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Northern California Fly Fishing
from: Maxx Sports GuidesWhat's great about California is the beautiful weather. Anyone who loves to fly fish will discover Northern California is a paradise. Many streams in Northern California remain open all year-round, providing great options for your next fishing trip.
The lower area of the Sacramento River is a prime location to catch one of California's largest rainbow trouts. The river provides amazing year-round fishing opportunities, which means you can catch fish in both winter and spring, but spring brings a huge caddis fly hatch that brings the fish out in droves. There's also some great salmon catches on the river -- especially in the fall and winter.
Feather River is a great place to catch steelheads. Fishing on this river is both productive and challenging. Fishing is best in the fall when adult steelheads weighing over four pounds can be found easily. In the spring, you'll also discover opportunities to fly fish for some record catches.
Anyone looking for a challenging fly fishing experience in Northern California should check out the East Fork of the Carson River. This stream provides trout anglers with many different experiences -- including access. The narrow, fast-flowing upper reaches, above Wolf Creek, are accessible only by a rough four wheel drive trail, on horseback, or by foot.
This is a classic freestone stream with lots of riffles, rapids, deep runs, and pools, conditions that create an excellent habitat for stoneflies, caddis flies as well as some species of mayflies throughout the Carson drainage. Large fish are consistent on the Carson, especially around the Nevada border where the river branches off providing a great place to find the fish.
The Truckee River is the largest of three major river systems in the Northern California/Reno area. The good weather provides year-round fly fishing with easy access, beautiful canyon scenery, and feisty wild trout. Experts rate the Truckee one of the best fly fishing rivers in Northern California. It is, however, a tough river to fish because of the current where it flows into the Nevada area.
These are just a few of the many choices available for fly fishing in Northern California. You have many options to catch some amazing fish and, even better, you can enjoy fly fishing all year-round in the balmy Northern California weather. This gives you a great opportunity to hone your fly fishing skills and plan your next wonderful fly fishing getaway.
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