It’s a busy Monday, so yesterday’s fishing report comes to you mostly in the form of pictures – the kind that reveal a lot more about the experience than they do the flies or gear used.

The facts? No Blue Winged Olive were seen, and out of desperation, Wayne and I threw – and got a half-dozen grabs – on the big October Caddis dry. We didn’t land any of them, but loved just getting bit – not an easy thing to see when the snow flurries rolled through:

Icy fly rod guides on the Upper Sacramento
Temperatures were below freezing, but it’s always easier to fish in snow than rain.

Wayne Eng fishes the Upper Sacramento in a snowstorm
At times the snow came down hard enough that it made a frying noise in the trees.

snow on the Upper Sacramento River

Wayne Eng, Tom Chandler on the Upper Sacramento River
That’s me & Wayne before we left – we look disappointed, eh?

Winter on the Upper Sacramento River
This shot from the bridge in South Dunsmuir (which was damned slippery).

Tom Chandler fly fishing the Upper Sacramento River
Wayne shot a few of me, looking stylish as always, this time in a Patagonia soft shell, which we’ll talk about  (Wayne Eng photo)

Snow on an October Caddis
The October Caddis Dry produced swirls (if not trout).

Wayne Eng, snow, and the Upper Sacramento
The river is dark, cold and other-wordly beautiful.

Fishing in a heavy snow is an odd experience; the snow passes through the air and disappears into the water like it never existed, as if moving from one dimension to another.

See you in winter, Tom Chandler.

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