This could be a decent afternoon venture with sunny skies

Hat Creek - CA (Shasta County)


by The Fly Shop
2-18-2025
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No recent reports from Hat Creek, but there is some snow on the ground in the area. We have a couple of cold nights coming up, but by this weekend the lows will be above freezing with daytime temps in the low 60s. This could be a decent afternoon venture with sunny skies. The Rainbows will be heading up into and above the Powerhouse 2 Riffle area to spawn, we like to give them some space to propagate the next generation of our friends. If you go, emerging insects will probably be smaller mayflies like Baetis and midges. Zebra Midges in #18 or 20, S&M's in #18 and other Baetis nymphs fished under a larger dry is one of the more productive methods during the late fall and winter. Rubberlegs in the deeper holes will cajole a large fish to eat. In the flats below the Powerhouse 2 Riffle, target sipping fish with the appropriately sized Adams, #18-20 would be about the largest we can recommend.

Hot Flies: 
Lance's Jigged X-May
Rubberlegs
Sweet Pea Jigged Baetis
Pheasant Tails
Mercer's Missing Link
S&M Nymph
Walt's Worm
Peaches n' Green
• BP Weiss Nymph




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