Fly Fishing Report From An Irish Angler

July 8, 2011


River Slaney, Co. Wexford, Ireland, Evening Sea Trout.

Fished the Slaney yesterday evening for sea trout below Scarawalsh old bridge accompanied by visiting angler David Balsdon. A native of Devon who fishes the famous River Torridge, David was looking forward to casting a line on this equally famous Irish river. Conditions were not great, with a cool south easterly wind blowing upstream driving a constant mist of rain before it. Perseverance though did pay off, with David netting a three quarter pound sea trout tempted by a Kill Devil Spider as dusk closed in.

In good condition, fat and beautifully spotted, the sea trout took with a bang giving a good account of itself before being netted, photographed, and returned. David fished on until close to mid night catching parr and small brownies, along with a few tentative plucks from their migratory cousins, however the brace alluded him. Conditions were tough it has to be said, the upstream wind in particular making life difficult, but hey that's fishing. David appreciated the experience, and if the opportunity arises would most definitely make a return visit.


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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

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Big Rainbow Trout Released

Putah Creek, CA Fly Fishing Video

Sean Wallentine on Putah Creek, CA

December 2009

McCloud River, CA Fly Fishing Report

Darin Wallentine

McCloud River Rainbow

Fly Fishing near the South Lake Tahoe Area: Pyramid Creek

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Pyramid Creek

Fly Fishing near the South Lake Tahoe Area: South Fork of the American River

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South Fork of the American River

Visit us tomorrow for Day 2 of Fly Fishing near the South Lake Tahoe Area when we feature Pyramid Creek.

Fly Fishing near the South Lake Tahoe Area: Wolf Creek

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Wolf Creek

Visit us tomorrow for Day 2 of Fly Fishing the South Lake Tahoe Area when we feature the South Fork of the American River.

Fly Fishing near the South Lake Tahoe Area: West Carson River

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West Carson River

Visit us tomorrow for Day 2 of Fly Fishing near the South Lake Tahoe Area when we feature Wolf Creek.

Fly Fishing near the South Lake Tahoe Area: East Carson River

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East Carson River

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Fly Fishing near the South Lake Tahoe Area: West Walker River

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West Walker River

Driving from South Lake Tahoe, the West Walker River is one of your longer drives.

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Burney Creek, CA Fly Fishing Report

Darin Wallentine

Burney Creek, CA

Profile of East Creek, CA High Sierra

East Creek flows north out of Lake Reflection and into East Lake. The creek then flows out of East Lake and tumbles down to Bubbs Creek at Junction Meadow, moving from Tulare County into Fresno County, California. Eventually, the waters from East Creek and Bubbs Creek merge with the Kings River. The upper reaches of this wonderful High Sierra stream, between Lake Reflection and East Lake, is full of eager Rainbows and Rainbow/Golden Trout hybrids.

The lower section, which is much steeper, is almost exclusively home to Browns. And if given the opportunity, don't pass up fly fishing the tail outs of both East Lake and Lake Reflection where the lakes flow into the streams. These are the most productive sections, especially with a dry fly!

To get to East Creek, take Highway 180 out of Fresno (Kings River Scenic Byway) to the mountain hamlet of Cedar Grove. Just past Cedar Grove is Road's End, where you begin your hike at the clearly marked trail head. After you climb your way 12 miles up to Junction Meadow, this is a good place to camp overnight. From Junction Meadow, take the trail to East Lake and Lake Reflection.

Once you arrive, there are miles and miles of productive trout water.

Steelhead Days

Don Van Schenck

Sacramento, CA

Trinity River, CA

Dec 3-4, 2009

Equipment: Rod 6 w 10 ft/ 7 WF Floating line/ 3x to top fly/ 4x to dropper

Flies Used: Size 12 Golden Stone to Size 16 FB PT, Blue and Red Copper John, Size 18 Micro May

Other Details: 30 solid hook-ups/ 23 steelies and 1 sea-run brown landed/ 12 fish per man/ WOW

Upper Sacramento River, CA Fly Fishing Report

Sean Wallentine

Sacramento, CA

Upper Sacramento River, CA

September 2003

Caught 74 Rainbows up to 13", but lost some others that were much BIGGER.

Flies Used: Beaded Gordon's Prince #16; Beaded Bird's Nest #14; Hopper #12; Green Beaded Pulsating Caddis #16; Green Z-Wing Caddis #14.

Other Details: Fished downstream from I5 bridge, through town at Prospect Access up to Mossbrae Falls, and in Dunsmuir at Gillis Street, and down I5 at Conant exit.

Truckee River, CA Fly Fishing Report

Sean Wallentine

Sacramento, CA

Truckee River, CA

April 24, 2004

Caught a Brown, 2 Rainbows, and a big Carp up to 18"

Flies Used: Green Beaded Pulsating Caddis #16; Milky Egg Pattern #16.

Other Details: Opening Day, Perfect! Clear water and flows at about 225cfs. We parked on Glenshire Rd near the railroad tracks and later near Glenshire Bridge.

Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River, CA Fly Fishing Report

Sean Wallentine

Sacramento, CA

Middle Fork of the Stanislaus River, CA

August 2007

Caught 10 Rainbows up to 14"

Flies Used: Royal Stimulator #14; Yellow Sally #14; Copper John #16 (copper); Dark Lord #14.

Other Details: Fished the Middle Fork at the town of Strawberry, which is above Beardsley Reservoir. Exact location just above the Old Strawberry Bridge on Old Strawberry Road.