Hat Creek Fish Report for 3-18-2025
If you want to fish a stream this weekend, this would be a good choice
Hat Creek - CA (Shasta County)

by The Fly Shop
3-18-2025
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If you want to fish a stream this weekend, this would be a good choice. With the lengthening days, keep your eyes peeled for sunny skies and south winds and this will kick off some good hatches. The Rainbows are spawning in the riffle areas, please give them space to do their thing. Primary emerging insects will probably continue with 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. We'll have some giant Caddis and Stonefly hatches soon. 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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The Fly Shop Reports
for Wednesday, March 5th
Hat Creek: Current intel is the creek is running clear and maybe a little low
Pit River: Big flows continue throughout the system
Trinity River: The releases on the Trinity continue at 3,500 CFS and we have not heard when they plan to drop them
Sacramento River - Upper: While it has dropped somewhat, the flows at the lake are still around 1,600 CFS
Baum Lake: Still some great days are being had on the lake with too many fish to count
Shasta Lake: This lake is fishing super well
McCloud Reservoir: Recent reports are that this can be a good place to go
Pyramid Lake: The fishing continues to be solid at the salty pond

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