Yuba Report 2/11/08

[RJSFLYTRIP]

I had the opportunity to guide Steelhead Steve and Jarrett Black on the Yuba yesterday. The river was a little off color yesterday with about 3 feet of visibility. However it did not seem to affect the fishing because we had a fairly successful day. We boated 12 rainbows and lost about 10 others. We had a latter start time and got on the water at 10:00AM and we were off around 5:30. Most of the fish we caught came on Stones, but we did get the random fish on baetis and pmd nymphs. There were quite a few Skwala's out with a handful of March Browns. So we were able to raise 5 rainbows throwing Skwala and March Brown Dries. With this warmer weather I would expect the hatches to get better from here on out. With that said though the color of the water will probably remain the same with as much snow is still up in the mountains that will pump off color water into Deer Creek. So it looks like another early spring is upon us. Get those shorts out and get ready to throw some dries! If you want chances at nypmhing, throwing dries, and stripping streamers than the Yuba is the river for you. It is truly a special place. If you are interested I have a few prime dates left to go and hit this Northern California gem.

Tight Lines,
Ryan Johnston

[trog]

Did you drift from the bridge down? Fishing the SJ worms under an indicator?
Thanks.

[RJSFLYTRIP]

We floated form the Bridge down to the private access at the Gun Club.

[bp]

1-5:45PM yesterday - nada. few very sporadic risers but nothing I would call a hatch/feeding event. wind was up a bit but nothing approaching WY. plenty of Skwalas in the drift, just couldn't figure out what/where. 2 guys did catch a fish each on an adult skwala that didn't look anything like the ones I had with me. If you are on this board, thank you sir for the fly. Fished it hard in the fading light, but nothing. Did not, however, fall in which I consider a small victory. Yuba 1, BP 0.

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