McCloud

The McCloud has had a strong start to the season. Opening weekend through now has been productive using a variety of methods. There are plenty of cookie cutter sized rainbows around, along with a few big browns being found. Nymphing with size 14 and 16 mayflies or large stoneflies is productive throughout the day. Mid-day can produce some solid PMD hatches, making throwing the dry fly around well worth the effort. As we transition into consistently warmer temperatures, expect the fish to start looking for stoneflies on the surface. Water clarity has remained good, with the exception of a couple days after a large spring storm. The number of anglers on the river is starting to ramp up slightly, but finding a stretch of water to yourself is still very doable so long as you are willing to go for a walk. With the road now accessible to Ash camp, it should be easy for anglers to spread out more easily.

Upper Sacramento

The Upper Sac has remained mostly too high to really get in there and fish. As of today, it is at 1600 CFS and dropping. Looking up into the Eddy mountains – there doesn’t seem to be too much snow left to melt off. I imagine the upper reaches of the river will be fishing very well within the next couple of weeks.

Cheers,

Riley Renick

Wild Waters Fly Fishing