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Well it looks like Fall is officially here. I have been getting scratchy information from some fishermen hooking into some early Fall Run fish and the Willow Creek Weir has been counting some Fall Hatchery Coho from the fishermen I contacted they are hooking into some chrome fish both in the upper reaches of the river and in the lower...
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The Virginias are also still producing some nice fish, mostly for the anglers who are getting away from the shore in tubes or kayaks but there are some fish also being caught from the shore. Hook up baits, sierra slammers and Thomas Bouyants are all doing well up there as are mice tails, pinched crawlers and power bait. For flies...
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The East is still running around 290cfs and is fishing pretty well. Lots of good reports coming in, mostly from the “Miracle Mile” section but a few from further down and from Nevada. Lots of good streamer and nymph action lately. There are lots of nice rainbows in the first mile that have come from the reservoir earlier this year,...
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It looks like the weather is taking a turn towards a cool down. Normally as the weather cools down the water starts to cooling down and the fish start moving up river. This year the water is cooling some but is still up in there in the 60 degrees which means the fish will be still looking for cold water...
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The wind and currents have done wonders for the warm water placement, and for those looking to get in on the tuna action. And no port looks better right now than Crescent City. The warm water has moved right to their doorstep, well within 20 miles. The only thing that could play spoiler is the ocean conditions. As of Wednesday,...
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We are experiencing some warmer weather this week but we are also seeing more salmon and steelhead in the river. Charlie B of Redding wrote me that he had fished after the Holiday Weekend and hooked three nice fresh salmon below the North Fork and then went down river and landed a nice steelhead. (Sorry no size) This is good...
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