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Thread: Planning to fish the Yuba tomorrow...

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    Mike O Guest

    Default Planning to fish the Yuba tomorrow...

    Wet wading in 100+ heat?? Yes, and please pass the SPF 2000.

    We'll see how whe rolls.

    Mike

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    Yeah I wet waded it last Thursday and it was still a little tough but considering the alternative of wearing waders in this heat was out of the question.

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    Mike O Guest

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    Fishing was fine...my catching sucked.

    A few caddis about, but just before dark was a great mayfly hatch. Some kinda Pale mayfly, but the fish weren't having any of what we were throwing.

    Oh well, it was a great cool off.


    Mike

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    Default knee deep

    i saw an Osprey 8 years ago nail a 20 inch fish in the knee deep water at the first bend above the bridge one late afternoon. since then i often never wade deeper than that. also try to lengthen your leaders out to about 20 feet.
    the fish aren't leader shy but if you float line them within 5 or 6 feet they'll get even more fussy.

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    Mike O Guest

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    Leader was not the problem...setting the hook was the problem.

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    Default North Fork of the Yuba River

    ...was in great shape over the weekend, clear and not high or low. Caddis and golden stonefly adults hatching. (And a big pod of newly released hatchery plants milling under the bridge in Downieville, at the mouth of the Downie River - not that I'd ever try for shellshocked refugees).

    At Loganville FS Campground, a mile or so west of Sierra City, there's a short path from the top of the cg down to the river, one of the most beautiful little river gorges I've ever seen, with a rockrimmed low waterfall and wadeable run. I caught or missed rising rainbows from the shore - no need to wade in. (Now that I'm home, 882 miles away, I don't mind giving away its secrets.)

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    Mike O Guest

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    I've seen a lot of fish under that bridge too...I think the ones I saw were all squawminnows

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