Delta & Saltwater Fly Fishing Reports

Fly Fishing Reports on the Delta & Salt!

 

 

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Surf Perch action is great in the spring around the Santa Cruz Region!

 

 

 

 

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DELTA & SALT REPORTS   Updated  06/08/09


 

Leslie Phillips inside the breakwall at Princeton Harbor.
Fighting a Jacksmelt.
 



 

 

Big schools of stripers have descended on the beaches of Monterey Bay.Beach fishing for stripers is on fire. Schools of fish are showing everywhere from Fisherman’s Wharf #2 to the Monterey Dunes. Anglers are tossing out Clousers, Sar-Mul-Macs in green and redhead/white.”

The striped bass are averaging 8 to 11 pounds, with some larger fish mixed in. The striped bass are still being caught from New Brighton to Marina.


Flies: Rusty Squirrel #6, Surf Percher Red #6, Skok's Blind Crab #6, Piconi's Prowler #6, Brite Blend Dredger #8, Micro shrimp #6, 10-40 #4, Ruffy #6, Llama Sand Crab #1, Hanley Surf Grub #10, Jay's Sand Worm #6. Hanley's Beach Ball #6, Calhoun's Surfer Special #6.











 

 

 

 

   
 

There are pre-spawn, spawn and post spawn fish available in the East Delta. As a result anglers are able to use a wide variety of flies and tactics effectively. At this time it is possible to target numbers of smaller fish or trophy caliber fish, depending on your approach.

You can throw the kitchen sink at the bass right now and catch fish. These days just about any fly will work at some point during the day, but there is no real pattern. You might get a couple fish on a Gurgler and then the bite will taper off. Next you tie on a Clouser and catch a couple fish before the that bite dies.

 

This year late rains and recent triple digit temperatures have accelerated the striper spawn and much of the spawning activity is over and the bulk of the fish seem poised to vacate the West Delta for the summer.

The striper fishing has declined steadily over the past week.The average size of the bass has dropped quite a bit. Now most of the fish we are seeing are spawned out and seem to be traveling downriver toward the bay.


Delta Striper Flies:
Blanton's Sar-Mul-Mac, 3/0, sardine and anchovy pattern; Clouser minnow, 3/0, gray and white; Lefty's Deceivers, 1/0 to 3/0,various colors; Blanton's Bay-delta Eelet, 3/0; Whitlock's eel-worm, 2 to 2/0; Whitlock's hair jigs 2 to 2/0, various colors and Whitlock's sheep-shad, 2 to 2/0

 


SAN FRANCISCO REGION
 
 
Stripers are showing in catchable numbers and some of them are husky double digit fish.


Bay Area Flies:
Blanton's Sar-Mul-Mac, 3/0, sardine and anchovy pattern; Clouser minnow, 3/0, gray and white; Lefty's Deceivers, 1/0 to 3/0,various colors; Blanton's Bay-delta Eelet, 3/0; Whitlock's eel-worm, 2 to 2/0; Whitlock's hair jigs 2 to 2/0, various colors and Whitlock's sheep-shad, 2 to 2/0
Black Bass Flies:
Subsurface: Whitlock's Hare Jig 6, Chocklett's Gummy Minnow 2, Hightower's Tre Generations 1/0, Nix's Shinabou Shiner 4, Burk's V-Worm 10, Nix's Sunfish 2, Nix's Shinabou Shad 4. Burk's Bass Flash 2, Martin's Peacock Tracer 3/0, Cowen's Coyote 1. Darter Clouser 4.
Surface: Stewart Dancing Frog 2, Whitlock Bass Hopper 4, Blados Crease Fly 3/0, Dahlberg Diving Minnow 4-1/0. Messinger's Frog 6. Dahlberg's Mega-Diver 1/0.


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