Yuba River Report 4-3-13

[Sizemict]

Fished the Yuba yesterday & the flows were about 1,000 cfs. I was able to cross the river upstream of the bridge near the foundation rock. Great fishing with a solid March Brown hatch fron 12:30 - 2:00 ish. Soft hackles were the ticket under a Skwalla dry, fish took both with the soft hackle dominating. Normally I wouldn't post but a member of the Flyfishing club was such a d##k to me acusing me of trespassing it was ridiculous. The river has not been crossable for a few years so I thought it was great to be able to access that side of the river. I thought these guys have calmed down a bit since I hadn't heard of anyone complaining about them lately. Out of spite I invite everyone to go and enjoy the wonderful dry fly fishing at the club with free access.

Enjoy

[Jake O]

I'm a member there (And no, not the member you ran into) and can say that not everyone is a "d##k" as you would put it. The moral of the story is that if your wading legally then you are wading legally and if not then your not. At low flows the river can be wadeable in a lot of areas they normally arent.

I take no offense to your comments, but do take offense to your willigness to breach your own fishing code and most others fishing code by posting a "go fish this location report" simply out of spite. Grow up.

[Scott V]

Thanks for the info, I have never been a fan of people making any part of a river private. It is just something that should not be. Especial when one of them gets in your face. I hope for their sake I never run into someone like that. If I am in the right, they will never forget it or me.

[Jake O]

The river should be public, period, but acccess in california is what it is. Guys pay for hunting leases all the time, why is it that when people pay for river access rights they are all lumped together as "the bad guys?" Yes, there are bad eggs in every basket, just as there are people who wade legally up-river and those that don't. The internet tough guy mentality is just as comicall to me as the "this is my river" mentality.

On a side note, if any of the non-internett tough guyys wants to fish the "club" tomorrow afternoon, let me know, i have an open seat.

[DAVID95670]

thanks I will head up and cross over this weekend!


Dont Tread on me man

[winxp_man]

thanks I will head up and cross over this weekend!


Dont Tread on me man


David you better not go in part of the river I bought!!!! You will wish you didn't !

[Charlie S]

Be glad you don't live in Colorado.

[DAVID95670]

David you better not go in part of the river I bought!!!! You will wish you didn't !

I am setting up camp on it nd then making possum goulash
....watch it or i willgive you the evil eye and curse you

[Randy Lee]

Hey All, I have never had these problems in the Mojave desert. Lets try there! Bring your A game!
Randy

[Scott V]

On a side note, if any of the non-internett tough guyys wants to fish the "club" tomorrow afternoon, let me know, i have an open seat.


I always thought the internet tough guys were the ones that told others to grow up. They certainly wouldn't do that to most peoples face.

[peterkoistinen]

Fished the Yuba yesterday & the flows were about 1,000 cfs. I was able to cross the river upstream of the bridge near the foundation rock. Great fishing with a solid March Brown hatch fron 12:30 - 2:00 ish. Soft hackles were the ticket under a Skwalla dry, fish took both with the soft hackle dominating. Normally I wouldn't post but a member of the Flyfishing club was such a d##k to me acusing me of trespassing it was ridiculous. The river has not been crossable for a few years so I thought it was great to be able to access that side of the river. I thought these guys have calmed down a bit since I hadn't heard of anyone complaining about them lately. Out of spite I invite everyone to go and enjoy the wonderful dry fly fishing at the club with free access.

Enjoy

Hi Sizemict,

what march brown soft hackle were you using? can you provide details?:

-hook, size

-thread

-abdomen material

-thorax material, if any

-type soft hackle feather.

if you can post a picture that would be great too.

Thanks,

Pete

[Sizemict]

Hook Size - I tie 2 sizes 14 & 16 with the 14 being my first choice it is basically a Pheasant Tail nymph with 1 wrap of something brown and soft on a heavy hook. I have had the feathers so long I do not remember what it is I think it may be Partridge? I do not think it matters as long as it is a light brown, not tan or dark brown (the soft part of a hackle will work too). It will darken when it gets wet. I will try to take a picture of the hackle and the fly later tonight. I have never tried to load a picture on this site and I am not sure how to do it. If you take a small net and a container you can catch some of the bugs in the drift and compare them to your fly just be sure to get your fly wet.

Good luck

[Sizemict]

As requested

Good luck

[Sizemict]

The second fly can be very effective as well. The date on my camera is mixed up.

[peterkoistinen]

The second fly can be very effective as well. The date on my camera is mixed up.

they look great. simple, yet "buggy".

did you fish them on the swing or dead drift ?

thanks for the details and the pics.

Pete

[Sizemict]

they look great. simple, yet "buggy".

did you fish them on the swing or dead drift ?

thanks for the details and the pics.

Pete

Most of the time it is dead drift under a dry. Sometimes I remove the dry and fish it quartering down steeam. I have also fished it on the swing as well as under an indicator depending on how I read the fish. Sometimes mixing it up from whatever everyone else is doing can make a difference. The takes are usually pretty solid. If the fish are porpoising keep it in the top 12".

[Adam Grace]

Lets stop the personal attacks and switch to talking about the Yuba.

I have been waiting for the March Browns to start emerging. I am glad to hear that the fishing is starting to pick up. How many March browns are people seeing emerging or flying around right now?

[Frank Alessio]

I like Randy's post...Strippin flys for Coyotes is as good as it gets...As far as a river being private in a sTATE THAT I PAY TAXES IN omg i ALMOST FREAKING WENT pOLIICAL ... mY BAD