The low flow section of the Feather River has dropped back down to the normal flow of 1000cfs. The high flow is high with flows changing daily for water needs in the rice fields. The Feather is fishing well with springers still in the system. Hot flies have been Fox’s Caddis Poopah in Olive size 14, Lance’s X-May in Olive Size 16 and the Sucker Spawn in Size 10. The Lower Sac is currently at 7200cfs and is holding steady. This is normal for this time of year when again the water needs are in demand. The Sac is fishing good and will continue to be good. Hot flies are Rubber Legs Brown Size 6, Lance’s Ice Tea Size 12, Sucker Spawn Size 10 and Lance’s X-May in PMD in Size 16. The Yuba is currently at 2330cfs and is holding steady. I haven’t had any reports on the Yuba. I would think that the caddis and golden stones would be making an appearance in numbers. Swinging a Barr’s Slumpbuster in Olive Size 6 is always a great choice on the Yuba.

The lakes are fishing okay to good. Baum has been fishing well with lots of Callibeatis and midges still hatching on a daily bases. I sent a couple of guys that way last week and they had a great day using the Siskiyou Midge Size 16 on midge tip and intermediate lines. They said it was “a blast”. Lake Almanor is picking up. The water temp is warming and the fish are in the shallows eating on Pond Smelt Size 6 and Blood Midges Size 12. The water level on the lake is awesome and I can’t wait for the Hex Hatch this year!

On August 4, 2018 from 9am-2pm, the second annual Yuba River Jubilee will be held at Hammon Grove on the Yuba River. We have a great line up already of guides, fly shops, conservation groups and fly fishing celebrities. The day is free to the public and all proceeds raised this year will be donated to the Gold Country Fly Fishers to provide their youth program funds to help teach the kids fly fishing and conservation. Mark it on your calendar.

The “Ultimate Hex Workshop” is a great way to get to know the Hex Hatch at Lake Almanor. This is an all day workshop with dinner included. Lincoln and I will take the group and split them in half. One group learns about the equipment needed (we have equipment if you don’t), rigging and flies. The other group comes with me and we show you the accesses and show you where we want to fish. Then we flip flop the groups and do it again. By the time we get to dinner before we fish everyone is rigged up and knows what we are going to do on the water. We have dinner and then fish until dark. We have two workshops scheduled. One is July 2, 2018 with 1 spot left and the other is July 3, 2018 with 4 spots left. The workshop is $195 a person.

We have a couple of tours schedule that still have one spot left in each of them. The East Park Tour is scheduled for May 31, 2018, the Hex Hatch Tour June 24, 2018 and the Lassen Park Fly Fishing Tour on September 5-6, 2018. All of these tours are excellent tours that will teach you all about the water. The tours just don’t teach you the accesses areas. We work with the students on techniques that they need assistance with. Some students have never used the tactics that we use on a daily basis on these waters. So we teach them the new tactics. It’s a great way to learn new water, get a different take on the water or just freshen up on a tactic that you need in your tool box.

John Hamiter a buddy of mine wanted me to tie this fly for him, Hamiter’s Bow Fly . We tied it out of orange bow string with heavy machined eyes. You can’t get bow string anymore so we use Edgebright now. It’s still a great fly and is one of the top shad producers on the Lower Sac and on the American River. You need to tie some and try them.

Hook – Mustad 3908C in Size 6

Thread – Danville Fire Engine Orange

Tail – Pearl Krystal Flash

Body – Silver Tinsel with Orange Edgebright

Wing & Throat – Pearl Krystal Flash

Eyes – 7/64 Silver Machined Brass Eyes

This month highlighted product is the Sage Pulse Rod . Sage is a great company and I am proud say I am a Sage guide. The rods speak for themselves. These Pulse rods are like the old XP or VXP series of rods that Sage produced. A smooth powerful rod with a medium fast action, combined with a nice tip to protect smaller tippet. A joy to fish. The rod we have on the boat is the Sage Pulse Model# 967-4.

The LGC Campouts are on track. We have two campouts on the schedule. The Lake Almanor Stillwater Campout is June 12-14, 2018. This campout will be based all around the Hex Hatch. We will fish other nearby stillwater fisheries and explore other areas of Lake Almanor for bass. The Lassen Park Stillwater Campout is a combination of lakes that are located in the park or near the park. We explore and fish four different lakes.

Our campouts are based on our tours, workshops and guided trips blended together to make a custom campout for the fly fishers coming to camp. They are simply great!

Warning – The online store will be closed June 10, 2018 – July 10, 2018. We will be up at Almanor for the Hexagenia Hatch and we will not have anybody in the shop to send out product.

This month highlighted store products are our selection of Shad and Hex flies. We have 1000’s of Shad flies and hex flies in stock. You need to go to the store to see them all. Some top picks for shad are the Bloody Maria , Ryan’s Orange Shad Dart , and Hamiter’s Bow Fly . For the Hex flies you have to look in the nymph department and the dry fly department in the store. My top picks are Lance’s Hex Nymph , Lincoln’s Stillborn and Milt’s Hex Paranymph . Take a look at them all. The store is popular. We ship on average 5-7 packages a day. I would like to thank you all for taking the time to shop our store. Many of these great flies and products aren’t found anywhere else!