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The Pit River was the site of several military expeditions against local
Indian Tribes during the 1850's, each known as the Pit River Expedition.
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The McCloud once hosted a native population of Dolly Varden or Bull trout,
but the species became extinct in the McCloud watershed after McCloud Reservoir
cut off the fish from their spawning grounds. The last reported Dolly was caught
in the 80s.
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Upper Sacramento River:
Water Level 1500 CFS and dropping.
Water clarity is normal
Water Temp warming up are in the mid 40's to lower 50's.
Some BWO's, Callibaetis, Little Yellow Sallies, Salmonflies,
Mahogany Duns are hatching.
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The big question this time of the year is when will the snow
melt end? Watch the gauge at delta carefully, When the gauge
starts showing a steady downward trend in the water levels
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Anderson's Crosswire BOP #14 Red, Green,
Copper
Fox Radical Caddis Green #14-18, Brown
#14-18
Anderson's BOP #12-16 Olive, #14-16 Tan,
#12 & 16 Brown
Oswalds Rock
Roller #12
Anderson's BOP Emerger #14 Olive & Tan
Elk Hair Caddis #14-18 Brown, #12-18 Olive
Chocklett's Gummy Stone #6 Gold
Mercer's Biot Epoxy Golden Stone #10
Quigley's Hackle Stacker Golden Stone #10
Wilcox Minute Midge #24
Kingrey's Ice Nymph #20 |
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GEAR-TECH NOTES
High stick tight line or Czech nymphing techniques with
flies on
the bottom are the ticket this time of year. Bottom rolling cased
caddis during the early season is often a ticket
to a successful day on the river. Hitting areas
like LaMoine or McCardle flats is a plus...the
channel spreads out in these areas so the high
flows aren't as bad. Ney Springs is also a nice
area to target for early season fishing on the
Upper Sac. |
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Pit River:
Excellent! Flows are slightly up but very fishable and
in good condition on Pit 3, 4 and 5, and the fishing has been
good on all three. The stoneflies are moving around on the
bottom and starting to fly around, and there have been some
good caddis hatches on some afternoons as well as several
different mayflies, including March Browns and Pale Evening
Duns, hatching in the afternoons. Nymphing has been most
productive, but if a hatch occurs dry flies work well, too.
As the weather continues to warm, the dry fly fishing should
continue to improve over the next few weeks.
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McCLOUD RIVER:
The river is BLOWN OUT, but should be
fishable again before the weekend, as flows are supposed
to drop back down by May 15...
IMPORTANT: PG&E is has scheduled flow increases that will
blow the river out starting on May 5 and ending on May 15. |
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FALL RIVER
The Fall has been fishing fair to
poor, with little to no insect activity. The water
has been cold and a little off-color, with not much
weed growth yet. With not many bugs hatching, the
best success has been on small leeches on sinking
lines.
That said, it's looking like the PMD Spinnerfall
hatch is getting ready to start popping any day now.
The birds have been looking for bugs, and everything
is warming up nicely in the Fall River Valley.
Anglers on the Fall should expect good to great
fishing to start very soon, with the first sign of
insect activity. |
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HAT CREEK
Water Conditions: Good! Hat
Creek is fishing well, with fish eating stonefly and
mayfly nymphs readily in the fastwater sections. Little
Yellow Stones have been working to bring fish to the
surface in the riffles. Carbon Flats, of course, is always
a chess-game: fish there have been rising in the evenings
to small mayflies and micro caddis.
The salmonflies are just now starting to move on the
bottom, and should start emerging any day now. |
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Hits since 02/02/08
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