LGC's March 2020 Newsletter

March is here and it is 80 degrees in the North Valley. Hopefully this weekend we will get some rain. Everyone needs to do a rain dance. We also need snow!

Lots of fishing out there – Lower Sac, Feather River, Yuba, Baum Lake, and Lake Almanor are all fishing well. You really need to get out and fish.

I am improving every day. This last weekend I was out on the Feather River with some great folks chasing chrome and working on two handed casting. We had some great fish eat the flies also!!! I was sore – but it was great to be out on the water doing what I love!!!

The Fly Fishing Show in Pleasanton was a huge success for LGC. Kirsten and I loved talking to everyone and it was very nice to see everyone ready to get out fishing. I want to thank Ben Furmisky and all the show crew for their great work! Kirsten and I appreciate all your hard work to make a great show!

So, if you haven’t got the hint. You need to get out there and fish!!
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Rivers
The Feather , Yuba and the Lower Sac are all fishing well. The steelhead are showing up on the Feather and they are eating flies – Bird’s Nest in Brown and Olive Size 14 and X-May’s in Olive and PMD in Size 16 have been working great. Our new Lance’s Swinging Nest in Brown and Olive have been awesome! The Yuba is still seeing Skwala hatches and everything else in between – mayflies and caddis. Hot flies for the Yuba have been the Bird’s Nest in Brown in Size 14, X-May PMD in Size 18 and of course the Unit Skwala ! The Lower Sac is fishing good to great. We are seeing some high 30’s and 40’s fish days. Hot flies are the Bird’s Nest Brown Size 14, Sweet Pea Size 16 and the X-May in Brown Size 16-18. We are doing half day walk and wades on the Yuba River. These half days are for folks that want to swing, dry fly or nymph but they don’t want to spend all day on the water. We have no Spring dates left – I am booked solid. Only 11 Fall dates open. They are going fast!! !
Tours
At the show we booked tours left and right. We only have two tours that have one spot each. One is a Hexagenia Hatch Tour for July 11, 2020 and the other is for the Lassen Park Fly Fishing Tour for August 1-2, 2020. The Hex Tour is the only chance to fish the Hex with me for 2020. Both of these tours are fantastic ways to learn these fisheries and areas. These hands-on tours will teach you 3-4 years of knowledge in just a couple of hours.
Lakes
Baum Lake has been fishing well. Lots of fish placed in the lake from DFW. Midge patterns and WD40’s in Black are the hot flies. Almanor is fishing great. The blood midges are starting to pop and the fish are eating. Hot flies for the blood midge are Tiger Midges in Size 14. I have also fished small Zebra Midges in Black and Brown in Size 18’s. The fish are eating and the lake looks like we will have a low water year for the Hexagenia Hatch. As for open dates for the Hex – I am completely booked!
Schools
The LGC’s Stillwater School at Lassen Meadows will be held on June 13-14, 2020. This school is a two-day school that will teach the fly fishers the skills needed to be a truly good stillwater fly fisher. We will cover count down methods, retrieves, breaking down stillwater and studying fish. This is a complete course that will add skills that will be used for the rest of your fly-fishing career. Take a look at the school – and if you have any questions on it – please contact us. I will answer any questions that you will have!!!
Workshops
We have two workshops on the schedule. They are the Dry Fly Workshop and the Streamer Workshop . Both, will be held on Saturday May 2, 2020. The Streamer Workshop will be from 8am-12pm and the Dry Fly Workshop will be from 1pm-4pm. Both of these workshops will be held on the Yuba River. If you want to hone your skills on these two disciplines – this is the chance!