The Lower Trinity from the South Fork down has finally turned a beautiful steelhead green and many areas of the river are fishable form the bank. Roe and night crawlers are the bait of choice with hardware in silver or gold the next best. If you like to throw spinners I would use#5 with silver blade and bright orange or chartreuse body. For the uppers sections it is fish as usual, flies, hardware of choice or bait. The fly fishers are really having a heyday. If you plan to head on up I suggest you call in advance to check the weather.

Trinity River Flows and Conditions: Lewiston Dam releases are 312cfs, water temps are 45.4 and air is 48 degrees at 10:00a.m. today. Limekiln Gulch is 4.9ft at 430cfs, water temps are 44.5 and air is 47; Douglas City is 6.5ft at 601cfs, water temps of 45.8 and air is 54. Junction City is 2.9ft at 792cfs. Helena is 10.4ft at 1,180cfs with water temps of 46.5. Cedar Flat is 6.3ft at 2,460cfs. Willow Creek is estimated at 39140s, air is 50, and water 48, Hoopa is 16.9ft at 6,800cfs, water temps of 49.5. Flows at the mouth of the Trinity at Klamath are estimated to be 19.7Kcfs.

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