The season’s first atmospheric river was forecast to hit the North Coast last Friday and into the weekend, but it came in well under predictions. What was expected to deliver 4 to 6 inches of rain ended up producing just 2 to 2.5 inches. Still, it was enough to briefly open several rivers — the Smith for three days, and...
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The rain is helping the river at this time and the fish are moving. The Willow Creek Area has received a total of 4.65 inches of rain since October 1st. Just this past week we have received 2.15 inches of rain which is a big difference from last year. The rain is a great help for the river and is...
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The season’s first major storms are headed for the North Coast, and they’re shaping up to be impressive. According to the National Weather Service office in Eureka, a deep and expansive Aleutian low will drive an atmospheric river–type system into the Pacific Northwest beginning Friday. Multiple disturbances rotating off this low will impact Northern California, bringing moderate to heavy precipitation...
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The mouth of the Klamath was blocked for about a week a couple of weeks ago stopping fish from coming into the estuary during low tides. Most Salmon wee hesitant to cross the bar at the mouth of the Klamath until flows broke open the bar. Then the fish started to come in but held up in the lower river....
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We're still getting mostly good reports from the ranch, there's still some good streamer action throughout the day as well as some decent dry/dropper action. It sounds like the streamer action is the best. You could also go straight nymphing and likely have some success.

The Klamath is back under 3,000 cfs as of Thursday, but the mouth reportedly remains plugged or severely restricted. There hasn’t been much in the way of new fish entering the lower river for quite some time. Rain is on the way, hopefully it will be enough to blow it out. There should be quite a few more kings, along...
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