Flow going "way up" on Lower American River....3/8/16

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Project: Nimbus Dam

Please make the following release changes to the American River:


Date Time From (cfs) To (cfs)

03/08/2016 0700 8,000 9,500
03/08/2016 0800 9,500 11,000
03/08/2016 0900 11,000 12,500
03/08/2016 1000 12,500 14,000
03/08/2016 1100 14,000 15,000

Comment: Storage management/flood control

Issued by: Randi Field

[STEELIES/26c3]

Derz gunna B sum BIG rainbow trout to catch in the river~

[Sheepdog8404]

Sounds like its time for us to travel if we hope on chasing some steel...

[Mark Kranhold]

Derz gunna B sum BIG rainbow trout to catch in the river~

I would love to catch one of those toads that come out of Natomas, there's some monster rainbows in there ... Especially up towards the prison.

[STEELIES/26c3]

I would love to catch one of those toads that come out of Natomas, there's some monster rainbows in there ... Especially up towards the prison.

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Mark Kranhold]

Power bait off the boat dock for that whopper 26lbr. I got a great power bait fly pattern , to many materials to list the recipe

[Troutsource]

I heard WD40 does the trick.

[Sheepdog8404]

Just go get locked up at the prison and stuff a fly rod up your butt. Next time you're on trash duty down by the river, pull that thing out and start swinging some bugs!

[Chukwithak]

In all seriousness, at what flows does it become "loss of hope" in seeing/catching steel? Just wondering if I should consider winter steel over and start thinks about my mountain streams.

[STEELIES/26c3]

Hard to swing a fly in water above 5000 cfs... and besides, 95% of the fish will be within 10 ft of the bank so you'll be shooting blanks.

Indo nymphing at even higher flows can be very effective and ethical if you're not fishing spawners on redds.

This, coming from a gear guy but one who swings spoons and floats shallow, soft water seams and avoids spawning fish.