What's your favorite California hatch to fish?

[Natekursow]

Just wondering. I'll start out, and say mine is probably the Skwala hatch on the lower Yuba river.

NK

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Callebaetis mayfly.......

[Ed Wahl]

Golden Stonefly. Wait for it every year.

Ed

[yubaman]

Ditto for me, Skwala on the Lower Yuba. March Brown ain't bad either!

[Idadon]

PMD’s on the South Fork!

[Sonoman]

I tell my sons my favorite beer is the one in front of me. So I have to say my favorite hatch is the one going off when I am on the river. Skwalas, Golden Stones, Hex, PMDs...they are all good. So many fond memories

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

There is nothing like a good hatch......

[Darian]

October Caddis on the upper Sacramento River....

[ryeflyguy]

I haven't been able to predict when they occur, but I was lucky enough once to encounter a heavy emergence of caddisflies on the lower Yuba in the stretch I was fishing. All of a sudden there were spurts of water shooting into the air as if a pod of whales were holding below me. Put on a gold bead hare's ear and did the down and across. Hard grabs on every cast, had my 4X tippet broken off several times on both the takes and when the fish were on. Glorious.

[Dave E.]

1) Hoppers, on the U & L Owens & Hot Creek.



2) The Fruit Loops hatch after the first dusting of snow.