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LGC's December 2023 Newsletter
It’s December!! Wow it is flying by.
The new LGC’s Online Store and website is fully functional. All the products are up and folks are ordering their favorite flies and indicators. I am going to also place on the site my handouts for the tours and some other downloadable products. As I always said – you ask for it – I will try to make it happen.
We are building a Blog that will be available on our LGC’s Website that will be the Fishing Report. LGC’s guides and I will be putting up to date fishing information on the blog for a variety of fly-fishing venues in California.
Kirsten and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving with all the kids here, my folks and Lincoln with his daughter Madi Sue. It was a wonderful night with friends and family. I hope all had as good a holiday as Kirsten and I did!
If you haven’t yet got out there to fish – you need to, this is the time to get on the water. So, get out there and fish!!
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Rivers
The Lower Sac hit a wall this last week. Current flows are at 5100cfs. I have had some great sticks out on the boat, and it has been tough. Some days a little better than others but all in all it has been tough. The best time to fish seems to be around 1:30pm until 2:30pm maybe a little earlier and later but that’s usually the window. Fox’s Caddis Poopah in Cinnamon or Thurman’s Jigged Bird’s Nest in Natural Hot Spot in size 16 have had some success. The Weiss Nymph size 18 and my Lance’s Jigged X-May Olive Hot Spot have produced fish as well. The Feather River has been slowing down a little. The Low Flow is at 800cfs. The release from the Afterbay is 1014cfs for a total of 1814cfs in the high flow. The salmon are in the later stages of the spawn and the with flows fluctuating the steelhead are looking for greener pastures. Steelhead are eating dry flies also. Don’t just bring your eggs and nymphs! The top flies have been Fox’s Caddis Poopah Bead Head Olive size 14 or 16, Lance’s Jigged X-May Higa SOS size 16, Lance’s Fireworm Natural size 14, Lance’s Yuba River Caddis Olive size 14 and eggs either beads or glo-bugs in Peachy King or Tangerine.
I have open Spring dates for the Lower Sac or Feather River, they’re March 28th and for April 23 and 25, 2024. Mr. Fox has December Dates that are open, they’re December 6, 19,27,28 and 30, 2023. Brian Clemens open dates are January 4,5 and 15, 2024. Ryan Williams open dates are December 10-12th, 14-31, 2023 and January 1-8th and 23-31, 2024 (no Gift Certificates).
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Lakes
Lake Almanor is still fishing okay especially in the coves on the West Shore and the Canyondam area. Hamilton Branch is also producing fish. Weather reports for this coming week shows snow and cold temperatures, highs in the lower 40’s. For the fishing the coves folks are using float tubes or fishing from the bank. They are all fishing balanced flies underneath an indicator. Top flies Micro Balanced Leech in Bruised size 14, Thurman’s Balanced Leech Black/Purple size 10, Thurman’s Lil’ Bit in Red and Black with silver rib size 18. For Hamilton Branch small mayfly nymphs and midges underneath indicators. Top flies are Lance’s Jigged X-May Higa SOS size 16 and 18, Lance’s Jigged Tiger Midge in Black and Red size 18-20 and Thurman’s Lil’ Bit Midge Red and Gray size 18. Brown Trout are heading to the creeks to spawn and soon the fishing and hatches will come to a crawl with the winter freeze. Lake Oroville will start to turn on with bass and the Float-N-Fly method, Ryan Williams has open dates.
I Just opened dates for the Hex Hatch for Almanor, they are July 8,9,10 and 11, 2024. Ryan Williams open dates are December 10-12th, 14-31, 2023 and January 1-8th and 23-3, 2024.
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Tours
The LGC’s Tours are simply perfect. These tours are a workshop, a tour and a guided trip all in one. We don’t just teach you; we show you! The tours are a fantastic way of getting first-hand knowledge in a quick manner. We cover access areas, rigging, wading safety, where to park where not to park, and everything in-between. The tours will return again in the spring with both a Feather River Tour on March 2, 2024, Putah Creek Tour on March 9, 2024, Manzanita Lake Tour June 1, 2024 and a Hex Hatch Tour on June 29, 2024.
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Workshop
Our Workshops are on the water, not in some back room or via Zoom. On the water instructions, rigging and actual on the water fishing is a must for folks to learn and to retain the newfound knowledge. We have a Nymph Workshop on January 8, 2024, and a Dry Fly Workshop on February 10, 2024. We also scheduled a Pontoon Workshop for December, and it was sold out within a couple of days. Folks these workshops are knowledge packed. A great avenue to gain knowledge quickly.
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LGC's Online Store
The store has more than 7000 products in stock, flies, leaders, fly kits and more. The LGC’s Online Store is packed full of the products that we use in our everyday fly-fishing and guided trips. Check it out!!
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Product of the Month
This months, “Product of the Month” is the Simms Men’s Fall Run Hybrid Hoody jacket. This jacket is my fishing, traveling and outdoor jacket. I wear it everywhere. It keeps you warm. It also breaths so when you start to get hot – the jacket regulates your heat. It is always in my truck. I wear the Gray one, I wonder why?
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Fly of the Month
The “Fly of the Month” is Doug’s Peaches & Cream. This fly is awesome! I fish this throughout the year when the Pale Morning Duns are hatching. Our valley rivers are tailwaters. On a tailwater you can have hatches all throughout the year. Each riffle is different from day to day, month to month and year to year. Doug’s Peaches and Cream is an easy and awesome fly to have in your box for the PMD hatch!
Hook – Fulling Mills FM50 45 Size 16-20
Bead – Copper Slotted Tungsten size to match hook.
Thread – Danville Flymaster 6/0 Fl. Orange #504
Tail – Wood Duck flank fibers
Body – Mercer’s Buggy Nymph Light Cahill
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