The river is fishing great

Pit River - CA (Modoc County)

Photo Credit: Courtesy of The Fly Shop

by The Fly Shop
10-2-2021
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The forests are open, the skies are clear, and the fall fishing is in full swing on The Pit! Look out for occasional high releases. The river is fishing great, best flies right now are brown and black Jiggy Rubberlegs and TJ Hooker. From Pit 3 down through 5 it is on!
We will keep you in the loop when we hear about the closures ending.

Here are some useful links to monitor the flows:

Pit 3 - Below Pit 3 Dam
Pit 5 - Through Big Bend

Hot Flies:  Dry Flies:
Stimulator - Orange
Foam October Caddis
Potter's October Caddis
Mercer's Skating October Caddis
Chernobyl Ant
Fat Albert
Adams - #14-18
Elk Hair Caddis - Tan #12-16
Mayfly Cripples - #12-16

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
Mercer's Tungsten October Pupa
Morrish October Pupa
Skip’s TB October Caddis
Black A.P. - #12
Dark Lords - #12-16
Flashback Pheasant Tail - #14-16
Beaded Zebra Midge - #18
BH Hellgrammite - #6
Mercer's Poxyback Dark Stone - #6
GB Black A.P. - #10-12
CB Micro Mayflies - #14-18
Red Copper Johns - #16-18
Pat's Brown Rubberleg - #6-8
Gordon's Amber Wing Prince - #14-18
GB Bird's Nest - #10-16

Streamers & Leeches:
Zack's Swimming Leech - #8





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The Fly Shop Reports
for Saturday, October 2nd, 2021
Fall River: The river continues to fish well with a great Callibaetis spinner
Hat Creek: Clear blue skies and no smoke!
Klamath River - Middle: The McCash fire continues to burn south and west of Happy Camp
McCloud River: The river is clearing slowly
Sacramento River - Upper: Fish should be moving up out of the lake soon
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