Current Lake Conditions: Fishing continues to be good this week thanks to good weather and great water conditions. We keep hearing about good numbers of hook ups and just plain-old-good-fishing. January is always a stand-out time to fish Baum. Anglers fishing #18 red copper johns, #18-20 black zebra midges and #20 WD-40s and basically any small midge pattern have been doing well. Good dry fly fishing has been occurring on cloudy days.

Suspending nymphs under an indicator and drifting them in the slow current gets the hook-ups! No reason a midge attached to a leader and floating line won't work. Consider building your own leader. Bring a pontoon boat or float tube. Enjoy!

The Fly Shop's?? Tips: Fish midges all day! Look for occasional hatches of BWOs and PMDs that produce surface feeding and dry fly opportunities. Stripping and retrieving Leeches on intermediate sinking lines is a great tactic as is suspending #22 black Zebra Midges or Mercer's Gidget under a small indicator. Try a black A.P. on a slow retrieve. There are a lot of scuds in Baum Lake, making various scud patterns an obvious choice.

Baum Lake is an ideal fishing destination for pontoon boats, float tubes and small prams.

Fishing an Intermediate sinking line with a small PT nymph can produce a bent fly rod. The key is SLOW strips! Nothing in Baum Lake is moving fast. Use lighter, longer leaders. Delicate dry-fly presentations will produce more strikes.

Road Conditions:
Expect icy road conditions this Sunday, January 6th, on Hatchet Mountain, HWY 299, west of Burney, CA. Call 1-800.427.7623 for up to date Northern California Road Conditions. Here's a link to Cal-Trans Road Conditions: Click Here.

Suggested Fly Patterns:

Dry Flies:
• Adams - #18-20
• Almost Dun BWO
• Harrop's Last Chance Baetis
• Tilt Wing Dun - Mahogany #18
• Griffith's Gnat
• Mercer's Missing Link - #14-18
• Light Cahill - #18

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Red Copper John - #14-18
• Ultra Scuds
• Sparkle Scud
• BH Half-Flashback PT - #14-20
• Black A.P. #14-16
• Beaded Zebra Midge - #18-20
• Mercer's Gidget
• WD-40
• Micro Mays - Red #16-18
• Olive Pheasant Tail Nymph #18
• Zebra Midge - #16-20
• Chromie - #18

Streamers/Leeches:
• Jay Fair's Wiggle Tails - #10
• Beaded Micro Buggers - #12
• Zack's Swimming Leech Black or Olive
• Zack's Damseleech - #14
• Double Bunny - #2

Fly Fishing Gear:
• Outcast?? Fish Cat 9-IR
• Scott?? G2 Series Fly Rod 4-5wt
• Sun Day Afternoons Hat