Sacramento River - Upper Fish Report for 2-18-2022
The entire river is in pretty good shape
Sacramento River - Upper - Shasta, CA (Shasta County)
by The Fly Shop
2-18-2022
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The entire river is in pretty good shape. Some large fish are in on the lower sections, with clear water you can spot them pretty easily. Watch out though, you will spook them if you drop right in on them. Mid day we are seeing some Blue Wing Olive hatches. Good flies are the #18 Zebra Midge, Sweet Pea in #16, and the #18 Olive Hotspot. Also Rubberlegs. Some of these fish are pretty aggressive, so swung and stripped Sculpin patterns are definitely a good idea now.
Upper Sacramento Flows at Delta
Hot Flies:
Dry Flies:
• D&D Cripple - March Brown
• Low Water Baetis - #18
• Adams - #12-20
• Mercer's Missing Link - Dark #14-16
• Parachute Adams - #14-18
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Mercer's Tungsten October Pupa
• Morrish October Pupa
• Skip's TB October Caddis
• CB Birds Nest - #10-14
• Red Copper John - #16-18
• Zebra Midge - #18-20
• Mercury Black Beauty
• Mercer's Glass Bead Micro May - #22
• Mercer's GB Dark Stone - #8
• Mercer's Dark Stone - #6
• Pat's Rubber Legs - Brown #6-8
• GB Birds Nest - #12-14
• Gordon's Amber Wing Prince - #12-18
• Swink's BTS
• Mercer's CB Micro Mayfly - #14-16
Streamers & Leeches:
• Sheila Sculpin
• Woolly Buggers
• Muddler Minnows - #10
More Reports
The Fly Shop Reports
for Friday, February 18th, 2022Sacramento River - Lower: The river continues to clear and releases from Keswick remain around 3,250 CFS
McCloud River: The McCloud is in good shape again for sure
Pit River: Large flows continue to be the story on the Pit
Trinity River: This has been and continues to be a banner year on the Trinity
The Fly Shop Reports
for Thursday, February 10th, 2022Hat Creek: The snow is all gone and the weather is beautiful on Hat Creek
Klamath River - Middle: The snow is all gone up around the upper Klamath and the river has some color to it
Sacramento River - Lower: The river is really shaping up for a great spring
McCloud River: The McCloud is in good shape again for sure!
Trinity River: There are still quite a few adult steelhead in the river with more heading up from the Klamath
Sacramento River - Upper: The river is in pretty good shape from the top down to Simms at least
Baum Lake: Baum Lake is in great shape and there are a ton of fish
Shasta Lake: Fishing has slowed some on the lake
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