NORTH YUBA
The flow on the North Yuba is 130 cfs with a water temperature of 46 degrees in the late morning.  The water is low and clear.  The fall color has peaked for the most part except around Bassett’s Station.
There are a few October Caddis in the late afternoon, but the [...]

Unseasonably hot days and warm nights were the order of the day for Montana this trip.  The locals felt like their summer had finally arrived.  All the heat, however, had an adverse effect on insect hatches on most of the rivers except for the Firehole which had some excellent Baetis and White Miller hatches.

The heat also [...]

The flow on the North Yuba is 120 cfs with a water temperature of 48 degrees in the late morning.  The water is clear.  Flows should not get any lower for the rest of the year, especially with the storm that is predicted for Monday of the coming week.
The October Caddis are emerging now [...]

For the dry fly-fisherman who enjoys the warm days of early summer when hatches are prominent and the fish rise steadily, winter can be a long dreary experience. Happily, the Lower Yuba River can make those winter days fly by with good fishing and plenty of hatches to keep things interesting. This is [...]