Heading up to the Trinity Sun-Tuesday

[garyp93720]

I am heading up to the trinity this Sunday and leaving on Tuesday afternoon. What flies are working right now. I will of course stop by the Fly Shop in Redding. I will also be brining my 6 wt and use my 8wt as a back up. Is there anything I should know besides it is probably going to be cold.

I should also mention I will be wading and not drift boating.

This is the first time I will be steel head fishing.

[Rick J]

At least the lower river is supposed to get hammered by rain so may want to check weather or might be restricted to the upper river

http://www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/graphicalRVF.php?id=HOOC1#

[Darian]

You might want to stop in and check with the Trinity Fly Shop in Lewiston. On-line at:

www.trinityflyshop.com/‎

Good luck....

[JasonB]

You might want to stop in and check with the Trinity Fly Shop in Lewiston. On-line at:

www.trinityflyshop.com/‎

Good luck....

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Herb is a great guy and really knows that river well. Can't even begin to give you the level of info over the internet that you would get in a half hour (or more...) chat with him. They also have a good guide service as well if you're interested in that.
Good luck, always need as much as you can get steelheading
JB

[booneshaya]

I'll be up there with a guide starting Saturday for 4 days. Rain not as bad as first thought. Shouldn't be a problem. Get a guide if you can afford one. I fish it a lot. Regarding flies, I nymph with a Psyco Prince on top with a Micro May dropper. Small #18 micro may catches big fish. Hard to believe but true.

[MHeuch]

I fished with my son Sunday 11/16 in the Junction City area. Saw several fish rolling but no fish on. 2 passing boats reported catching a few higher up the river. They were using nymph/indicators, pattern unknown.

[Smitty Fish]

I was up there last weekend and caught a few halfpounders. Mostly in the willow creek
Area. Here are some patterns I used. The blue and orange probably look familiar to some.
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[booneshaya]

Good pic of swinging flies for the Trinity. Hiltons, assassins and herniators you can't go wrong with.

[donkeyhunter007]

swinging use somthing weighted the top water bite has slowed................if you will be using an indicator small red and blue CJ can be good.

[JayDubP]

Just got back from 2 days on Trinity- 2 adults and 1 juvenile in hand. All on Copper Johns with green body. I was wading.... Lots of guide boats, but none admitted to catching more than one or two.

River is slippery-- repeat slippery.... repeat slippery, so make sure you have cleats or felt and a wading staff, even in 2ft of water. Maybe today's rain will clean the bottom, but not likely. Today the rain was hard enough so I could not see the river bottom, which made slippery wading uncomfortable.

Most of the Trinity is best fished from a pontoon or boat, just because of ease of access and brush along the bank.

Buy the Streamline map and ask about the type of access. I climbed down and up too many steep hillsides on the section between Del Loma and Junction City. With rain, those climbs will be tougher with wet ground and wet rocks.

Got great info from The Fly Shop in Redding and even better from Herb at the Trinity Fly Shop. I fished a 7wt switch on lower section with shooting head (a new toy) and with a floating line on upper section.