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The Flood Of 2017

by Matt

Not much fishing going on right now as Northern California continues to recover from the flood of 2017. It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen so much water but growing up in Marysville and seeing the soccer fields below the bridges between Marysville and Yuba City flooded isn’t anything new. Although the event wasn’t 1997 flood levels, we did get a heck of a lot of water.

There aren’t a whole lot of options for fishing right now but I’m thinking the low-flow of the Feather River, a few lakes and ponds, and the surf are probably your best bets to wet some line.

Rejoice as the storm provides us with destructive natural disaster entertainment!

Flood of 1997. Over ten years ago.



Storm of the 20th Century in Yuba & Sutter County

Yuba River

Mama Said Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This

by Matt
Epic Yuba Blowout

The biggest Yuba blowout within the last three years finally happened with the river reaching over 15,000 CFS within a 24-hours. Although the previous 10,000 CFS blowout was decent, this one was able to create a few new contours that will be interesting to fish.

New Sand Bank

The flows have stabilized a bit but the river is still muddy and recovering. As I hiked around I noticed a lot of areas with vegetation facing downstream. From what I observed throughout the day, the flows must have gotten crazy high reaching most of the willows close to the banks. The fish will be eating well.

Right Place. Wrong Fish

I was able to get four hook ups with one landed by high-sticking the seams. The first three felt like nice sized trout that I couldn’t bring out of faster water. The last hook up was a beatis eating sucker  that was fun to land.

With a great warming forecast for the next two weeks, I will start focusing on figuring out the warm-water pattern of Ellis Lake. The prespawn will be on and I’m going to catch me a monster out of the crap hole.

Keep Calm and Fly Fish™