Water Conditions: Opening Day is April 28, and we're expecting a good opener this year!

Fishing Conditions & Hatches: WILD TROUT SECTION (Lake Britton upstream to PowerHouse 2)

Flies: NYMPHS -- * Iron Sally #16 * BS or HBI nymph #16-20 * All versions of PT nymphs #16-20 * Micro-Mayfly Nymph olive-brown #16-18 * Zebra Midgeling #18-20 * San Juan Worm #14-18 * Harrops Last Chance Cripple PMD #18 * Prince #14-18 * WD-Brassie Red,Olive,Brn. #18-20 * Z-Wing grn. #18 * Fox Poopah tan/grn #18 * DRIES--- PMD Silouette Dun #18 Tilt wing dun, PMD and Baetis 18,20 * Parachute Adams #16-22 * Elk Hair Caddis #16-18 * Profile Rusty Spinner #18 * Profile Trico Spinner * Ethawing Trico #20 *Quigley's Micro Caddis *Quigley's Spider Midge *Asst. PMD and BWO cripples and emergers from #16 - 22 -- you can't have too many different dries for Hat Creek fish !!

The Fly Shop's Tips: Keep in mind - you can never have enough flies for fishing Hat Creek. These fish are finicky ! Nymphs at Powerhouse Riffle and in the lower section near Lake Britton will usually produce more than dries in the flats, but the reward of tricking some of these PhD trout is well-worth the effort. Use long, delicate leaders, downstream presentations with good mends are a must. Please don't wade through the weedbeds in the slower-moving stretches of Hat Creek, this destroys the habitat, and doesn't help your fishing odds AT ALL. Stay on the banks in carbon flats.