Lower Sac. report

[AllRiverFishing]

The last few days were pretty good but not what I'd call 'wide open' (25 hookups as opposed to 40+-ish). Man, are we spoiled here! The weather put a little bit of a damper on things but there were still plenty of bugs to keep the fish active. Noon-4 or so seems to be the hot time of day lately. As we drift down I've noticed a myriad of different bugs active from section to section. Experimenting with different flies was very important...now and then we'd be on the right pattern but not size, a simple adjustment makes a world of difference sometimes!

[AllRiverFishing]

[Skunked again]

I'm new to this message board and am typically a wallflower type, so you probably won't hear too much from me, but I figured in light of all of the discussion of whether it's right for guides to post reports etc. I'd put up my own non-guide Lower Sac Report.

My wife and I floated an upper section of the Lower Sac this past weekend and had a great time. Despite having trouble casting a rather long (it really helps to get down deep) indicator rig, which meant a lot of back-rowing for me, she still managed to get into some really nice fish. They didn't seem to picky in terms of flies, most hit a small #16 light colored unnamed pattern that I tie.

Here are a couple of pictures.

[David Lee]

Always a treat to see the Women fishin' !!

David

[AllRiverFishing]

This 'Bow taped out at 23.5X14.5!!

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Thanks for all the get reports and photos.

We like seeing all the gals fishing up that way. There is no reason more women can't be fly fishing.

April/May is a huge time on the Lower Sac especially in low water years like this one.

[AllRiverFishing]

Now, if I could just get Holly to row more often....
Recently I've seen a lot more women begin to get involved with the sport. There's so many reasons for people to find it appealing. It's all about the introduction though!