Suggestions for N. Cal / Sierras trip this weekend?
 

I'm heading out to San Francisco to pick up a friend, then out to
~somewhere~ in the area to do some fly fishing / camping, and possibly
hiking. I've never fished the area, so I bought books (mostly on the
Sierras) and have been reading up. But I wonder if someone - Bill K? -
might have some specific suggestions for what might be good to try this
weekend, given the current conditions, and also specific suggestions
given my particular details, which a

- My friend is a novice fly fisherman, but experienced backpacker. I'm
the other way around. I'd love to get him onto some water where there
is dry fly fishing, hopefully not too difficult (nymphing might be
beyond him for his first days out). We could hike in a bit to camp,
but probably not more than a couple miles, as:

- We'll be driving up from SF Friday afternoon at 2pm, and returning
Monday afternoon - so wherever we go has to be reachable in a 1/2 day
drive. A long hike-in could be an issue.

I'm thinking either a short hike-in camping spot to get away from the
crowds and onto some easier fish. Or, maybe better, just camp at a
regular campsite and we'll hike away from the roads to get into
something a bit easier.

I initially had started to think about the North Fork of the Yuba, but
it sounds like it might be too high at the moment. If that's the case,
anything else to suggest that's good at the moment?

Or -- much harder for a visitor like me to discern from books - any
suggestions for a short hike-in spot we might try that'd be good right
now?

I know there are a lot of choices (Bill K, your website's river reports
have been very helpful, but still it's hard to tell, being unfamiliar
with the rivers). Just trying to get some direction here!

Many thanks, Tim

Jonathan Cook wrote:
wrote:


I'm heading out to San Francisco to pick up a friend, then out to
~somewhere~ in the area to do some fly fishing / camping, and possibly
hiking. I've never fished the area, so I bought books (mostly on the


If the rivers/creeks are high, think lakes. You ought to find some
great fishing in the high country lakes. Also, way up in the
mountains even during runoff, the creeks can be fishable in the
morning, as runoff slows down overnight because of the temperature
drop.

The Sierras still have a huge snowpack. Much of the high country will
probably be unreachable.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

I've heard a little bit about that. I guess that's also one of the
reasons why some of the local rivers are slow to get started this
year...?

wrote:
I've heard a little bit about that. I guess that's also one of the
reasons why some of the local rivers are slow to get started this
year...?

We had a very wet year. Everything is running about a month behind
schedule. Last year at this time I was fishing a freestone river,
flowing around 150cfs. Right now it's flowing 4k. A lot of the high
Sierra lakes are just now accessible. Snowpack up in the high country is
a real problem. Having said all that, there are several good places to
fish in NorCal. Finding solitude on the 4th of July
weekend....chuckles....well, it IS California, and everybody is
looking for the same thing. :-( Hiking will get you away from the big
crowds, but you might run into people, even in remote areas.

Bill Kiene has a bulletin board that should prove very helpful.

http://www.kiene.com/messageboard/

If you need more, this board is always helpful.

http://www.ncffb.org/


email sent

brians

Thanks brians, I'll try those boards... Best, Tim