The season on the Fall is winding up
by The Fly Shop
10-22-2025
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The season on the Fall is winding up, but you can still get on fish if you know where to look. Watch the weather as it can be quite cold and windy. Fish downstream and you can find fish that will eat leeches. This is typically when we see Blue Wing Olive hatches and the last of the Tricos, Callibaetis and PMDs of the season. There are a ton of BWO dries, Norman's Loopwing and the Hackle Stacker are both fine flies. Small #18 S&M nymphs in black and olive will get fish eating subsurface. For the Tricos, the Drowned Trico and CDC Trico Spinner are good choices. Baetis and Callibaetis nymphs under the Fathead Moth is a good combination when the fish aren't rising. Strip Pine Squirrel Leeches and Water Boatmen in the mid-day and afternoons. If you would like to set up a day on the Fall, give a call Bryan in Outfitters at 800-669-3474 to set up a trip!
Hot Flies:
• Lance's Jigged X-May
• Weiss BP Nymph
• Norman's Wiggletails
• Pheasant Tails
• Mercer's Missing Link
• Zug Bugs
• Zack's Stillwater Swimming Leeches
More Reports
The Fly Shop Reports
for Wednesday, October 15thHat Creek: The Blue Wing Olives should be popping now and the fish will be putting on the feed bags
Klamath River - Upper - CA: Water clarity on the lower end has been good
Sacramento River - Lower: The Sac is back!
McCloud River: October Caddis should be coming off in good numbers now
Pit River: The fall is a great time to fish the Pit
Trinity River: Nothing additional to report this week except the fishing continues to be stellar on the T!
Sacramento River - Upper: October Caddis are definitely coming off in and around Dunsmuir
Shasta Lake: The cooling continues and you should be able to fish high in the water column for rainbows soon
Lewiston Lake: Lewiston Lake Fishing Report
Manzanita Lake: The storm dropped some snow on the park and this may be your last opportunity to fish Manzanita
Pyramid Lake: The lake was 70 F at the surface, but with the storms is cooling off rapidly
The Fly Shop Reports
for Wednesday, October 8thHat Creek: Still seeing daily Trico hatches and a spinner fall
Klamath River - Upper - CA: Water temps are finally well below 70 degrees
Sacramento River - Lower: The flows have stabilized at 7,200 CFS
McCloud River: McCloud River Fishing Report
Pit River: The fall is a great time to fish the Pit
Sacramento River - Upper: As we edge closer to late October you should see the big Caddis coming off soon
Baum Lake: This is Blue Wing Olive season, look for afternoon hatches daily with a lot coming off if it is cloudy
Shasta Lake: The cooling continues and you should be able to fish high in the water column for rainbows soon
Lewiston Lake: Recent reports indicate that you can get a lot of fish on midge pupae