Lower Yuba River

                Current river flow

From the California Department of Water Resources

Current Report - April 8 , 2008 - Tuesday

The Lower Yuba River has been fishing well for the past few months.

The bugs and fish are finally back.

Should be mayfly hatches in the afternnons and caddis in the evenings.

Local drift boat guides have been doing well.

Call the shop for more info. 800 400 0359 or 916 486 9958

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Article

• Lower Yuba River By Jeremy Gray. Courtesy Flyfishnorcal.org site.
  

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River Information

The Lower Yuba River flows out of Englebright Reservoir running 8 miles down to Da guerre Diversion Dam. After flowing over Daguerre Dam it flows down to it's confluence with the Lower Feather River in Marysville/Yuba City.

• It is most famous for it's fantastic wild Rainbow trout population (10 to 20") so near to Sacramento and the Bay Area. Trout fishing is best in the Spring and Fall but can be good almost any month. The river has a great insect population including stoneflies, mayflies and caddis. There is a good population of sculpin in the river so many swing olive Zonkers on a sinktip line. Mid-summer they use terrestrials like hoppers, ants and beetles.

• It also has a small run of  Fall, Winter and Spring run wild Steelhead.

• There are wild King Salmon that run into the river in the Spring and Fall.

• Below Daguerre Dam the river is most famous for it's runs of American Shad normally peaking in June.

• There are Smallmouth Bass and Stripers in the lower stretches too.

Access on the river has been an issue with land owners wanting to keep the general public off the river. There is now a gravel road opened on the south side of the river starting at the Hwy 20 Bridge. Many float the stretch from the Hwy 20 Bridge downstream about 4 miles to the Sycamore Ranch RV Park.

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Tackle (trout & steelhead)

• You can use anything from a 9' to 10'  rod in #4 to 7 weight line size.
• You need a floating line and a sinktip for swinging streamers.
• Have some fresh 9' 5x leaders for fishing dries, some 7.5' 4x leaders for indicator nymphing and some 6' 3x leaders for swinging streamers on a sinktip line. Have some fresh match tippet material in 3x to 6x.

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Instruction

• Jeff Putnam offers a trout clinic on the Lower Yuba River.

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Books

• The Definitive Guide to Fishing in Central California   by Chris Shaffer.

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Lower Yuba River Maps

• From the Fish Sniffer site.
• From the FlyFishNorCal site.

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Fishing Guides

• Kiene's Lower Yuba River Guide recommendations.
  

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Shuttle Service

• Sycamore Ranch RV Park offers a shuttle service.
• Contact Maurilio Guzman at (530) 713-7421 or Enrique Nava at (530) 301-1270