Anyone have a report for the fishing above the Hwy 20 bridge? I have Monday off and would love to visit the Yuba (haven't fished it in over a year) but really hate the crowds. Thought I could walk upstream a bit? PM's welcome.
Thanks.
Anyone have a report for the fishing above the Hwy 20 bridge? I have Monday off and would love to visit the Yuba (haven't fished it in over a year) but really hate the crowds. Thought I could walk upstream a bit? PM's welcome.
Thanks.
A.K.A. Colfaxtroutman
You might have to walk up pretty far. I would expect many people to go fish the Yuba on Monday. Good luck and have fun.
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Adam Grace
Past Kiene's Staff Member
That's what I thought. The tube on a lake may be the best option. Thanks Adam.
A.K.A. Colfaxtroutman
So I finally made it to fish the lower Yuba for the first time today. My wife and I both explored a bit upstream of the hwy bridge and here's some rough numbers for ya:
Saw exactly 1 Caddis
Skwallas were present but not exactly abundant
Mayflies were more abundant
Anglers were WELL represented, and could be found in pretty much any fishy looking water. (at times you might have to look a bit harder to find one, but mostly just about any decent riffle had some folks working some angle or another)
Fish were not to be left out of the party, and showed themselves at times to be quite active. Most were smallish, but I had one that could have gone over 18" took my dry but broke off immediately, and landed one just a tad smaller than that. (I think I caught my first steelhead too!). Such gorgeous and spirited fish too!
Seems like the bite would come and go in spurts, at times was quite good and others I would have sworn that there were no fish in there. We used a few different bugs and fished lots of water trying to get a feel for the river, in the end ALL of our action came on dry/dropper combo with the dropper (bwo mostlly) getting the lion share of the attention.
So all in all for a couple of first timers, I'd say the fishing was pretty good but if you're afraid of the crowds I'd look elsewhere. I was pretty surprised just how many people were there on a thursday afternoon, can't imagine it on a holiday weekend. I'll probably be back, hopefully with a boat
JB
Jason,
Your comments about the number of anglers is why I haven't fished the Yuba in so long, can't stand it. That was a Thursday, imagine a Monday (Holiday)! I'll be getting on the float tube somewhere else instead, thanks for the heads up.
Dan
A.K.A. Colfaxtroutman
With the low water and winter hatches with wild Rainbow trout it is going to be crowded....
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I'm on the Yuba right now, taking a break and playing with my cell phone. I got here late, around 10. I haven't seen many skwallas. There were some march browns around noon. I got a couple on a large bwo nymph. I naked a couple nice ones on a streamer. A couple fish just surfaced, I'll post more when I get home.
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Adam Grace
Past Kiene's Staff Member
There have been quite a few anglers on the river, but I did get up there last week for a few hours. I am often skunked on the Yuba, but managed a few nice fish on a skwala dry that day. The longest measured in at 19 inches, but was a bit skinny.
Nice looking fish there Phil. Possibly the skinny one is a downstreamer steelie?
Adam, when streamer fishing naked do you succumb to the fashionable need to wear boots or do you hold to tradition and go completely in the buff?
Dude I just couldn't stop myself.
Ed
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Jake: Hit it.
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