Lewiston Lake Fish Report - Lewiston, CA (Trinity County)

Lewiston is a great lake to fish especially when the Callibaetis and/or Carpenter Ants are around

Lewiston Lake - Lewiston, CA (Trinity County)

by The Fly Shop
6-16-2013
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Current Lake Conditions: What a great fishery this lake is. Good cold water keeps these fish feisty and hungry. Callibaetis hatches are still occurring. On some days, the carpenter Ants can be found stuck in the surface and guess who is eating them?

Go check the fishing out on Lewiston. There are some seriously big rainbows here. Some go well over 22". Expect good fishing almost any day of the week!

The Fly Shop's?? Tips: A productive technique is suspending #22 red zebra midges or Gidgets under a treated piece of poly yarn. A single BB shot will get the flies down deep. About 7-8 feet. When using indicators, the takes can be difficult to see and detect. Successful indicator anglers keep the flies in the water, sometimes letting the drift extend all the way to the backing, then low and slow retrieve. Sink tip fly lines allow anglers to retrieve leeches, buggers and small nymphs fast or slow. This lake is best fished from a motorized boat, pram or pontoon boat. Float tubes are fine if you are okay with walking back up to the parking lot after the slow current of Lewiston pushes you south of the boat ramp.

Suggested Fly Patterns:

Dry Flies:
• Parachute Adams - #14
• Hackle Stackers - BWO #18
• Parachute Adams - #14-18
• Fox's Scum Dun #14
• Mayfly Cripples
• Mercer's Poxyback Callibaetis Emerger

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• CB Frostbites - #18
• Sparkle Scuds #14-16
• Pseudo Mays in brown and/or olive - #16-18
• Lightnin's Biot Baetis #16-18
• Tobinator - Rust #16
• Ultra Scuds #16
• Sparkle Scuds
• Serendipity - #20
• Chromies - #18-20
• Mercer's Micro May - Black #18
• BH Pheasant Tail Nymph #16-18
• Pheasant Tail Nymph #14-16
• Sparkle Scuds - #14-16
• Zebra Midges - #18-20
• Mercer's Gidgets

Streamers/Leeches: • Translucent Wiggle Tail
• Woolly Bugger (Any)
• Zack's Swimming Leech - #8
• Zack's Damseleech - Orange/Olive

Fly Fishing Gear:
• Outcast?? Fish Cat 9-IR
• Simms?? Freestone Stocking-foot Waders
• Patagonia's?? Riverwalker Rubber Sole Boot
• Dinsmore Removable Egg Shape Shot
• Fishpond?? Swift Current Thermometer

More Reports

The Fly Shop Reports

for Sunday, June 16th, 2013

Fall River: Hex hatch is on and fly fishing on Fall River has been great!
Hat Creek: Fishing great! It's Golden Stone time on Hat Creek!
Klamath River - Upper - CA: It's a good time to fish the Klamath, the Salmon flies are out
Sacramento River: Lower Sac flows are up to 14,900 CFS, fishing reports have been mixed
McCloud River: The McCloud is still crowded but the dry fly fishing is good
Pit River: The Pit is fishing great!!
Trinity River: Not a great report for the Trinity, it has been fishing fair to good
Baum Lake: The fishing is good at Baum Lake in the AM or late afternoon hours
Iron Canyon Reservoir: Look for rainbows cruising the shallows in the AM & late afternoon/early evening at Iron Canyon
Keswick Reservoir: It was a little rough this week at Keswick Reservoir, fishing suffers when water volume increases
McCumber Reservoir: You can almost always find a few rainbows on a fly rod at McCumber Reservoir

The Fly Shop Reports

for Sunday, June 9th, 2013

Fall River: Hex's are coming off way down Fall River & there are good reports all day!
Hat Creek: Right now is prime time on Hat Creek!
Klamath River - Upper - CA: Salmon Flies are out & fishing is good on the Klamath River! This hatch does not last long, Go Now!
Sacramento River: The flows are up on the Lower Sac making the fishing tougher, but the flows should drop soon
McCloud River: Fishing is still great on the McCloud. The Golden Stones are happening