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Fish Report for 4-4-2024
There aren't a lot of adults in the system now
4-4-2024
The Fly Shop
There aren't a lot of adults in the system now, you may need to make a few more casts than a thousand. There are a lot of smolts though and the fly water is open all the way to just below the dam. With all of the tributaries flowing a lot of fish are up in them spawning and we should see a lot of fish in the future which is great. Large, dark flies and egg patterns are what's getting fish. Mercer's Psycho Prince in purple or orange, Little Black Stones and Duracells will work for your dropper. Egg patterns will be a great choice if/when the river colors up. For the swing fisherman, it will be a good idea to put on your Skagit floating head with a tip to swing a black Burnt Chicken or Hoh Bo Spey. With the BoR fixing to commence the spring pulse flows soon make sure you check the flows at Lewiston before you make the trip.
Trinity River Flows:
Trinity River Releases from Lewiston
Trinity River Flow at Pigeon Point
Shuttle Services:
• Bill & Caryl Dickens (Gold Coast Shuttle) at 530-623-1905
Access To the Trinity River
The Trinity has many publicly accessible areas with good wading opportunities during the steelhead season. Stop by the shop and we'd be happy to point you in the right direction.
Steelhead Fishing Can be Frustrating
These anadromous rainbow trout are known as the 'Fish of a Thousand Casts.' For good reason! The learning curve can be quite steep learning when and where to go, and what type of water to target. Our Professional Guide Staff has decades of experience guiding the Trinity River for steelhead. A day spent with one of our guides will get you up to speed much more quickly.
Recommended Equipment & Setups
Early Summer Run Steelhead on the Trinity River will take swung flies readily. Spey rods are becoming an increasingly popular method to swing flies. The Fly Shop's Signature Spey Rods are an economical way to get into a great Spey rig.
Hot Flies:
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Pat's RubberlegsBrown and Black, #4-8
• Mercer's Psycho Prince - #12-16
• TB Solitude Stone - #8
• Coppertop Duracell - #16
• Mercer's Gold Bead Biot Epoxy Golden Stone - #8-10
• Copper John Red - #10-14
Eggs:
• Clown Egg - #4-10
• Micro Spawn Eggs - Pink & Salmon Egg
• Boles Bazookas - #8
Swing Flies:
• Ho-bo Spey - #6
• Beaded Assassins
• Hoody's Hangers - #4
• Brett's Klamath Skater - #7
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The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, April 4thSacramento River - Lower: The river is actually in great shape with current flows at 4,000 CFS
Baum Lake: Nothing new to report except great fishing on Baum!
Shasta Lake: The fishing has been steadily good on the Float N' Fly rigs
The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, March 28thSacramento River - Lower: The flows from Keswick are at 4,250 CFS and will be dropped to 4,000 CFS by tomorrow
McCloud River: While it is big on the lower end, releases from Lake McCloud are a steady 250 CFS
Pit River: Pit 3 flows were bumped the second week this month and are not a stable 480 CFS
Trinity River: The river is still up with the tributaries flowing from the snow runoff and recent rains
Baum Lake: The lake continues to fish well this past week
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