The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

Well, Baum Lake is my favorite place to fish, and after a blistering summer the temps are coming down now. Mid 70 degree temps predicted for this weekend with overnight lows in the 40s. It's now after Labor Day weekend so there probably won't be that many people there. Sounds to me like I have waited long enough (last trip up there was in May), and it's time to go fishin'!

I'll be camping at the Hat Creek Hereford Ranch. Plan to drive up way early tomorrow (Friday) morning direct from SF to Baum, fish the morning, then go to HCHR and set up camp and eat lunch, maybe take a nap, then back to Baum for the evening bite. I'll fish Friday and Saturday and maybe Sunday morning, then back to SF.

It would be cool to see someone from the board there. I will be driving a red '97 Honda Civic and fishing from a Scadden / NFO Outlaw Rampage frameless 'toon (a red one). I expect the weeds to be a major issue, (really bad in a float tube but manageable rowing a pram or 'toon), but the water temps stay good all year there because of the constant current flowing through. I also expect mid-day to be pretty slow fishing, but there be some nice fish near and under those weedbeds, and ima get me some!

I'll post a report when I return.

Hopefully you will get some nice hatches.

I'm still on the disabled list for another,,,oh,,10 days..maybe less and then I am definitely going fishing. HCR and Baum sounds like a great destination.

Paul

Hey Sheriff,

Why are you on the IR? I was thinking Baum in early Oct. Will you be around ?

John S

hitch in my getalong that needs tending to. No big deal, just takes time.

No reason why I should not be around.


Paul

Looking forward to your report. I'm sort-of planning on fishing there the last week of september. I'll post a meet-up message if I actually go. Mike Borba

Baum was wonderful. Delightful weather (40s at night, 75 in the daytime), clear, cool water (52 in the morning, 58 in the late afternoon), tons of bugs (massive damsel hatch... I have never seen so many of the pretty little blue buggers flying around, black caddis, brown caddis and three different types of mayflies), and the fishing was decent... I boated 22 for Friday and Saturday, all 12-16" and CLEAN, no copepods on any of them.

Hardly anyone there... maybe 4-6 boats and float tubes on Friday, and Saturday I got on the water right at daylight and NOBODY showed up until about 9:30AM... gorgeous morning and I had the entire lake to myself!

Fishing the damsel hatch north of the reed island, first cast to a visible riser resulted in a fish that was a good two feet long hammering my nymph, tailwalking and jumping three times, the he busted my 5X leader. Not didn't come untied, it was a clean break in the tippet. Wish I'd been able to have him on longer than the 10 seconds we danced!

Saturday I met a nice couple who said they are on this board and I being old and feeble-minded can't remember their names.... but it was nice chatting with you anyway. Whoever they were, they caught more fish in one day than I did in two!

Man I love fishing at Baum Lake!

Hat Creek Hereford Ranch was great too. My campsite was three times the size of the ones at the PG&E Cassel campground, covered with lush grass, plenty of shade. I was next to the pasture with the cattle in it and it was SO pretty and peaceful!