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any word on March browns on the Yuba yet? the flows have been good for it this year.

-o

The Lower Stanislaus river is closed to fishing until Jan 1. Closed Oct 15th I think. That may be why there were no other cars. If you were fishing below the dam (by Knights Ferry, or 2 mile bar,...

they got those colours from eating too many NZMS.

J/K

Headed out to the upper truckee river (near Kirkwood) on this busy Saturday.

Beautiful weather, a decent breeze, excellent temperatures, what a nice day.

More important, NO MOSQUITOS. ...

are these half-pounders or are these small immature steelhead released by the hatchery. i've caught some of these before the september closure (average 8-12") and they just don't seem to have the...

As fly fisher's we should care for our future and resources.

Here's a satirical look at the world of SUV's. It's from a home video contest sponsored by Chevy Tahoe. Something to think about when...

Anyone know how the low flow section of the Feather River is fishing? Are the flows even wadable in the low flow section with all this rain? Any hope on catching some native rainbows or...

those rising fish...

try a caddis emerger. those fish are not going after adult caddis..

lafontaine caddis emerger..

Those jumping trout were after emerging caddis. You would have probably hooked up if you tied on an emerger pattern and swung it, instead of the elk hair caddis. lafontaine caddis emerger would be...

they're going for emergers. Try swinging a LaFontaine Caddis Emerger next time. You can sling your Elk Hair Caddis all you want but will only have meager results..

could that big fish have been from lake natomas that spilled over?

All lakes NEVER close. April 30th (or last Sat in April) is insignificant. It's just a matter of being either too cold or frozen over or impossible to access.

Adam,

Saw a lot of march browns mating at night, but not much fish rising for them.. I'm used to the activity around ~11AM 2 hours of intense hatch, fish going crazy rising for them...

Also...

Anyone know when the March browns will start hatching in force? We're about mid-March already and so far, the March brown hatch has been anything but sporadic at best. I would have thought that...

What time were the browns hatching? Were the fish keying in on them yet?

Well weathered the rains and headed out - it was actually quite a nice day. Moments of sun breaking through, overcast skies..

No hatches of BWO at all. Occasional Skwalla flying around. ...

So..

will the drizzles the next week produce some good BWO hatches? Or is it too late for this kind of thing.. in February..
-O

Is the stonefly hatch as predictable as the BWO hatch? Probably around 4PM?