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Fishing Report

San Francisco Surf Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfJun 21, 2019
San Francisco Surf Fly Fishing Report

Open Ocean striper fishing has been on fire this past week. Especially, Thursday - Sunday many fly anglers were landing adult size fish all over San Francisco's Beaches. The tide is essential, last...

Upper Sacramento RiverJun 20, 2019
Upper Sacramento Fly Fishing Report

Upper Sac Fishing Report 6/21/2019 The Upper Sacramento river is just dropping into PERFECT shape.  With flows still a little heavy crossing can be a little bit of a hindrance but fish are holding...

Valley Stripers Fly Fishing Report
Yuba RiverJun 20, 2019
Valley Stripers Fly Fishing Report

OPEN DATES – IF YOU WANT TO GET ON MY CANCELATION LIST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL AS THERE ARE INEVTIABLY CANCELATIONS THAT COME UP. July 10, Aug 3, 31 Striper season is off and running and conditions are ...

Truckee River Fly Fishing Report
Truckee RiverJun 20, 2019
Truckee River Fly Fishing Report

Truckee River  Kinda rolling right into summer on the Truckee River.  Flows were slowly coming down. That opened up a lot more fishable water down the entire river. It was about 1,700 k here in th...

Owyhee Fly Fishing Report
Owyhee RiverJun 20, 2019
Owyhee Fly Fishing Report

The Owyhee is finally back to its normal summer level. The high flows definitely put things on hold for a few weeks. The water is still a bit off color but plenty fishable. Streamers seem to be the...

Deschutes Fly Fishing Report
Deschutes RiverJun 20, 2019
Deschutes Fly Fishing Report

Deschutes Now that the Salmon Fly hatch is over it’s time to gear up for caddis season. The caddis have already been coming off strong due to the warm weather we’ve been having. But the fishing h...

California Delta Fly Fishing Report
DeltaJun 20, 2019
California Delta Fly Fishing Report

Delta Fishing Report: Striper fishing in the Delta has slowed a bit as Spring Striper season winds down. Still getting sone smaller fish with some medium size fish mixed in but we are having to wo...

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report
Eastern SierraJun 20, 2019
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Jim Stimson reports on 6.20.19 The big news is that Tioga Pass will have a “soft” opening on Friday the 21st. The hours of passage will be between 10-11 am, then...

Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing Report
Lower Sacramento RiverJun 13, 2019
Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing Report

It’s summertime, folks.. That means there are a lot of options to get out and get after trout with a fly rod. Our main squeeze: the Lower Sac is currently on the drop and is expected to stay stead...

Truckee River Fly Fishing Report
Truckee RiverJun 13, 2019
Truckee River Fly Fishing Report

Matt Koles reports on 6.14.19 Not a better time to be up on the Truckee River. Weather-wise, it’s perfect. Still cold at night, about in the 70’s during the day. Not too hot, not too cold. It’s al...

Putah Creek Fly Fishing Report
Putah CreekJun 13, 2019
Putah Creek Fly Fishing Report

Richard Loft reports on 6.14.19  The Grass is always GreenerIt seems like every summer mid-day fishing slows down; temps spike and the new underwater grass growth make doing any serous nymphing pr...

Northern Sierra Fly Fishing Report
Lake DavisJun 13, 2019
Northern Sierra Fly Fishing Report

Jon Baiocchi reports on 6.14.19 The phone has been ringing of the hook the last couple of weeks and folks are itching to get out and fish, unfortunately, prime time is still a ways off for great t...

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report
Eastern SierraJun 13, 2019
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report   Jim Stimson reports on 6.14.19 Summer has arrived. Overnight the daytime temperatures have risen into the 80’s in the Long Valley area. The creeks are swollen ...

Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing Report
Lower Sacramento RiverJun 13, 2019
Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing Report

Dave Neal reports on 6.14.19 LCO 6/13/19Lower Sac If you enjoy fly fishing in Northern California you better not be taking any "restdays"; right now. Some of the best fly fishing of the year is hap...

California Delta Fly Fishing Report
DeltaJun 13, 2019
California Delta Fly Fishing Report

Steve Santucci reports on 6.13.19 Delta fishing can be good if you can draw decent wind conditions.   There is some good topwater Bass fishing right now.  For Stripers, we are fishing shallow with...

Lower Sacramento Striper Fly Fishing Report
Lower Sacramento RiverJun 13, 2019
Lower Sacramento Striper Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown reports on 6.14.19 Lower Sac Striper Fishing has been fair and improving. Clarity is improving daily and water temps are hovering around 60 in most stretches that we fish. There is pl...

Putah Creek Fly Fishing Report
Putah CreekJun 7, 2019
Putah Creek Fly Fishing Report

Putah has been flowing at 360 CFS and fishing great. As expected it has been crowded if you want to get the guide hole you need to get there early. Remember its light at 5:30 right now!  

Delta Stripers to be Targeted for Removal
DeltaJun 7, 2019
Delta Stripers to be Targeted for Removal

I caught wind of a plan to kill off all the stripers and largemouth bass in the California Delta. The organization that is pushing this is the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta. When you do some di...

McCloud River Fly Fishing Report
McCloud RiverJun 6, 2019
McCloud River Fly Fishing Report

Max Salit reports on 6.6.19 McCloud River  After plans for a float trip fell through, there was one river in CAthat I knew I couldn’t pass up for a long weekend getaway to start upmy trout season:...

Truckee Fly Fishing Report
Jun 6, 2019
Truckee Fly Fishing Report

Matt Koles reports on 6.6.19 Rolling right into summer on the Truckee River. Thing is though, we still have a mid-April snowpack. However, it does look like monsoon season is over. It’s rained eve...

Monterey Surf Report
Local SurfJun 6, 2019
Monterey Surf Report

Fly Fish The Surf Evan Praskin reports on 6.06.19 Stripers, Stripers, Stripers!!! They are here people and ready to play in beautiful Monterey. “West coast stripers? You guys get a bass run over th...

California Delta Fly Fishing Report
Jun 6, 2019
California Delta Fly Fishing Report

Delta Fishing Report:   www.brycetedfordflyfishing.com Striper fishing in the Delta has slowed a bit as Spring Striper season winds down. Still getting 10-20 fish with some medium size fish mixe...

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report
Eastern SierraJun 6, 2019
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Runoff…… spring weather……….. and lots of water coming out of the mountains. The weather has finally turned warm. We’ve had some great afternoon buildup and th...

Truckee RiverMay 30, 2019
Truckee River Fly Fishing Report

Truckee River Flows dropped after that 2 week cold spell to more manageable 2100 CFS in Canyon and around stateline.  I would imagine with warmer temps next week we will see some bigger runoff.  Cl...

May 30, 2019
Pit River Fly Fishing Report

Pit River Fished with AC Fly Fishing on Tuesday.   Pit 3 good wadeable flows at 450.  Water typical tea colored.   No crowds. Pit 4 and down river a tad big.  Nice PMD, Yellow Sally, and Caddis hat...

San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report
Local SurfMay 30, 2019
San Francisco Bay Fly Fishing Report

Capt. Kevin DeGulis reports on 5.30.19 The surf and Crissy field has been fishing exceptionally well, especially for California Halibut. It's funny; I initially believed that Halibut hottest month ...

Truckee River Fly Fishing Report
Truckee RiverMay 30, 2019
Truckee River Fly Fishing Report

Matt Heron reports on 5.30.19 Truckee Report- May 30th After two weeks of rain and snow in Tahoe the end may finally be in sight. Although the weather has been less than ideal, our guests who hav...

California Delta Fly Fishing Report
DeltaMay 30, 2019
California Delta Fly Fishing Report

Steve Santucci Reports on 5.30.19 Delta Striper fishing has been spotty.  You can fish likely spots with no action and then find them and have decent action.  Largemouth Bass should start getting ...

Klamath River Fly Fishing Report
Klamath RiverMay 30, 2019
Klamath River Fly Fishing Report

John Rickard reports on 5.30.19 The Klamath River. Casting big bugs against the banks of the Klamath River during the Salmonfly hatch is about as much topwater fun you can have in a drift boat. T...

Upper Sacramento Fly Fishing Report
Upper Sacramento RiverMay 30, 2019
Upper Sacramento Fly Fishing Report

John Rickard reports on 5.30.19 The Upper Sacramento. Flows are still very high but are dropping rapidly into shape. Its time to plan that trip and get on this amazing freestone river for its fa...

Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing Report
Lower Sacramento RiverMay 30, 2019
Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing Report

John Rickard reports on 5.30.19 The Lower Sac Our late spring has made the Lower Sacramento the best bet for good fishing in all of California. This river is kicking down some amazing fishing. Ou...

McCloud River Fly Fishing Report
McCloud RiverMay 30, 2019
McCloud River Fly Fishing Report

John Rickard reports on 5.30.19 McCloud River The flows on the McCloud are slowly dropping and are currently 625 cfs at Ah Di Na. Typical summer flows are around 250 cfs, so it is still quite hig...

Lower Sacramento RiverMay 30, 2019
Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing Report

Anthony Carruesco reports on 5.30.19 

Lower Yuba RiverMay 30, 2019
Lower Yuba Fly Fishing Report

Hogan Brown reports on 5.30.19 Lower Yuba seems to maybe...don't want to jinx it...dropping a bit. It has come down from 6700cfs to around 5700cfs. The clarity is fine and there are a few people g...

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report
Eastern SierraMay 30, 2019
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report

Jim Stimson reports on 5.30.19 Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Could there be a break in the weather? In other words, is Spring just around the corner? I fished the East Walker yesterday in chil...

Lake Oroville Fly Fishing Report
Lake OrovilleMay 30, 2019
Lake Oroville Fly Fishing Report

Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.30.19 Lake Oroville is fishing really good and is full to brim with some really cool structure and such to fish. There are flooded trees and flats where the carp, bl...

Lower Sacramento RiverMay 30, 2019
Valley Striper Fly Fishing Report

Capt. Hogan Brown reports on 5.30.19 Valley Striper fishing has been hit or miss with the weather but with the weather stabilizing and supposedly hitting 91 by saturday fishing should stabilize an...

Truckee River Fly Fishing Report
Truckee RiverMay 30, 2019
Truckee River Fly Fishing Report

Matt Koles reports on 5.30.19 Truckee More rain and snow. Good for fishing, not much fun for anything else. I’ve been mostly down on the Nevada side of the Truckee River just to get out of the rai...

Putah Creek Fly Fishing Report
Putah CreekMay 30, 2019
Putah Creek Fly Fishing Report

Richard Loft reports on 5.27.19 Spring Putah Report Hey everyone, I want to report my latest intel over the last few months. Starting in March, Winter flood waters started to come down and flows f...

Deschutes River Fly Fishing Report
Deschutes RiverMay 24, 2019
Deschutes River Fly Fishing Report

Hey All, I am just back from a 3-day float trip on Deschutes River. The trip started a few months ago when my brother pulled some permits to float the river. David Dines LCO’s freelance photograph...

Surf Report
Local SurfMay 23, 2019
Surf Report

Ladies Surf Clinic:   Last Saturday 9 fly fisherwomen came out to Crissy Field to join the LCO crew for the first ever Ladies “Fly Fishing the Surf 101 Clinic”. The range of experience and age ma...

Upper Sacramento Fly Fishing Report
Upper Sacramento RiverMay 23, 2019
Upper Sacramento Fly Fishing Report

Wildwater reports on 5.23.19 The Upper Sacramento River The river has been bouncing around but has just dropped below 3000cfs. She’s a beast but its all about the edges and soft spots. Best to f...

McCloud River Fly Fishing Report
McCloud RiverMay 23, 2019
McCloud River Fly Fishing Report

Wildwaters reports on 5.23.19 It’s been quite the dance this past week with all the rain and even a bit of snow. However, we have been making things work. It’s been about putting on the rainc...

California Delta Fly Fishing Report
DeltaMay 23, 2019
California Delta Fly Fishing Report

Captain. Bryce Tedford reports on 5.23.19 Delta Fishing Report: Striper fishing in the Delta has been tougher the last 2 weeks. Still getting 10-20 fish with some medium size fish mixed in but we ...

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report
Eastern SierraMay 23, 2019
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report

Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report Jim Stimson reports on 5.23.19 Arrrggggh! I will not sugar this up, what gives with this weather?!? As I write this weeks report, not only is it snowing outside...

Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing report
Lower Sacramento RiverMay 23, 2019
Lower Sacramento Fly Fishing report

Anthony Carruesco reports on 5.23.19 We've had some pretty wild weather over the past few days here in Northern California. Wind and rain have been prevalent in the past few days - making our fis...

Truckee River Fly Fishing Report
Truckee RiverMay 23, 2019
Truckee River Fly Fishing Report

Matt Koles reports on 5.23.19 Good solid fishing on the Truckee River. Some rain and snow this last weekend, ugh. I guess by this weekend it will be nice again. Flows have dropped to under 300...

Putah Creek Fly Fishing Report
Putah CreekMay 23, 2019
Putah Creek Fly Fishing Report

Rob Russell reports on 05.23.19      Putah Creek is fishing well this Spring. High water finally subsided in April and fishing has been consistently good. It seems as if it may be the year of the...