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Hey BTrout, it tends to be a place where you have to drive from riffle to riffle if you are boatless. It's a BIG river.
As for gear, I'll tell you that I fish a 9'6" 7 wt rod on the Lower Sac. If you are doing it right (whatever that means) it is going to be a lot of long drifts and throwing a puff ball with two flies and weight... it makes good, good sense to have a bit of a heavier rod. A 5 wt. would be a bit under gunned. Lots of folks use 6 wts, but I've loved having a 7 out there. The line I love for this river is a Steelhead taper. You get the shooting qualities of a weight forward line, but a longer belly to still have some line control on a 40-50' drift. I was out with a friend a while back and he had a 5 wt. and was just under gunned the whole day. Still, you go fishing with the rods you have, not the rods you might wish you had.
I have not done streamer fishing on the Lower Sac... sounds very interesting, but I can't tell you squat about it cause I don't know anything about it.
The fly shop has maps and local knowledge and they won't put you somewhere you don't have a chance to go.
I remember the first trip I did with sd... I was roll casting and getting it out about 30 feet. I look down and he's popping out fancy roll casts going 60-70 feet. Things of beauty. Turns out that cast is a single handed spey and if you fish some place like the Lower Sac or the Klamath, it is a really, really great tool to have.
If you are on foot, I wouldn't expect 10+ fish days. You might pick up 2 or 3, a really good day for me on foot might be 7 or 8... but the 15" fish is kind of a rare thing, or at least it has been for me. I rarely seem to catch a fish smaller than 17" and my largest on the LSac is 25.5". It's a great, great river, but it can be tough on you while you figure it out.
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