The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

I was up a couple of weekends ago just when the flows had dropped (though still higher than mid summer) & it was fishing really well. It looks to be flowing at about 450-470 according to CDEC. I had a screen & there were tons of yellow & black stones in about a size 18. These and a prince nymph produced a number for me during the day (also a wooley bugger with flash stripped through the deep pools pulled in a couple of bigger ones). At dusk a parachute adams seemed best - there were some caddis (not many) but there may be more now. I'm sure a comparadun would work too.

I fished the NC and between Ah-di-nah & the NC. There were more people at the campgrounds than I have seen in the past ten years so I made sure to get up early to get an NC spot to avoid the crowds. I camped near the NC as the improved campground was full up even with getting there at 6pm on a Friday which usually would have a spot open. By Saturday every camping spot I passed was occupied.

Good luck.

Paul