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The Pit River was the site of several military expeditions against local
Indian Tribes during the 1850's, each known as the Pit River Expedition.
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The McCloud once hosted a native population of Dolly Varden or Bull trout,
but the species became extinct in the McCloud watershed after McCloud Reservoir
cut off the fish from their spawning grounds. The last reported Dolly was caught
in the 80s.
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Upper Sacramento River:
The Upper Sac is fishable from Box Canyon down to the lake.
The further upstream, there are typically more fish but
smaller fish, while the closer to the lake you get the less
fish but the bigger they are. The fishing has been good in
the early morning and late evening, though midday with the
sun on the water has been slow. There are lots of midges
(blacks and olives) all over the rocks, and some good caddis
hatches and tiny mayflies after 7:30 pm. The most productive
fishing has been nymphing from daybreak to about 2:00 pm,
more nymphing from 5:00 to 7:30, and some dry fly action
after that. There are lots of fish rising right before dark,
but they're being particular, so matching the hatch is
important. Most fish seem to be keying in on small dark
caddis. For nymphs, brown micro mayflies, prince nymphs, and
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Anderson's Crosswire BOP #14 Red, Green,
Copper
Fox Radical Caddis Green #14-18, Brown
#14-18
Anderson's BOP #12-16 Olive, #14-16 Tan,
#12 & 16 Brown
Oswalds Rock
Roller #12
Anderson's BOP Emerger #14 Olive & Tan
Elk Hair Caddis #14-18 Brown, #12-18 Olive
Chocklett's Gummy Stone #6 Gold
Mercer's Biot Epoxy Golden Stone #10
Quigley's Hackle Stacker Golden Stone #10
Wilcox Minute Midge #24
Kingrey's Ice Nymph #20 |
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GEAR-TECH NOTES
High stick tight line or Czech nymphing techniques with
flies on
the bottom are the ticket this time of year. Bottom rolling cased
caddis during the early season is often a ticket
to a successful day on the river. Hitting areas
like LaMoine or McCardle flats is a plus...the
channel spreads out in these areas so the high
flows aren't as bad. Ney Springs is also a nice
area to target for early season fishing on the
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Pit River:
Caddis pupa in shades of brown seem to be the ticket
currently, though rubber legs are also picking up fish. This
is still a good bet for hardy fishermen in pursuit of wild
rainbows in the 10 to 20 inch class.
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McCLOUD RIVER:
Mud Creek blew out from
glacial runoff, which is putting a some color into the
Lower McCloud. The river was fishing great before this,
and the most recent reports since the color came in have
also been good. There's a couple feet of visibility, so
although conditions look tough, the off-color water
actually makes the fish less-wary and sometimes easier to
catch. We saw the same conditions last summer and the
river fished well in spite of the off-color water; so far,
we're seeing the same this year!
The upper McCloud is fishing great for smaller rainbows
and browns, with lots of dry fly opportunities on big
attractors (yellow humpies, royal wulffs, stimulators) and
caddis patterns.
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FALL RIVER
Fair to Good. The Hex Hatch is over,
but the fishing from morning through early afternoon
has been good. The main hatches right now are the
Attenella Margarita, or little blue-winged olive,
and the Tricos. The dry fly action hasn't been
consistent, but it has been there sporadically,
while nymphing under indicators and swinging nymphs
on intermediate lines has been productive
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HAT CREEK
The wild trout
section of Hat Creek is yielding fair hatches of caddis,
callibaetis. Nymph fishermen are doing best with birds
nest and copper john's in red or green. There could be
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Hits since 02/02/08
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