http://www.wildtrout.com A fly fishing guide service Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:22:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en LOWER YUBA River flows are 920cfs, water is clear with temperatures in the low fifties.  A few minor hatches of stoneflies, BWO’s and caddis are sporadically occurring.  I would rate the fishing as fair. Surprisingly, the dry fly action is good.  What few hatches there are, have the fish looking up.  We have been using #14 ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/12/14/news-10/ To paraphrase Thomas Wolfe “you can never go home again”.  Pat and I recently traveled back to New England to visit my old home town of Alstead, New Hampshire and do a little fishing in the storied waters of the Catskills “the birthplace of American fly fishing”. [caption id="attachment_342" align="alignleft" width="300" ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/10/27/news-9/ On the first of October, the Gold Country Fly Fishers had an outing on the North Yuba led by yours truly.  There was a total of seven of us; a nice sized group that didn’t require trying to spread everybody over miles of river.  Due to the higher than ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/10/02/news-8/ Flows on the North Yuba have held fairly consistently at a little over 200 cfs for the past few weeks.  That flow is approximately the normal flow at the beginning of August during the last few years.  The water is cool, in the mid-fifties, and clear.  Fly fishing has been ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/09/04/news-7/ [caption id="attachment_326" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Pat fishing Trout Run in Minnesota"][/caption] Pat and I recently returned from a combination family and fishing trip in Wisconsin and Minnesota.  Sure took care of the problem of California’s high water!  We fished a few of the streams in the “Driftless Country” again as we did ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/07/02/news-6/ [caption id="attachment_317" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Eye Shot"][/caption] The last couple of weeks have been busy what with fishing and photography.  Last weekend, I took a three day photography workshop, sponsored by Blue Fountain Farms, given by Gregg Albracht from Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Gregg is known for his horse photography.  We visited several ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/05/14/news-5/ It has been awhile since I updated the blog but with the snow, rain and cold, the fishing has been poor to say the least.  Right now, the Lower Yuba is flowing over 8000cfs and the North Yuba is over 2700cfs.  Neither one is conducive to fly fishing.  At ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/04/26/news-4/ As I sit here tonight (2/17/11), the temperature is 31 degrees, there is two inches of snow on the ground and the Lower Yuba has gone from 2000cfs to over 4000cfs, which includes a huge amount from Deer Creek.  Not a whole lot of fishing going on right now! I ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/02/17/news-3/ The flows on the Lower Yuba will be lowered starting January 31st.  On the 31st starting at 8:00 am, the flow will be reduced 400 cfs and again on February 7th at 8:00 AM, the flow will be lowered another 400 cfs bringing the river down to 2200 cfs.  ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/01/28/lower-yuba-5/ [caption id="attachment_289" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rainbow-Lower Yuba"][/caption] With the warmer weather the Lower Yuba is beginning to fish better with a few Skwala stoneflies beginning to emerge.  Current flows are 3000 cfs with the visibility improving to two feet with a nice greenish tinge.  You should look for fish along the slower ... http://www.wildtrout.com/2011/01/15/lower-yuba-4/