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I finished up a few days with some great clients Richard and Dan.  We absolutely pillaged the first day fishing sinking lines.  We just moved from pod to pod of fish, and the larger fish were finally super grabby.  We landed well over 20 fish, five over 20 inches, and most over 15.  The next day was much tougher, which is very classic of Fall River.  You need to get on it a few days, and hopefully have one of those all time fishing experiences. Hex has been different each night.  When its cooler and windy, it sucks.  When its warm and calm, there are lots of bugs...sometimes too many for the fish to notice yours.  If you see a spinner fall, you may struggle to catch fish unless you move somewhere else.  Or just stay and continue to thrash the water aimlessly just like you've been doing since 7pm, alerting the fish of your presence.  Always bring lights when fishing the hex, if you are renting a boat that doesn't have them, let the outfitter know they should properly outfit you with them, BECAUSE YOU NEED THEM.  

should have been here yesterday!
should have been here yesterday!
This looks and jumped like a steelhead
This looks and jumped like a steelhead
Classic Fall River huge rainbow
Classic Fall River huge rainbow
The Golden Dorado of Fall River...mega
The Golden Dorado of Fall River...mega
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Great

We had a really fun day on Fall River today.  Dan and Doug from the Diablo Valley Fly Fishers did a split day with me.  This time of year we do a lot of split days so we can fish the hex hatch in the evening.  We go from 8:30am to 2:30pm and then meet again after dinner for the hex hatch.  Fishing was pretty good in the morning and peaked with a great nymph grab from 1-2:30pm. Earlier on we had some good dry fly fishing.  The PMD hatch was thick, but the wind was blowing them across the water pretty fast.  Dan and Doug caught fish on nymphs, dries and streamers The hex hatch was pretty amazing in a wonders of nature sense, and less so in fishing terms.  The hatch was as thick as I've ever seen it.  The fish gorged for about 20 minutes and then seemed to be full, even though there were literally thousands of hex adults still on the water. 

Doug landed this 21 rainbow on 6X tippet
Doug landed this 21 rainbow on 6X tippet
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Okay

Erratic fishing is the name of the game on the Lower Sac.  Today we were fishing by 7:30am and fishing was good until about 10am, then it slowed down.  We hooked a few more fish in the early afternoon, but the bite was not happening.  Quite a few caddis and mayflies hatching today, though.

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Great

We fished lower down on the Lower Sac today and had a pretty good day.  The fishing was great in the morning on a variety of flies.  We had a rough patch after lunch, but then finished strong around 4pm.  There are very few boats out braving this heat wave.  We got an early start and that seemed to help.  Fish are eating small mayflies, tan poopahs, and red copper johns.

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Slow

The Lower Sac was pretty horrible today.  The fish just were not on the job.  Fortunately our main mission today was rowing instruction.  My client Ron is headed to Alaska in August and will be rowing a raft on a DIY wilderness trip.  He got plenty of good rowing practice today in my Outcast raft.  It was a beautiful day on the river, but not a very fishy day.

Angry Birds!
Angry Birds!
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Great

Yeah the hex hatch has started on the Lower River. Next week should provide some insane fishing as the hatch starts to strengthen to fish that haven't been pressured much yet. You need to find them first, then pillage is on.I had a great day with Dave and Daryl on upper Fall today. Finally got to do some head hunting with drys for individually targeted big fish selectively feeding on top. We got em. Also had success with nymphs and streamers being patient and carefully covering a lot of water. Got several fish in that 20 inch class...epic.

The Confluence Fall River Retreat at sunset
The Confluence Fall River Retreat at sunset
A Fall River fatty
A Fall River fatty
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Great

I had a great day with clients Dave & Darryl on the Pit River today.  We bashed around Pit 3 and lived to tell the tale.  The trout were really grabby.  Our best action was on a hopper-dropper rig in the shallower pockets.  We had grabs on the dry, but most of the action was on the nymph.

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Great

The Lower Sac is back!  After two rough trips last week the river fished really well today.  We hooked fish throughout the day and landed fish up to 20.  We caught fish on a lot of different flies, from eggs to caddis pupas to small mayflies.  Traffic was very light today, too.  92 degrees with light winds is pretty nice on the Lower Sac!

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Okay

Fall River continues to be frustrating.  There are plenty of big fish around, but they are not very grabby.  Our best action today was from 11:30am to 2pm.  We hooked a few quality rainbows during that time on small nymphs.  The small fish weren't even very grabby.  The PMD hatch was pretty good today until the wind came up - hopefully fishing will improve as the PMD hatch gets thicker.

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Great

Fall River is fishing quite well at the moment.  The fish are on the move, spreading throughout the river, which is excellent.  Not much happening on top yet, but they have been eating various nymphs and leech patterns pretty good between 10:30 & 2:30.  Fishing should be excellent in the next few weeks, and we will start to see some hex very soon with warmer evenings in the forecast.  The famous Hex Hatch will be mega epic this year... big fish on dry flies at sunset...it never gets old.

Look at this amazing tail on this specimen
Look at this amazing tail on this specimen
This fish required a bigger net
This fish required a bigger net
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The Lower Sac was a bit slow again today.  We fought the wind until about 2pm.  Rowing and fishing got a lot easier when it finally died down.  We had the river all to ourselves today, floating 16 miles of river without seeing another drift boat.  My clients Marie and Donna landed several nice trout each.  It was Donna's first day of fly fishing and she managed to land three nice wild trout and hook a few others.

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Okay

I had a really good morning on the Lower Sac today with clients Frank & Al from the Sacramento area.  We caught several fish in the 17-19 range on a variety of flies.  Then the fishing just turned off for us in the afternoon.  After 2pm it was very hard to get a grab.

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Fishing was a bit tough today on the Lower Sac.  We landed five fish in a four-hour trip on five different flies.  The PMD hatch was really good and there were a lot of caddis around, too.  We're starting to get more fish on basic caddis patterns like birds nests and poopahs.  The river is in great shape - I'm sure fishing will improve every day so long as the flows remain steady.

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Good

The big ones got away today, but sometimes that's how it goes.  We actually landed a rainbow about 2 feet in length, but it was a beat-up spawned-out buck that was definitely not a picture fish!  We had very slow fishing in the morning, but things picked up around noon.  We hooked mostly smaller fish, but with a few larger ones in the mix.  The streamer action was non-existent today.  We got all of our fish on size 16-18 beadhead nymphs.

Tom with a good one
Tom with a good one
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Red Hot

I was treated to some excellent fishing today by a client of mine named Mark.  I hooked about 5 carp between 6 and 12 pounds, landing 3.  I also landed two nice white catfish about 5 pounds.  The carp were really on the prowl feeding heavily.  The technique was high-sticking a nymph in the current.  I hadn't used my 8wt 9ft rod since my last bonefish trip - it was nice to get it out and put a big bend in it!

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Good

I spent this past week guiding and scouting on the Fall River and the Lower Sac. The trout season on the Fall is just getting underway, the weed beds are starting to grow in nicely and the rainbow's are starting to spread out and move down through the system. We hooked and landed a fair number of fish, mostly on the smaller side with an occasional 16 thrown in to keep things interesting. Still not a lot of bug activity yet but it should be in full swing soon and with it the larger fish should become more active too!The lower sac continues to fish well and fish are distributed evenly from Redding to Red Bluff, the flows are bouncing around the 7000 cfs mark which is a great level for fishing and boating.I will be guiding the Lower Sac and the Fall River throughout the summer season, Get Out there and make it happen ! 

Jerry with anice Sac River Rainbow !
Jerry with anice Sac River Rainbow !
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Good

Today was my first Fall River trip of the year.  It was great to get back up to Fall River Valley.  The river looks great from the red barns up to spring creek bridge with lots of weeds already.  Fish are spread out really well but there are tons of small fish.  We didn't find any really big pods of big fish.  My clients Andrew & Chris beat up on the small fish, though.  Action was pretty good throughout the day on small mayfly nymphs and streamers.  We hooked into a few larger fish, but it just wasn't a big fish day today.  We had a pretty calm day at first, but then the wind came up big-time in the afternoon.

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I had a fun day on Battle Creek today with clients Dan and Frank.  Fishing was a little slower than usual and the fish were a bit smaller than we're used to.  Our biggest fish was about 10.  Usually there are some 12 fish in the mix.  We had tons of fun dry fly fishing, though.  As usual, there were some pockets that produced ten or more fish on dries.  We had good luck with a size 10 Royal PMX and a size 14 parachute Adams.

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I took clients Norm and Harvey out on the Lower Sac today.  Our mission was to fish dries.  The PMDs and caddis were hatching in good numbers, but the fish weren't rising.  We resorted to fishing some nymphs in a few spots and landed some nice trout, all over 18.  We fished one spot where we could watch huge rainbows nymphing just under the surface, but they wouldn't come all the way up to eat a dry.  Finally we had some opportunities later in the day.  We rose 3 really nice fish on dries in two different spots.

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