Lake Fly Fishing Reports

Lake Davis is open year round to fishing. Last month, DFG planted 31,200 Eagle Lake trout, ranging in size from one-half pound to more than three pounds, from its American River Hatchery into Lake Davis and additional plantings of nearly 1 million trout are planned later this year.

Trout spawning occurs March through May in Sutcliffe. Cui-ui spawning occurs April through June in the Truckee River via the fish ladder at Marble Bluff Dam.

BAUM Lake:

Fishing at Baum Lake is on. Concentrate your efforts around the inflow from Crystal Lake.  Use an intermediate line to get your fly to the proper depth.  As for flies, fish #8 olive or black  Crystal Buggers, #10 olive or gray Rickards' AP Emerger, or a #10 Sheep Creek Special.  Consider using Byng's Damselfly nymphs.  If you choose to fish a floating line with an indicator, try using Rojo Midges, red Zebra Midges, or red Disco Midges.  With the warmer weather look for Calibaetis action to pick up.  Try using a #14 Quigley Cripple.

BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR

Bridgeport Reservoir continues to fish well.  Work the shorelines hard.  Try using Crystal Buggers and Hale Bop Leeches with an intermediate sink line.  Don't forget to bring the Calibaetis mayflies.

LAKE DAVIS

Get your float tube out.  Lake Davis is starting to happen.  Bring your favorite stillwater flies.  Try fishing at Honker Cove stripping in Crystal Buggers or Sheep Creek Specials.  FFS just got word from guide, Bill Forward, that trout are starting to key in on damsels.  We suggest that you try Byng's Davis Damsel.

MANZANITA

Manzanita is fishing very well.  The Calibaetis action is on.  Try using a #14 Quigley Cripple.  Damselfly action is just starting.  Try a Byng's Damsel.

FULLER LAKE

The road to the boat ramp will be temporarily closed on July 19 to 23.  The dirt road will be worked on.  Fuller is fishing fair.  There is no flow coming in from the creek which is keeping the water temperature around 70 degrees.  Concentrate going deep throughout the day.  If you strip Crystal Buggers or Sheep Creek Specials with an intermediate line in most of the lake or a type 3 line deep, you will get fish.  Deep water nymph fishers are doing well with their favorite chironomid patterns.  Try using a a red #18 Garcia's Rojo Midge or a blue #20 Kingrey's Ice Nymph.  In the two three hours of daylight, strip a #14 gray soft hackle with a dry line.  The trout are taking them as emerging Calibaetis. 

For 2010, the day use fee is $7.00.  That's a small price to pay for some great fishing with clean facilties.

MILTON RESERVIOR

The road to Milton is now open!  Milton is being Milton.  Fish are being selective for small mayflies and midges.  Look for Callibaetis hatches throughout the day.  Dennis was there on 7/11.  His hot fly was a gray hen soft hackle tied on a #20 Partridge Klinkhammer hook.  Make sure to go long and fine on your leaders.  Best time to fish is in the early morning and the last hour and a half in the evening.