The flow on the North Yuba is 187 cfs at Goodyear’s Bar as of July 19, 2009. The flow is dropping slowly now and the water is clear.  Water temperature in the late afternoon above Sierra City is in the low sixties.  The continued hot weather, with the temperatures hovering around 100, has increased the water temperatures rapidly.  The best fishing is early and late in the day as any hatches need cooler temperatures.

The action on the main river has been good for smaller fish (7 to 9 inches) but the larger fish have been hard to find.  We fished the lower end of Haypress Creek this week below the campground.  The water temperature was a few degrees colder than the main river and the fishing was good for fish up to 9 inches.

I am getting concerned with the water temperatures, as I have never seen the river this warm this early in the summer.  The hatches are very sparse right now but generic attractors are working

Tiger Lily

FLIES:

NYMPHS:  Green Rock-worm #12, Turkey Bead-Head #12-#16, Golden Stone Nymph #8-#12, B/H Prince #14-#16, Copper John #12-#16,Green Glass Bead Caddis #12-#16, B/H Hare’s Ear #12-#16, FBB/H Pheasant Tail #14-#16, Biot B/H #14-16

DRIES:  Gold or Brown Stimulator #10-12, Parachute Adam’s #14-#16, Elk Hair Caddis (olive, tan, brown and black) #12-14, Flying Ant #12-3x long, E/C caddis #12-#16 in tan and olive, parachute ant #12-#14, beetle patterns, Little Yellow Stones #16-#18

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