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Fish Report for 4-8-2022
The Upper continues to fish well
4-8-2022
The Fly Shop
The Upper continues to fish well. The lengthening days mean more insects hatching, and with the cloudy weather we will have this weekend you could have some very good dry fly action in the middle of the day. Pale Morning Duns are coming off on this river as with all of the other rivers up here. Midges in the morning and Blue Wing Olives from lunch on. We should see more insects coming off, and cloudy, rainy days on the Upper mean your best chances at good mid day hatches and fish gulping insects. Good nymphs now are Mercer's PMD Jigster, #18 Zebra Midge, the Perdigon, and the #18 Olive Hotspot. Also Rubberlegs. For dries, bring some dark Missing Links in #14 - 18, and some Adams same sizes to cover your bases. Some of these fish are pretty aggressive, so swung and stripped Sculpin patterns are definitely a good idea now.
Upper Sacramento Flows at Delta
Hot Flies:
Dry Flies:
• D&D Cripple - March Brown
• Low Water Baetis - #18
• Adams - #12-20
• Mercer's Missing Link - Dark #14-16
• Parachute Adams - #14-18
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Mercer's Tungsten October Pupa
• Morrish October Pupa
• Skip's TB October Caddis
• CB Birds Nest - #10-14
• Red Copper John - #16-18
• Zebra Midge - #18-20
• Mercury Black Beauty
• Mercer's Glass Bead Micro May - #22
• Mercer's GB Dark Stone - #8
• Mercer's Dark Stone - #6
• Pat's Rubber Legs - Brown #6-8
• GB Birds Nest - #12-14
• Gordon's Amber Wing Prince - #12-18
• Swink's BTS
• Mercer's CB Micro Mayfly - #14-16
Streamers & Leeches:
• Sheila Sculpin
• Woolly Buggers
• Muddler Minnows - #10
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The Fly Shop Reports
for Friday, April 8th, 2022Fall River: There should be a midge and Baetis show going on on the Fall right now
Hat Creek: This weather has the insects really coming off now
Klamath River - Upper - CA: Things may be winding down for the adult steelhead season
Sacramento River - Lower: Sunday and into Monday we'll see a small front push through, this always gets the insects hatching
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The Fly Shop Reports
for Friday, March 25th, 2022Fall River: Most of the anglers are chasing steelhead and large rainbows right now
Hat Creek: This weather has the insects really coming off now
Sacramento River - Lower: The river is fishing better and better as we get into this spring!
McCloud River: Fishing in the section in and around Ash Camp continues to be very good
Pit River: The flows on Pit 3 remain high
Trinity River: This has been one of the best seasons on the Trinity in years
Sacramento River - Upper: The Upper continues to fish well.
Shasta Lake: The lake has come around and is fishing pretty well right now
Lewiston Lake: This time of year you should always plan to fish midges and Blue Wing Olive patterns
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