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NorCal Preview: McCloud & Fall Rivers, Hat Creek opener, Upper & Lower Sac, & Pit Rivers
This weekend will be your first opportunity to sample the McCloud, Hat Creek and Fall River this season.  The National Weather Service is forecasting near perfect weather with daytime temps in the 70′s. 

“Dead Spell” (Delaware, NY/PA)
We are kinda dancing around the “dead spell” between Hendricksons and March Browns, but we are seeing sporadic hatches of March Browns here and there along with caddis, midges and more stone flies then normal.

Burst Of Life (Penns, PA)
Olives, Sulphurs, Gray Fox, March Browns, Brown Caddis, Green Caddis, Tan Caddis, Craneflies,  # 4-8 Big Stoneflies and Spinners of all...

Hendrickson Marathon (Au Sable, MI)
The old timers agree: this might be the longest running Hendrickson hatch in living memory.

Hangover Fishing (Oregon)
Special thanks to all the pals who rowed our worthless bloated livers around the local waters.

Magic Mushroom Fishing? – WTF? (Frying Pan, CO)
Comment 1: “Must have been that “Cheeseburger” dry fly.”
Comment 2: “This is my kind of fish…Seems its likes beer and beef as much as I do! Will someone please pass the gravy?”

Negligence (Au Sable, MI)
There was plenty of work left to be done and, well, I went fishing instead.

Decision-Makers (Au Sable, MI)
And at about 3p.m., with no rising fish for quite a while, we got the hell out of there and charged over to the mainstream.

…they strike gold
The next two hours were as fine as fishing gets anywhere that trout swim.  We landed a bunch of trout. Constant action.

Spinnerfall Wisdom (Au Sable, MI)
Been getting very heavy hatches but no spinner falls of late with the very cold late evenings. 

Spring? (Yellowstone, MT)
The low tonight in West Yellowstone is 16 degrees, a far cry from the summer like temps we have enjoyed for the past week.  I actually started a fire in wood stove, haven’t had to do that much lately.

Yes, Spring (Frying Pan, CO)
Dry fly madness! Killer midge and beatis hatches on the reg right now.

When The Weather Sucks (Yellowstone, MT)

Streamside Morels & Trillium (Au Sable, MI)

Apocalypse? (Truckee, CA)

High Water Dividends (Green, UT)
Thanks to a number of excellent water years the river has been getting healthier by the year. This year, fish health, hatches and water conditions are all showing the benefits of those good years.

High Water Fallout (Yakima, WA)
The Yakima...Going Going Gone...for the time being. We will keep you updated as things change!

In Summary (Deschutes, OR)
the river is gigantic.

Fishing Partner – RIP (Oregon)
Filbert My Favorite Fishing Partner is Resting In Peace.  for all of you who know him and have experienced his greatness, I am putting some pictures up of him, and also a video I made of his last big fishing adventure with Nikki and I. It was just two weekends ago that we took him to the Owyhee before he had his last bout with the disease. It was great that he got to have his last EPIC fly fishing trip.