Eel River (main stem) "The main stem was just starting to come into real good shape, but with the rain we’ve had to our south, we’re back to square one," said Paul Grundman of Rio Dell’s Grundmans Sporting Goods. As of Wednesday, flows were above 28,000 cfs on the Scotia gauge. Eel River (South Fork) The South Fork blew out on Monday and...
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The Smith is in excellent shape and there’s plenty of fish around reports guide Mike Coopman. "It looks like the river will fish through the weekend. There’s some rain in the forecast, but no enough to hurt anything. Right now, the river is loaded with fish from the top to the bottom and the boats are really doing well," Coopman...
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The water color on the Chetco is beautiful reports guide Alan Borges of Alan’s Guide Service. He said, "The color is perfect, but the flows were a little high on Wednesday. The few boats on the water all landed a couple, but I thought it would fish better. It’s possible the extra water moved the fish around a bit. The...
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The Sacramento River in the Redding area has also been producing very nice native rainbows for fly anglers in between storms. Rubber legs and Flashback Pheasant tails have been doing well under an indicator. Waders and bank anglers have also been picking up rainbows swinging flies. River conditions are often great in even a day or two after a rain...
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Baum Lake is another great option for brown trout. While cold temperatures and some snow have kept many away I have reports of outstanding fishing for some that have braved the weather and enjoyed some excellent fishing tossing Kastmaster spoons and Panther Martin Spinners. Baum is an excellent winter fishery for big browns.