Sunday, March 23, 2014

End of My Hot Streak!!

Upper sac
I was in Redding on friday for a work training. I was out at 3 and since i was only a few miles away from the lower sac... you guessed it!

Over-enthusiastic selfie
I had work the next morning so I was only able to hit it for about 2 hours but it was beautiful. I had never fished the lower Sac but I have heard outstanding things about it.  The area I was fishing was a public park but it  had a couple of nice riffles in it. The ground was covered in large slippery rocks which were hard to walk on but I was able to handle it without falling. I did have a couple of close calls but remained fairly dry.

I tried one spot right under the bridge and I started off with a stimulator. The day was a bit windy which made for some interesting casts but even the wind teaches me lessons on how to be a better fly fisher.

matched the hatch a bit too late
As I moved downstream, based on a fellow Kiene's Forum blogger recommendation, I tried a yellow egg under an indicator as well as a beaded rubber leg prince. Neither produced for me. I gave them a good 1/2 hour each but nothing. After a while I also tried an adult mayfly imitation but that didn't work either. He also named a bunch of other patterns that I had never heard of so obviously I didn't have any of these.

Last but not least I pulled out the old thin mint. It and woolly buggers in general were not on the list but I figured why not?! It also did not produce. Another fly i tied on but did not produce was a brownstone #6 because it really resembled something I saw on a rock walking over there.  On my walk back to the car i found another one. upon closer inspection, it seemed that this "thing" was dried up and the top was missing. I took that to mean that something (possibly a mayfly?) had hatched out of this a few days or weeks earlier. It was still cool to compare the two.

On the way back to the car I had an older lady take a picture of me all waded up for the Facebook. An old man walked up with a big grin on his face after I had taken the picture and asked, "Aren't you supposed to have a big fish in that picture?" to which i responded, "Catch and release!" He didn't have to know I got skunked! haha

Well anyway, that was my first experience on the lower sac. I fished from about 3-5 with no results and I also forgot to take a panoramic picture for you guys which i have been doing on my other posts but I did take this one for your enjoyment.








This trip concluded my fish catching streak but it was still a good time. A bit of an update, spring is in the air but in the valley it's already summer! the air is warming up and that means that my winter season is up and a winter report will be coming soon.

Total Fish: 0

12 comments:

  1. Sometimes you learn more when you don't catch fish than when you do. The more time you put in the better fisherman you become regardless of whether you actually you catch any. Although, I do hope you have better luck next time.

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  2. Learning is the all important link as you try different waters and different fly patterns. Kind of fun learning the entomology part of the fishing scene. Last, but not least, sometimes the fish win the game of fishing.

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    1. They sure do. I look forward to learning more about entomology as I go along!

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  3. The lower Sac is like Putah Creek. Once you figure out how to fish it, you score.

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    1. Sounds like you gave it a good shot though.

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    2. I agree, that is exactly what I thought while fishing it.

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  4. Juan
    Redding is one of the cities we visited when my wife and I flew out to visit our son last year. We were on our way to see the Redwoods north of there. I was so impressed with all the trout streams in that area. Let me guess, since you were in Redding, you had to be fishing with your Redington Fly rod???

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  5. Jay echoed my thoughts exactly. Skunks catch you fish later.

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  6. Still looks better than what I did that day--I was home sick sleeping, changing diapers, and making bottles.

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    1. haha very true. Hope you feel better Daniel!

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