Lower Sac just got SILLY

[RJSFLYTRIP]

Get Excited! This warm week of February has started our spring fishing. Yesterday I was fishing in shorts. Gotta love California. This means that in the next month things are going to be getting silly on the Lower Sac. If you want to fish the caddis hatch on the Sac then plan on it happening for the fourth year in row during the month of March. I know that there will be more cold weather to come but once those caddis start moving every warm day from here on out is going to be banner.

The last three days on the Lower Sac have been really good. Each of those days we boated 30+ rainbows and lost many others. The reason that the fish have gotten so grabby is due to the spring caddis hatch that is coming off in the middle of the day. The hatch actually doesn't start until about 1PM, but it seems that those fish really start to turn on about 10AM. The fishing is really consistent during the hours of 10AM-3PM. Yesterday for instance we boated 19 rainbows by lunch and 18 rainbows after lunch. The hot bugs have been various prince nymphs in size 16, rubberlegs, and yellow micro spawn. I have floated from Bonnyview to Anderson and Anderson to Balls Ferry and it seems that both sections are fishing equally as well.

For those of you looking for dates in March I only have 6 availabilities still open. March 2, 19 (Friday), 20 (Saturday), 23, 30-31. Let me know if you would like to book one of these prime time dates.

I hope you are all doing well.

Tight Lines!

[Big Jim]

RJS

will there be any top water action associated with the spring caddis ?

Jim

[RJSFLYTRIP]

The majority of the time on the Lower Sac you are going to be nymphing. To put in perspective over the last 6 years of guiding on the Lower Sac I have thrown dries for a total of 6-7 hours. You get about an hour of dry fly fishing a year. Everyday you see fish feeding on the surface but it is completely random. It is really rare to see head and tail rising fish on a consistent basis. When you do it tends to be during monster caddis and pmd hatches in March and April respectively. You can throw dries blind but you might only catch 3-5 fish. Put on an indicator then you are doing 20-25. So it is hard to fish that dry when the nymphing is much more productive.

Now in the summer (June-September) you can catch fish on caddis dries during the last hour of day light consistently every day. But by 8:30PM I am usually off the water and making my way back to Chico by then. Summer is your best shots at being successful with a dry fly.

Hope this helps!

[Big Jim]

Thanks for the info....I will be getting up there this march for sure. Keep us posted.

Jim