Perfect trout weather the past few days with mild air temperatures and clouds. The Lower Yuba River is fishing pretty darn well. Flows have stabilized and are running at 1,123 cubes, water clarity is mostly clear with a slight tinge to it. My guests have had some killer dry fly fishing casting to selective risers on the calm flats both in the foam line and on the edges.
One day the hatch may happen in the afternoon, and the
next day it could happen in the late morning. An angler needs to be flexible,
and having two rods set up for both surface and sub surface presentations will
be an advantage. I saw a few more salmon in the river this week, and a few more
redds. Still though, there should be more in the system.
Wild
rainbows from 8 to 14” are keying in on Blue Wing Olives (baetis) #18, and tiny
Blue Wing Olives (pseudocloeons) #20-22. It’s best to make a few casts to a
specific target, and if you don’t get a take, rest them a while or move to
another target. 5X tippet is working just fine, but you may need to make a fly
first downstream presentation to get a grab. Sparkle Duns, Hackle Stackers, and
Loop Wing Parachutes have been getting the most attention. We have been getting a few rainbows on the swing as well
using Alevins, and salmon fingerlings. Remember to strip your fly after your
initial swing is done, most of the fish came on the strip. There is a few
female Stub Wing stone flies drifting among the currents ovipositing, we saw two
bigger fish that were out of reach hammer the floating prime rib dinners. To
learn more about the Stub Wing stone fly click here; http://jonbaiocchiflyfishingnews.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-stub-wing-stonefly.html
More rain coming in tomorrow morning through Monday morning,
an inch is expected to fall. We’ll see what that does to the river, if anything
adding a little color from Deer Creek would be an advantage to the fly angler
as those rising trout were extremely skitterish today. Partly sunny weather through the week with cooler temperatures. I’ve got some dates open
for December, if you would like to learn more about the river, and increase
your chances with technical dry fly presentations, or how to cover water effectively
swinging, give me a call at 530.228.0487 and let’s get a date on the calendar.
See you out there…
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