The majority of the Fall Run Chinooks have completed spawning up here in Redding with more pods getting down and digging redds as you make your way down towards Red Bluff. Fish the normal runs and you will increase your hookups. Current releases from Keswick are at 5,000 CFS and by the 10th they will be at 4,000 which is great wading flows, please please please stay off of any redds. The river is in good shape and this storm will swell the major tributaries some, below Clear, Cow, and Cottonwood Creeks you will see some significant turbidity, but it should clear up quickly and be game on again. The Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District canal will be shut down soon and the diversion boards will be removed the first week of November. Rainbows are mainly behind salmon eating eggs up top, down past Anderson you will find more fish in runs eating caddis in the afternoons. Try your egg patterns, but make sure you have all of the usual suspects like Bird's Nests, Cinnamon Poopahs, Olive Hotspots, Weiss Nymphs, & Rubberlegs continue to be the top producing flies. Dry-dropper in the shallower sections will net quite a few fish.

To get a day on the books with one of our guides this spring, give Bryan a call in Outfitters at 800-669-3474

The Fly Shop does not offer a shuttle service. Kim at Sac River Shuttle can get your shuttle done seven days a week. You can reach her at (530) 782-9090

Access To the Lower Sacramento
The Lower Sacramento has many publicly accessible areas with good wading opportunities when the flows are below 7,500 CFS. Stop by the shop and we'd be happy to point you in the right direction.

Fishing Large Rivers Can be Frustrating
There are many great places you can get in and wade this blue ribbon tail water. Having said that, the absolute best method to fish the Sac is from a drift boat. Aside from being able to access all of the water, you can fish the long runs on a dead, perfect drift which is deadly on these legendary wild rainbows. And who would be a better oarsman than one of our Professional Guides? They know every nook and cranny of the river, what insects are and will be hatching, and the setups and methods that will get you onto the fish of a lifetime.

Recommended Equipment & Setups
Most of our fishing, whether from a drift boat, or wading when the releases are low enough, is done dead drifting nymphs. The Fly Shop's Signature Indicator Rod is nine and a half feet of indicator nymph fishing perfection designed by our professional staff right here on the Lower Sac. Teamed up with a 6 or 7 weight Scientific Anglers Amplitude Anadro Floating Fly Line or a Rio Intouch Xtreme Indicator Fly Line it will put a center pin rig to shame.

Hot Flies: 

Dry Flies:
• Mercer's Missing Link, Dark
• Spotlight Caddis Emerger - Spotlight Caddis Emerger
• Comparadun - BWO, PMD

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Jigged Birds Nest - Natural, Hot Spot #14-16
• Fox's Poopah - #12-14
• Bubbleback Caddis, - Amber #14
• Olive Hot Spot, - #18
• Weiss Nymph, -
• Peaches n' Green, -
• Peaches n' Cream, -
• Ginger Snap, -
• Pat's Rubber Legs - #4-8

Eggs:
• Micro Spawn - Peachy King, Shrimp Pink
• Boles Bazookas - Shrimp Pink, Peachy King