Other Rivers, Streams and Lakes

timmosazz · timmosazz

I will be heading up to lake Almanor at the end of July and Would like some tips on fly fishing the lake and streams feading it. I also will be fishing with my two daughters and wife, who are going to try fly fishing for the first time. I have been fly fishing for years and can put the time in and find what is work...

shon42073 · shon42073

Last weekend when I was fishing the middle stanislaus river I hiked and rock climbed my butt off and got into some pretty remote parts of the river and was catching ALOT of small rainbows around 8 inchers. One particular fish I got that day looked very different from the others, First it was only about 7 i...

Matt R · Matt R

Hit the truckee last w/e and did?well. caught 13 fish in 2 days. not even long days. got a birthday brown on friday around 20"?and a rainbow around 20" the next day. lost 2 other rainbows that were even bigger?that put up brutal victorious fights.? Fishing is good everywhere on the river rig...

shon42073 · shon42073

Just made it back from a 5 day trip to the middle fork stanislaus and the fishing was excellent, pretty consitent action everyday for 6 to 12 inch rainbows and browns, I got one brown that was pushing 18 inches and the other is 14 inches, pics. are below. Please dont give me crap for keepin a few fish, this r...

rich · rich

Howdy from Texas guys, Rich reporting in. Texas is tough on a fly rod. I've managed to break two Sages bass fishing here. I'm tossing some really big poppers and keep hitting my rod. Biggest is about 9 lbs. I managed to land a 5 month job in Fairbanks Alaska though . If anyone is headed up that way look me up....

Resolute · Resolute

Hello Fellow Outdoorsmen, I was hoping to take my daughter out backpacking and fishing for 3-4 days.? She is almost 5 and is excited to go.? Do any of you know of any fairly easy hikes to go on where the fishing would be easier for her (and for me)?? We'd like to camp out a few days. Any help would be appreciat...

shon42073 · shon42073

Spent three days camping and fishing the silver fork american river this past weekend. Fishing was ok, They just planted so I caught a ton of em on pretty much anything I threw, Took about 20 mins. to get a limit for the barbacue. After that I fugured it was time to get away from the easy access areas and sta...

Otter · Otter

Did some quick fishing while working around Reno and Tahoe this weekend.? Stopped off at the Floristan exit on my way to Reno?to see if I could catch a fish or two.? Landed two small fish on caddis dries.? I had rises from big fish on various other flies but couldn't seem to hook them.? Went to Milton Lake o...

chemdoc · chemdoc

I'm taking my son to Sonoma State for an orientation day tomorrow and have a few hours to kill.? The Russian River is not far from there and I was wondering if there is anything happening there this time of year, and where one might go for a few hours.? Any advice would be appreciated.? Thanks. Phil

Eric · Eric

Went up and visited a friend whose family has some property in Nevada City.? Got away for a bit of fishing on the M and N Forks of the Yuba.? Not great, but not bad.? River was in decent condition but probably what it looks like in July typically rather than end of May.? Will probably be pretty ugly come late...

chemdoc · chemdoc

Hey guys, My friend Andan and I headed up to the Upper Sac Thursday afternoon and fished the evening and all day Friday.? This was my third trip to the river and the most time I have spent there, and it was definitely time well spent.? The flows are perfect at around 300 cfs and the water temps around 50 degr...

shon42073 · shon42073

Just got back from a trip fishing the east, west and little walker rivers. 5 hour drive each way ! fishing was decent, the east walker below bridgeport resavoir is pretty much everything you could possibly want in a river, its awesome, and lots of bugs, i only laned 2 wild browns about 16 inches on elk har...

Patrick · Patrick

I got back from Plumas county the other day and the water level on the MFF is dropping pretty fast due to the lack of a significant snowback this year. Conditions now are similar to those in July of last year. The forrest service is really concerned about fires this year and are proposing the closure of ma...

shon42073 · shon42073

Headed up to kennedy meadows near sonora pass for the weekend. When I saw the river my heart sank, It was high and muddy, Basically unfishable, Maybe with bait a few fish may have been caught. I headed a few miles down road to the clark fork river and it was a little better but still to high and muddy. I lucke...

Otter · Otter

Fished the Upper Sac last week.? The fishing was good.? The fish were hitting Caddis dries in the evening and a variety of nymphs during the day.? The best fishing was above Conant and Sims.? If you take a hike the fishing gets better the farther you hike.? The best fly was a new fly I picked up at The Fly Sho...

Eric · Eric

Drove up to the M Fork Stan just for the day.? Very disappointing.? River did not look too bad, but I guess it is just a little too high, not quite that clear enough, and too cold.? Did a lot of work for just a few smallies. Lots of bait guys around the campsites, they did not seem to be having any luck either.?...

Eric · Eric

Hi All, Plan on doing a quick day trip from the Bay up to either the Yuba or the North or Middle Fork of the Stanislaus this weekend.? Haven't been up yet curious to hear which one is fishing better.? It seems the Stanislaus is still blown out but improving from what I hear?? All things being equal, I enjoy t...

shon42073 · shon42073

Planned to head to the middle fork stan. friday morning but it snowed overnight and chains were required around Long barn, Very lucky I checked the weather and road conditions 5 mins. before heading out. Last minute change, So I headed to the Upper sac. for the first time. Fishing was tough, 3 fulll day...

shon42073 · shon42073

Later this week I plan to head to the upper portion of the middle fork stanislaus river and camp for a few days, Was curious if anyone has ever fished or camped in that area and if so any campground recomendations, I would like good access to the river, I plan to stay in one of the camps between wagner and ken...

101fish · 101fish

Fished sunday...through the crowds and drunkards.? It was fun till about 11 or so.? Landed about 20 i think, spotted and smallies.? Biggest spotted was about 1.5lb and biggest smallie landed was 3lb.? Lost one that looked about 2X that, it was a monster.? Hot flies: silver popper, till about 1030; ol...

shon42073 · shon42073

Well the trout opener is upon us, So I'm curious were you all plan to hit next weekend. I'm hoping to make it up to one of my most favorite rivers, the good ol middle fork stanislaus, not sure what part of the river i plan to hit yet. Gonna be good early in the year since theres very little snow melt runoff. But...

shon42073 · shon42073

Has anyone tried salmon yet ? Talked to a few dackhands on party boats and been checking reports and its lookin pretty bad, last year was horrible. I beleive this is a direct reflection of this states water and fisheries mismanagment. So I blame all he empty suites in sacramento for this. Wont be long be...

ChucktheDuck · ChucktheDuck

Hey guys I am fishing the lower Yuba this weekend and I was wondering if any of you have any tips or have been out there recently.? I haveread some articles about it and some recent reports, but I would really appreciate any personal input you guys might have because I have never fished there before. than...

101fish · 101fish

Since I have a 3 day weekend coming up (man I love Cesar Chavez if only for that reason) and Putah is going ape with the flows, I am looking to target smallies.? Haven't done this since I fish the boundary waters 2 yrs ago, and without stellar success at the time.?? I am debating between upper Putah and Cach...

TMS · TMS

Good day...Can anyone give me some Napa River education?

Is this river fly fisher friendly? Are there areas that can be waded or fly fishing from shore? ANy guideance is appreciated. Thanks. TMS

ranger1 · ranger1

Has anyone fished cache creek around rumsey? I hear it is good for smallmouth. I have a new pontoon boat and would love to get into some? class 2?with some easy class 3?rapids and catch smallies. Any information would be appreciated. And does anyone know about stonney creek?

TMS · TMS

Solano Lake, from the convenience store down to the small diversion dam looks bassy! If one has some type of floatation deviceI imagine you might have some fun. Can anyone provide some info on that body of water? Are there any restrictions? Thanks. Tight lines. TMS

Daara · Daara

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=106386

ChucktheDuck · ChucktheDuck

I read somewhere that the upper section of Putah before it runs into Berryessa holds smallies.? Is there good fly fishing up there?? Any good access? Charlie

JT · JT

Has anyone ever fly fished in salt water along the coast?? If so, what size rod do you use?? What size/type of flies do you use?? What do you typically catch? -- Edited by JT at 08:45, 2007-02-23

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	Lake Almanor (Preview) I will be heading up to lake Almanor at the end of July and Would like some tips on fly fishing the lake and streams feading it. I also will be fishing with my two daughters and wife, who are going to try fly fishing for the first time. I have been fly fishing for years and can put the time in and find what is work...	timmosazz	1	839	Jul 7, 2007 by JT
	What was this fish ??? (Preview) Last weekend when I was fishing the middle stanislaus river I hiked and rock climbed my butt off and got into some pretty remote parts of the river and was catching ALOT of small rainbows around 8 inchers. One particular fish I got that day looked very different from the others, First it was only about 7 i...	shon42073	2	1010	Jul 4, 2007 by JT
	Truckee Report (Preview) Hit the truckee last w/e and did?well. caught 13 fish in 2 days. not even long days. got a birthday brown on friday around 20"?and a rainbow around 20" the next day. lost 2 other rainbows that were even bigger?that put up brutal victorious fights.? Fishing is good everywhere on the river rig...	Matt R	14	1408	Jul 2, 2007 by robdogj
	middle stanislaus. (Preview) Just made it back from a 5 day trip to the middle fork stanislaus and the fishing was excellent, pretty consitent action everyday for 6 to 12 inch rainbows and browns, I got one brown that was pushing 18 inches and the other is 14 inches, pics. are below. Please dont give me crap for keepin a few fish, this r...	shon42073	1	1011	Jul 1, 2007 by JT
	info update (Preview) Howdy from Texas guys, Rich reporting in. Texas is tough on a fly rod. I've managed to break two Sages bass fishing here. I'm tossing some really big poppers and keep hitting my rod. Biggest is about 9 lbs. I managed to land a 5 month job in Fairbanks Alaska though . If anyone is headed up that way look me up....	rich	4	969	Jun 21, 2007 by rich
	Backpacking / Fishing with a 5 year Old (Preview) Hello Fellow Outdoorsmen, I was hoping to take my daughter out backpacking and fishing for 3-4 days.? She is almost 5 and is excited to go.? Do any of you know of any fairly easy hikes to go on where the fishing would be easier for her (and for me)?? We'd like to camp out a few days. Any help would be appreciat...	Resolute	12	1658	Jun 17, 2007 by fishrmn
	silver fork (Preview) Spent three days camping and fishing the silver fork american river this past weekend. Fishing was ok, They just planted so I caught a ton of em on pretty much anything I threw, Took about 20 mins. to get a limit for the barbacue. After that I fugured it was time to get away from the easy access areas and sta...	shon42073	3	1003	Jun 14, 2007 by shon42073
	Truckee River and Milton Lake (Preview) Did some quick fishing while working around Reno and Tahoe this weekend.? Stopped off at the Floristan exit on my way to Reno?to see if I could catch a fish or two.? Landed two small fish on caddis dries.? I had rises from big fish on various other flies but couldn't seem to hook them.? Went to Milton Lake o...	Otter	1	901	Jun 12, 2007 by JT
	Russian River Question (Preview) I'm taking my son to Sonoma State for an orientation day tomorrow and have a few hours to kill.? The Russian River is not far from there and I was wondering if there is anything happening there this time of year, and where one might go for a few hours.? Any advice would be appreciated.? Thanks. Phil	chemdoc	2	808	Jun 10, 2007 by cole
	North Fork Yuba (Preview) Went up and visited a friend whose family has some property in Nevada City.? Got away for a bit of fishing on the M and N Forks of the Yuba.? Not great, but not bad.? River was in decent condition but probably what it looks like in July typically rather than end of May.? Will probably be pretty ugly come late...	Eric	8	1178	Jun 5, 2007 by cole
	Upper Sac Report (Preview) Hey guys, My friend Andan and I headed up to the Upper Sac Thursday afternoon and fished the evening and all day Friday.? This was my third trip to the river and the most time I have spent there, and it was definitely time well spent.? The flows are perfect at around 300 cfs and the water temps around 50 degr...	chemdoc	1	848	Jun 3, 2007 by JT
	east, west, and little walker (Preview) Just got back from a trip fishing the east, west and little walker rivers. 5 hour drive each way ! fishing was decent, the east walker below bridgeport resavoir is pretty much everything you could possibly want in a river, its awesome, and lots of bugs, i only laned 2 wild browns about 16 inches on elk har...	shon42073	3	1847	May 31, 2007 by shon42073
	Plumas County Fishing report (Preview) I got back from Plumas county the other day and the water level on the MFF is dropping pretty fast due to the lack of a significant snowback this year. Conditions now are similar to those in July of last year. The forrest service is really concerned about fires this year and are proposing the closure of ma...	Patrick	3	2844	May 26, 2007 by Patrick
	middle fork stanislaus report (Preview) Headed up to kennedy meadows near sonora pass for the weekend. When I saw the river my heart sank, It was high and muddy, Basically unfishable, Maybe with bait a few fish may have been caught. I headed a few miles down road to the clark fork river and it was a little better but still to high and muddy. I lucke...	shon42073	23	3649	May 25, 2007 by V
	Upper Sac (Preview) Fished the Upper Sac last week.? The fishing was good.? The fish were hitting Caddis dries in the evening and a variety of nymphs during the day.? The best fishing was above Conant and Sims.? If you take a hike the fishing gets better the farther you hike.? The best fly was a new fly I picked up at The Fly Sho...	Otter	3	912	May 22, 2007 by shon42073
	Middle Fork Stanislaus Report (Blah) (Preview) Drove up to the M Fork Stan just for the day.? Very disappointing.? River did not look too bad, but I guess it is just a little too high, not quite that clear enough, and too cold.? Did a lot of work for just a few smallies. Lots of bait guys around the campsites, they did not seem to be having any luck either.?...	Eric	0	887	May 19, 2007 by Eric
	Stanislaus vs Yuba? (Preview) Hi All, Plan on doing a quick day trip from the Bay up to either the Yuba or the North or Middle Fork of the Stanislaus this weekend.? Haven't been up yet curious to hear which one is fishing better.? It seems the Stanislaus is still blown out but improving from what I hear?? All things being equal, I enjoy t...	Eric	5	1153	May 18, 2007 by chemdoc
	Upper sac. report (Preview) Planned to head to the middle fork stan. friday morning but it snowed overnight and chains were required around Long barn, Very lucky I checked the weather and road conditions 5 mins. before heading out. Last minute change, So I headed to the Upper sac. for the first time. Fishing was tough, 3 fulll day...	shon42073	4	969	May 7, 2007 by Eric
	upper middle fork stan. info ??? (Preview) Later this week I plan to head to the upper portion of the middle fork stanislaus river and camp for a few days, Was curious if anyone has ever fished or camped in that area and if so any campground recomendations, I would like good access to the river, I plan to stay in one of the camps between wagner and ken...	shon42073	4	1106	May 3, 2007 by JT
	Berryessa (Preview) Fished sunday...through the crowds and drunkards.? It was fun till about 11 or so.? Landed about 20 i think, spotted and smallies.? Biggest spotted was about 1.5lb and biggest smallie landed was 3lb.? Lost one that looked about 2X that, it was a monster.? Hot flies: silver popper, till about 1030; ol...	101fish	4	918	May 2, 2007 by Daara
	opener plans. (Preview) Well the trout opener is upon us, So I'm curious were you all plan to hit next weekend. I'm hoping to make it up to one of my most favorite rivers, the good ol middle fork stanislaus, not sure what part of the river i plan to hit yet. Gonna be good early in the year since theres very little snow melt runoff. But...	shon42073	2	831	Apr 19, 2007 by chemdoc
	ocean salmon (Preview) Has anyone tried salmon yet ? Talked to a few dackhands on party boats and been checking reports and its lookin pretty bad, last year was horrible. I beleive this is a direct reflection of this states water and fisheries mismanagment. So I blame all he empty suites in sacramento for this. Wont be long be...	shon42073	0	748	Apr 16, 2007 by shon42073
	Yuba River (Preview) Hey guys I am fishing the lower Yuba this weekend and I was wondering if any of you have any tips or have been out there recently.? I haveread some articles about it and some recent reports, but I would really appreciate any personal input you guys might have because I have never fished there before. than...	ChucktheDuck	3	1419	Apr 8, 2007 by ChucktheDuck
	Weekend smallies (Preview) Since I have a 3 day weekend coming up (man I love Cesar Chavez if only for that reason) and Putah is going ape with the flows, I am looking to target smallies.? Haven't done this since I fish the boundary waters 2 yrs ago, and without stellar success at the time.?? I am debating between upper Putah and Cach...	101fish	2	1009	Mar 29, 2007 by ChucktheDuck
	Napa River (Preview) Good day...Can anyone give me some Napa River education? Is this river fly fisher friendly? Are there areas that can be waded or fly fishing from shore? ANy guideance is appreciated. Thanks. TMS	TMS	9	2513	Mar 26, 2007 by Spunk
	more smallie questions (Preview) Has anyone fished cache creek around rumsey? I hear it is good for smallmouth. I have a new pontoon boat and would love to get into some? class 2?with some easy class 3?rapids and catch smallies. Any information would be appreciated. And does anyone know about stonney creek?	ranger1	5	1120	Mar 26, 2007 by ranger1
	Solano Lake (Preview) Solano Lake, from the convenience store down to the small diversion dam looks bassy! If one has some type of floatation deviceI imagine you might have some fun. Can anyone provide some info on that body of water? Are there any restrictions? Thanks. Tight lines. TMS	TMS	12	1379	Mar 10, 2007 by Daara
	Marin fishing forum is back! (Preview) http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=106386	Daara	6	2645	Mar 8, 2007 by JT
	Upper Putah Smallies (Preview) I read somewhere that the upper section of Putah before it runs into Berryessa holds smallies.? Is there good fly fishing up there?? Any good access? Charlie	ChucktheDuck	2	1174	Mar 1, 2007 by lightfoot
	Salt Water (Preview) Has anyone ever fly fished in salt water along the coast?? If so, what size rod do you use?? What size/type of flies do you use?? What do you typically catch? -- Edited by JT at 08:45, 2007-02-23	JT	5	1084	Feb 26, 2007 by Frenchie
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