimes the fish just move around and they are harder to find. ...
Pyramid Lake right now can be a numbers game if you hit it right. Pyramid strain cutts are cruising the beaches looking for mates, spawning time you know. It still can be tough if you have no wind ...
Matt Koles, Gilligan’s Guide Service More and more more summer weather it the Tahoe area, geez, it feels like early June up here and it’s the last week of March. Things may get interesting come Ap...
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Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly Fishing Upper Owens RiverThe fishing has slowed a little with most of the big rainbows heading back down to the lake (Crowley). Keep in mind that the upper Owens River...
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Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guide ServiceFishing was very good for Stripers this last week. Good numbers and most fish between 4 and 15lbs. Water temps are hovering around 64 degrees. Most fi...
Matt Koles, Gilligan’s Guide ServiceA little rain and snow in the Tahoe area today, but I do mean little. Fishing is good in both states. Lot’s of stuff starting to happen on the river bug wise. Ev...
Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly FishingLower Feather River Spring Steelhead- There are both half pounders and adult spring steelhead in the system up through Oroville and with nearly no water coming o...
Jack Harrison, Fish The Rip The conditions have been good for fishing, the surf has been small and the wind light. The fishing has been on the slow side although that can change at any moment. If ...
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly FishingUpper Owens RiverThe fishing has slowed a little with most of the big bruisers heading back down to the lake (Crowley). Keep in mind that the upper Owens River i...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing The Lower Sacramento River continues to fish well despite the weird weather we’ve had. The hatches have yet to really get going but the fish have been eating well...
Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi TroutfittersThe Lower Yuba River is on fire right now with abundant hatchesof March Browns, and Pink Alberts! This is it, exceptional dry fly fishing but asusual on the Lower...
Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guide ServiceGood fishing for Stripers this week. Getting really nice pre spawn fish to 15lbs..Some nice topwater fishing is available in the early mourning and late...
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly FishingUpper Owens RiverThe fishing has slowed a little with most of the big bruisers heading back down to the lake (Crowley). Keep in mind that the upper Owens River i...
Matt Koles, Gilligan’s Guide ServicePretty good fishing happening in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee-Reno area right now. We’ll see how long the flows on the river can hold out, but for now it’s good. We fi...
Taylor Wells, Tailwalker Fly FishingLower elevation rivers are starting to fish well. Every time there is a stretch of a few days with high temperatures the fish respond. It’s starting to look like...
Taylor Wells, Tailwalker Fly FishingMarch Browns are the main item on the menu in terms of dries. The skwalas seem to be tapering off, but fish are still reacting to them. There are a ton of differ...
Cory Godell, Deschutes River AnglersRain finally hit the Sandy which brought new and fresh fish with it. The river level jumpedfrom 900 cfs to over 6500 on Sunday. It has already dropped back down ...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly FishingWe’ve had some banner days on the Sac in the past couple of weeks. Typical Lower Sac for the springtime (minus the big hatches). A few of the days have made us work...
If you’re an angler there is a high probability that you have some kind of superstition or superstitious act that you do to make sure you catch that river donkey you know is in there. One of the mo...
Small Water Fishing Tactics Jon Baiocchi and Tayler Wells, both small water fly fishing fanatics, are offering extreme 2 day creek and river outings in the months to come. These outings will not b...
Nick fishes the OPBy Nicholas PetersonI was lucky enough to be invited up to Forks, WA by my good friend Brett of Brett Seng Photography. Being the trout guy that I am it was my first experience w...
From Nor Cal Fly Guides:Put away the bobbers, busted out the spey flies, streamers and dries, in search of chrome. Client Henry, never landing a fish on his spey rod, needed some love. Yesterday 2 ...
