In keeping with the Underground’s tradition of delivering far more than our motley crew of followers could dream of, we’re not only throwing a favorable fly fishing report your way – but we’re also passing along information of a new flow monitoring station on the McCloud (at Ah Di Nah).
Yes. It’s a twofer Tuesday.
Upper Sacramento is (shuss) Fly Fishing Well
The Upper Sacramento River is busting out, with reports of evening hatches (and good-sized trout) filling the clandestine, whisper-encrypted airwaves that reflect the “don’t tell anybody, but…” communications between locals, guides, and the visiting fly fishermen.
Flows on the Upper Sac are wholly wadable and will remain so. The fly fishing’s good.
Time to fly fish.
And don’t forget to spend a few bucks in the area while you’re up here (see the Undergrounder’s Human Refueling Guide here).
The McCloud
The McCloud’s in great shape, and in fact, you can read flow data from Ah-Di-Nah online. That’s great news for fly fishermen trying to make the difficult “go, no-go” decision (Houston, we have a flow problem).
There’s really no need to hype the McCloud’s fishing here; this world-famous, soil-your-waders-gorgeous river is the most popular in the area, and it’s not as if the within-driving-distance Undergrounders need much urging.
It’s fishing pretty good. We’ll leave it at that.
The Pit? I haven’t heard. It was easily the early-season champion among the area’s three rivers, and I’d expect it’s still going good – the heat hasn’t yet gotten too bad.
River Flows Online (also on the Underground’s Link page)
Upper Sacramento River flows (at Lake Shasta)
McCloud River flows (at Lake Shasta)
New! McCloud River flows (at Ah Di Nah)
All Calfornia’s CDEC flow stations
UPDATE: CalTrout also wants PG&E to publish dam release data as part of relicensing effort; we’ll update you if that comes online.
(Now stop looking at flows, and start fly fishing)
See you on the river, Tom Chandler.
