Fly Fishing Report, Bell Meadow, CA

July 30, 2011
Clavey River, CA


Went flyfishing with my family to Bell meadow, to the headwaters of the Clavey River. We fished for three hours before heading out. We caught three rainbows and one brook trout. The flies used were Stimulators and Hare's Ear Nymphes. I caught two rainbows, my dad one rainbow and the brookie went to my mom.


Submitted by: Jon H.

More Family Fishing Days Part 2

Caleb Wallentine


I fished with my family in a stream next to Highway 120 near the Tioga Pass resort. I caught this Rainbow Trout on on a Red Copper John.

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Joshua Wallentine


I fished with my family in a stream along Highway 120 near the Tioga Pass Resort. I caught this nice Rainbow Trout on a streamer my dad told me was certain to get us a fish. It did!

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Joseph on the Marble Fork Of The Kaweah River, CA

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Beaver Creek, CA Fly Fishing Report

Beaver Creek, CA


Went to Calaveras Big Trees SP on July 16th and fished Beaver Creek. It was a beautiful day and the creek is in fantastic shape. I fished a Stimulator the whole time catching some nice rainbows. With all the snow we had this year, the smaller creeks and rivers are perfect now.


Submitted by: Mark

Fly Fishing Report For Bell Creek, CA

Went fishing to Bell Creek (near Pinecrest, CA) on 7/8/11 with my friend Darrel. It was his first time fly fishing.

Where: Bell Creek at Crabtree Trailhead
Who: Jon and Darrel
What: 9 Brook Trout (8 for me and 1 for Darrel)
Pattern: VFG Nymph

We fished for five hours along about a quarter of a mile stretch of the creek, near the parking lot for Crabtree Trailhead. I caught my eight trout all out of an eddie behind a large boulder partly lying in the river. The fish were small, the biggest being 9 inches long. But there were plenty and they were hungry!


Submitted by: Jon H.

Calavaras River, CA Fly Fishing Report

July 7th 2011


Well, with the flows here in the Sierra's raging and out of control, it will be another month before they settle down. So what's a fly fisherman to do? Start hitting small local streams and rivers not affected by the tremendous snowpack and melt going on.

I went to fish the Calavaras River below the New Hogan Dam this morning. Flows were around 300 cfs and fishable. I spent the better part of four hours tossing everything I had at the river. Nothing, Nada, one strike and it caught me of guard and wasn't fast enought to set the hook. All was not lost as it did provide me a chance to practice my casting and work out the cobwebs from the winter.
As a mentioned earlier, rivers are raging which is going to provide me with an opportunity to finally check out those local streams I've not fished near Angels Camp and Sonora, CA.


Submitted by: Mark

Russian River, CA Fly Fishing Report

The past week myself and my scout troop have been kayaking down the russian river north of Santa Rosa, CA.

We fished the Russian River at Alexander Valley campground on 6/23 and 6/24. During those two days we caught, between three fisherman, 16 fish. All the fish were a rare species for the coastal mountains called a whitefish.

Whitefish are a bottom feeding member of the salmon family native to the western half of North America.

The fish hit small nymphes and dries from sizes 12-16. The takes were violent and the fishing fun. I caught 5, my friend Zac 6, and his dad Troy 5. All fish but one were released unharmed, the other was fried for dinner that night. The picture is of Zac with the fish that was cooked.


Submitted by: Jon H.

Highland Lakes, CA Fly Fishing Report

Highland Lakes, CA


Finally got my photos of fly fishing at highland lakes last summer uploaded. I know they are low quality but they were taken on an old film camera and had to be scanned in.

Fishing Info:
Place: Highland Lakes, CA
Fish: Brook Trout
Number of Fish: 10+ (Don't remember exact amount)

We fished at Highland Lakes for several hours on two different days. All the fish were caught on stonefly nymphs except for one on a mayfly imitation. The most were caught in early afternoon. The fish ranged from 8-13 inches, not bad for brookies. Enjoy the photos.


Submitted by: Jon H.

Highland Lakes, CA

I've seen the board has been kinda slow. Thought I would share some photo's from a camping trip to Highland Lakes during the Fourth of July where we caught several trout. The North Fork of the Mokelumne River flows from lower Highland Lakes and provides challenging fishing as well.


Submitted by: Mark
March 2, 2011

Eagle Lake Fly Fishing Report from Jon H.

Date: 7/26/10
Place: Eagle Lake
Fish Caught: 4 Eagle Lake Rainbow Trout
Fly Used: San Juan Worm and real worm!

Spend the day fishing with my friend Darrell, my mom, and Darrell's wife. We fly-fished at right about dawn but managed to not hook a single fish. As the day started to heat up we kept right on fishing until we had to come in at about lunch time. By then we had managed to bring in 4 fish between the four of us(2 for me, one for Darrell and one for my mother).

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Bucks Lake, CA Fly Fishing Photo

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Sean Wallentine with a hefty rainbow at Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes.

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Caught this thick rainbow with a slow retrieved black streamer.

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