flies to swing on the lower yuba

[double ipa]

I've been fishing lower yuba for several years now and really enjoy this river. I have had some good results nymphing but no results swinging with or without tips. I have tried lots of different flies at different times of the year and still the bagel persists. Anyone have any suggestions on flies or technique that might help?

[ryeflyguy]

If you see splashy rises, put on a Birds Nest or Hare's ear using a floating line and swing them.

Egg sucking leeches can be good now using a sink-tip when swung. Later on try a silver & olive streamer to imitate the newly emerged smolts or a black leech.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I know some swing #10 olive Zonker streamer or an olive Leech on a sink-tip at times.

Swinging #14/16 caddis emergers in the PM should work too.

[SFMike]

Hi, I've caught a few nice fish swinging a muddler minnow on a floating line. They were decent trout, not steelhead, but it's a lot of fun on a light rod.

mike

[Skunked again]

Most of the fish I caught this year on the yuba (only fished twice) came on the swing. I was indicator nymphing with a green fox's pupah, nothing on the drift, but at the end WHAM! They were trout I think, though I wonder if they might have been half pounders (very bright, sleek, and ran, jumped, and pulled, like the dickens).

So you might try swinging some small #14 buggy looking patterns like a birds nest and see what happens. Once from sierra trading post I got a fly (nominally an orvis pattern I think) that was basically like a fox's pupah, but had very fine rubber hackle collar, that had great action on the swing.

Good luck!

[double ipa]

thankyou for the information on the lower yuba. time to sit at the vise and tie some new bugs for the yuba. I'll let you know if i have any success on the river.