19 inch" Sac River Hen
2012
Sat January 14, 2012 Baum Lake Gerald
Nelson
Sat January 21, 2012 Alt. Baum Lake Gerald
Nelson
Thu February 16, 2012 Lower Sac Wade Michael Caranci?
Sat February 25, 2012 Lower Sac Wade TBD
Tues-Thurs Mar. 6-8, 2012 Smith
River Steelhead Bill Lenheim
Sat March 24, 2012 Sugarcreek Ranch Dick Recchia
Tue April 3, 2012 Trinity Holy Waters Bill Lenheim
Sat April 14, 2012 Iron canyon Reservoir Don Weiseman
Sat April 21, 2012 Lewiston Lake Benson
Kanemoto
Tues May 15, 2012 Clear Creek Evening Jerry Waybright
Sat May 19, 2012 Lake Britton TBD
Thu May 31, 2012 Shasta Bass John Gantner
Sat June 16, 2012 Trinity Lake
Campout Ralph
Lestarjette
Mon June 25-27, 2012 Fall River at Spinnerfall Lodge 1 Gerald Nelson
Wed June 27-29, 2012 Fall River at Spinnerfall Lodge 2 Gerald Nelson
Sat July 14, 2012 Upper Sac TBD
Sat July 28, 2012 Hat Creek Wild Trout Lee Maxwell
Sat Aug 4, 2012 McCloud Reservoir Earl Johnson
Mon-Thu Aug 6-9, 2012 Upper Klamath Lake Fred David
Sat Aug 18, 2012 Lake Siskiyou Craig Nielsen
Tue Sep 4, 2012 Baum Lake Tom
Taylor
Sat Sep 8, 2012 Upper Sac TBD
Sat-Fri Sep 15-21, 2012 Owyhee
Trip 1 Steve
Cooper
Sun-Fri Sep 23-28, 2012 Owyhee
Trip 2 Steve
Cooper
Sat Oct 6, 2012 Manzanita Lake Alan Slattery
Sun-Wed Oct 14-17, 2012 Eagle
Lake TBD
Sat Oct 27, 2012 Manzanita Lake TBD
Nov 2012 Delta Stripers TBD
Thu Nov 15, 2012 Trinity
River Ross
Morrison
Thu Dec 6, 2012 Trinity
River Bary
Caranci
Sat Dec 15, 2012 Lower Sac Wade/Float Alan Jones
Bonus Fishouts
Sat April 28-Sat May 5 Paradise Lodge, Yucatan Michael
Caranci
Sat May 5, 2012 Steiner Lake Gerald
Nelson
Sat. Aug 11, 2012 Steiner Lake Gerald
Nelson
Thurs. Sep. 6, 2012 Steiner Lake Gerald
Nelson
There are private waters
scheduled for the year and generally come with a limited number of slots
available. Sugarcreek Ranch is open for ten people with a $75.00 rod fee per
day. The Paradise Lodge trip is offered by Michael Caranci and he will be
leading the trip. If you are interested
in going on this trip please contact Michael at The Fly Shop or via his email.
The Steiner Lake Fishouts are limited to six participants per date with a
$50.00 rod fee. Email me if you are interested and let me know which date/s you
would like to fish. My email address is gfnelson52@gmail.com
which is my most accessible email address. The fees can be paid to The Fly Shop
and let them know which day/s you would like to fish. There will be sign-up
sheets at the next four meetings for the Fall
River trip. This is a nice trip for married couples
even if one does not fish. There will be a separate announcement detailing the
trip in The Shasta Caster. The Owyhee trip is
a phenomenally good time and is an intense week of fishing. Information will be
provided and sign-up sheets will be available at upcoming meetings. My thanks
to all fishmasters and participants, it is your involvement in the club that
makes The Shasta-Trinity Fly Fishers who they are.
Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers - Trinity River Fish Outing
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Outing Leader:
Ross Morrison
Meeting Time and Place: To be determined based on fishing conditions,
and will be announced at the November 9th Membership Meeting.
Please remember to purchase your Fish and
Game Steelhead Fishing Report and Restoration Card.
Fishing Location: Trinity River, somewhere between
Lewiston and Junction City (depending on river conditions).
Equipment/Tackle:
My rod preference is a 7 wt, but many use 6 or 8 wts.
Tippet sizes from 2X to 3X. Sometimes tippet down to 4X for really low,
clear water. Many use fluorocarbon
tippet for clear water conditions. Many
still use Maxima Ultragreen tippet material when swinging flies. Also, lighter weight spey or switch rods are
great on this river.
Angling Methods:
With winter conditions (water temperatures in the low 40s) the most
productive method would likely be nymph fishing under indicators. The indicator set-up is the same as is used
on the Lower Sac, with about 6 to 7 feet between the indicator and split shot
knot, followed by 12-14 inches of 2X tippet to the first fly, in turn followed
by 12-14 inches of 3X tippet to the second fly.
Some anglers tie-in the leader to the indicator and use a level tippet,
say 2X tippet, down to the split shot knot.
I prefer to attach the indicator to a tapered leader, so that it can
easily be adjusted up or down and can be removed if I want to “tight-line”
nymph without an indicator, or swing fish.
In the Fall I many times use all 3 methods in a day’s fishing.
For those traditionalists that want to swing flies, I suggest
dark leech patterns (for example, black bunny leeches), and wet flies, such as
assassins, burlaps, silver Hiltons, and muddler minnows (can be fished dry, if
desired). Also, there may be an
opportunity for afternoon dry fly fishing for brown trout and juvenile/adult
steelhead, or skating a dry fly.
Flies:
#8-12 golden stone nymphs, #10-14 poxy hare’s ear, #10-12 egg patterns
(shrimp pink for colored water and darker conditions to champagne for clearer
water and lighter conditions), #12-14 copper johns (copper, blue and red), and
#12-14 flashback PTs. (For dries, BWOs,
and March Browns.) For swing flies see above.
Leader’s Note:
Please call me at 242-1425 or e-mail at rossjoanie@charter.net, if you have
questions. We will meet at 4pm at One
Maple Vineyards, as we did last year, to taste some wine and share the day’s
activities. See you on the 17th!