Fish Report for 12-5-2008

Feather River Fish Report

12-5-2008

Water Conditions:

Fishing is fair, with a few half-pouners and smaller adult steelhead availlable. Salmon are pretty much done spawning and Alevins will start producing fish through February. The section above Highway 70 Bridge opens January 1, 2009.

Fishing Conditions:

The best fishing is early and late in the day. Most fish will be caught in the Low-Flow Section, but you still can find the occasional fish in the High-Flow.

Flies:

?Ģ M.C. Redd Reapers #8
?Ģ Surreal Eggs #12
?Ģ Fire San Jaun Worms #12
?Ģ Olive Birds Nest #12-14
?Ģ Olive Fox Poopahs #12-14
?Ģ Olive Zaddis #14
?Ģ Flashback P.T.'s #16-18
?Ģ Micro Mayflies #14-18
?Ģ Mercer's Sac Fry #12
?Ģ Fox's Pale Alevin #12
?Ģ Zalevin #10



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