Fishing Articles

Sorry about last week for no report but I was up in Idaho checking things out for fishing. Lots of places to fish is all I can say. I was in the The rains, what little the were, helped the firefighters and slowed the fires progress down. In fact, it helped the firefighters gain control over some of them. The good...
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While the majority of attention is focused on salmon fishing on the Sacramento River, a good number of anglers are enjoying outstanding trout fishing in the Redding and Anderson area.  Most fly anglers are using an indicator with a salmon egg imitating bead followed by a caddis and small mayfly imitations.  Some guides are doubling down using two beads with...
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Dry summers are a hallmark of Mediterranean climates, and animals in such regions have adapted to tolerate and even take advantage of this seasonal pattern. However, from California to South Africa to Australia, climate change is leading to more frequent drought in these already dry areas. Although climatological data make it possible to predict changing patterns in drought occurrence, predicting the resulting impacts on aquatic...
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Lake Sabrina Boat Landing has come to the difficult decision to close for the season. With the hot and very dry weather, we don’t foresee the Forest Service opening the forest next week and that would be just about when we would be closing. We are also still getting a lot of smoke up at the Lake – doesn’t make...
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Topline hot orange trolling fly 12-35ft of water. Eagle Lake Trout x4 outta 8 tags. Tags on Tui chub but orange was the producer. Water column temp 64.7F on the surface 64.4 on the bottom at 60ft. Visibility about 40”. ...
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Just in time for the Fall colors. The US Forest Service is opening back up the Inyo National Forest on Friday, September 25, 2020. We’re hoping the breezes cooperate and keep the smoke away – all depends on the direction. The weather, when we haven’t had smoke, has been beautiful and the leaves are changing to a very pretty yellow,...
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