Fall River Fish Report - Fall River Mills, CA (Shasta County)

Good numbers of fish are in the upper reaches in and around the Spring Creek bridge and Zug Bug

Fall River - Fall River Mills, CA (Shasta County)

by The Fly Shop
5-6-2025
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Good numbers of fish are in the upper reaches in and around the Spring Creek bridge and Zug Bug. 'They are eating everything we're thowing at 'em.' Some early PMDs are coming off and on cloudy-rainy days you will have Green Drakes hatching. Fish will eat streamers and Balanced Leeches. Good flies for the PMDs are the PMD Challenged in #14and the CDC Biot Spinner in #18. There are a ton of good Green Drake flies, the main thing is to put one in front of the fish. This spring should be a banger, if you would like to get on the calendar with one of or Fall River guides, give a call Bryan in Outfitters at 800-669-3474 to set up a trip!

Hot Flies:
• Lance's Jigged X-May
• Weiss BP Nymph
• Norman's Wiggletails
• Pheasant Tails
• Mercer's Missing Link
• Zug Bugs
• Zack's Stillwater Swimming Leeches

More Reports

The Fly Shop Reports

for Wednesday, April 30th

Fall River: Good numbers of fish are in the upper reaches in and around the Spring Creek bridge and Zug Bug
Hat Creek: Overall the Powerhouse 2 Riffle is fishing well
Sacramento River - Lower: The BoR has raised the river to 11,000 CFS yesterday
McCloud River: Flows from Lake McCloud are 218 CFS and 305 CFS through Ah-Di-Na which has it dropping into shape nicely
Sacramento River - Upper: The spring snow melt is happening and will be bumping the flows daily
Baum Lake: Some Callibaetis are beginning to come off and Damsels and Dragonflies are as well
Shasta Lake: Spots, Smallies and some Crappie are hitting the net consistently on Shasta

The Fly Shop Reports

for Thursday, April 24th

Sacramento River - Lower: The bump in flows is over and the river is now a steady 6,000 CFS
McCloud River: The river is looking good on the low end at the lake, although still a little high
Pit River: Big flows continue throughout the system
Sacramento River - Upper: We're keeping an eye on it, the river is dropping, but still high at 2,200 CFS
Baum Lake: Some Callibaetis are beginning to come off and Damsels and Dragonflies are as well
Shasta Lake: Spots, Smallies and some Crappie are hitting the net consistently on Shasta
Manzanita Lake: The lake is ice free and you can get in to fish it