Upper Sacramento River Updates

Sacramento River - CA


by The Fly Shop
6-4-2025
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The river is dropping somewhat with flows between 450 and 600 CFS down at the lake on the Delta gage. Up top the flows from Siskiyou in and around Dunsmuir continue to be somewhat high - and cold! If you wade be careful. The Yellow Sallies and Golden Stones are beginning to come off as are Caddis. The #12-14 Poxyback GS Biot Yellow Stones, Jigged Bird's Nest, Red Copper Johns, and the large #14 RK's Sin City are all good flies right now.

Upper Sacramento Flows at Delta

Hot Flies: 

Dry Flies:
• Sedgeback October Caddis - #10
• Low Water Baetis - #18
• Adams - #12-20
• Mercer's Missing Link - Dark #14-16
• Parachute Adams - #14-18

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Mercer's Tungsten October Pupa
• Skip's TB October Caddis
• CB Birds Nest - #10-14
• Red Copper John - #16-18
• Zebra Midge - #18-20
• Mercury Black Beauty
• Mercer's Glass Bead Micro May - #22
• Mercer's GB Dark Stone - #8
• Mercer's Dark Stone - #6
• Pat's Rubber Legs - Brown #6-8
• Jigged Birds Nest - #14-16
• Gordon's Amber Wing Prince - #12-18
• Mercer's CB Micro Mayfly - #16-18
• Walt's Worm
Streamers & Leeches:
• Sheila Sculpin
• Woolly Buggers
• Zack's Stillwater Swimming Leech - #8