LGC's March 2021 Newsletter
I hope everyone is staying safe from COVID. The light is getting bigger at the end of the tunnel. Kirsten has had both her shots now and I am scheduled to get my first one at the end of the month. Looking forward to that.

The pheasant season has finally come to an end. The boys and I had some fantastic days out in the field. I am planning on working with them throughout the off season. I have tons of training drills already written down with plenty of training supplies in the bins!!

Fishing has been good to great. I have been fishing the Yuba lately with friends and I fished it yesterday morning by myself. Nothing better than clearing out your mind and letting your soul just relax. It’s also great to have a fish come for a dry!!

If you haven’t yet – get out there and fish!!

The LGC’s Online Store is staying open for now. More details below in the Newsletter.
Rivers
I have April 7 & 8 open and we added new dates for the Fall -September 28,29,30 October 6,7,13,14,20 November 3,4,16,17,18

The rivers are coming alive. The Yuba River has been good to great with the Skwala and March Brown hatches going on. The fishing has been crowded. You need to get moving and hike down or up the river to get away from the crowds. Hot flies Mr. & Mrs. Skwala Unit Size 10-12, Bob Quigley’s Marabou Emerger March Brown Size 14, Sparkle Dun March Brown Size 12, Jigged Rubber Legs Orange/Olive/Yellow Size 6, Lance’s Jigged X-May PMD and Olive Size 16-18 and Barr’s Slumpbuster Olive Size 6. The Lower Sac has been good. The trout are all packing up for the trout spawn already. BIG fish are being caught every day. Lots of wading opportunities on the Lower Sac. Top flies Rubber Legs Brown Size 4-6, Lance’s X-May in Olive and Brown Size 16-18, Sweet Pea Size 16-18 and Egg Yolk Bead Size 8mm or the Spawn Sac Fly in Oregon Cheese in Size 12. The Feather River has seen a couple of spring fish move in, not a lot right now – but soon. Swing is the way to go! Top flies are Lance’s Swing Bird’s Nest in Brown and Olive Size 12, Thurman’s Bird’s Nest in Brown and Olive Size 12-14, Lance’s X-May Olive and PMD Size 18 and Barr’s Slumpbuster Olive Size 6
Online Store
 We were going to close the LGC’s Online Store this week, but many of you – sent me emails and texts begging us to keep it open as a great resource of flies and fly-fishing products. Kirsten & I decided to keep it open for now. Please be aware that it may take us a couple of days to ship the products out. I will be on the river almost every day. The store will be closed on May 1st, 2021 for sure. I will be at Almanor fulltime and I will not be able to get packages out the door!

Workshops
The Streamer, Nymph and Two-Handed Rod Workshops are scheduled for the Fall. These workshops are great. We concentrate on a set tactic in these workshops. We give you tons of information with hands on instruction on the water. The workshops are designed to give the fly fisher the fundamentals. The Streamer Workshop is scheduled for September 24, 2021, the Nymph Workshop is scheduled for October 1, 2021 and the Two-Handed Rod Workshop is scheduled for October 15, 2021. 
LGC's Tours
Our LGC’s Tours keep rolling along. We just did a Yuba River Tour on February 27th. It was a blast. Everyone learned so much. We have tours scheduled right now. We have the Feather River Steelhead Tour scheduled for March 26, 2021 with 3 spots open, a Hex Hatch Tour for July 5, 2021 with 3 spots open, Manzanita Lake Tour for July 17, 2021 with only 1 spot open and a Yuba River Tour on September 11, 2021 with 3 spots open. The tours are a fantastic way to learn a skill and a fishery!

Product of the Month
Dry fly floatant is key – while fishing dry flies. I use two different types of floatants that are made at Loon Outdoor Products. I use the Loon Top Ride floatant before the fly is fished. While fishing I use the Loon Loshca floatant. If I change flies, I treat the new fly with the Top Ride and again while fishing it with the Loshca floatant. A dry fly that doesn’t float is no good!

Fly of the Month
This month’s fly is the Blood Midge Adult dry fly. I actually found this pattern on the Midcurrent Fly Fishing Newsletter. I saw it and fell in love with it. Then I fished it, fish on! I like fishing it on a long 15-foot tapered leader tapered down to 4x tippet. I like using a standard 12-foot 4x leader and then I add on 3 feet of 40-pound monofilament butt section. It helps turn this fly over in the wind. Treat the elk hair post with floatant before you fish it.
Hook – Firehole Hook 419 Size 12
Thread – Flymaster 6/0 Red Thread
Tail – Natural Lemon Wood Duck fibers
Body – Flymaster 6/0 Red Thread topped with natural Elk Hair
Wing – Natural Elk Hair
Hackle – Natural Grizzly Hackle