Some good days can be had in the flats and lower in the system below Highway 299

Hat Creek - CA (Shasta County)

by The Fly Shop
1-21-2026
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Fishing conditions: Fair to Good

Report: This is the slow season for Hat Creek and you will see predominantly Blue Wing Olives and midges if you see a hatch at all. Some good days can be had in the flats and lower in the system below Highway 299 with the winter stoneflies. There are a lot of smaller mayflies and midges coming off, so small Zebra Midges and the BP Weiss nymph works well under a dry. We would also like to take this chance to remind folks who fish the Powerhouse 2 riffle that the wild trout spawn in this section. Use caution to stay off of any redds and let the fish do their thing so we have a healthy fish population.

Hot Flies:
• Lance's Jigged X-May
• Rubberlegs
• Sweet Pea Jigged Baetis
• Pheasant Tails
• Mercer's Missing Link
• S&M Nymph
• Walt's Worm
• Peaches n' Green
• BP Weiss Nymph

Regional Still Waters

More Reports

The Fly Shop Reports

for Wednesday, January 7th

Hat Creek: This is the slow season for Hat Creek
Sacramento River - Lower: Current release from Keswick is 15,000 CFS
McCloud River: The gage at Ah-Di-Na is showing the flow is still over 800 CFS
Pit River: All reaches of the Pit below Lake Britton are high
Trinity River: They bumped the release from Lewiston to 1,500 CFS this morning
Sacramento River - Upper: Current flows into the lake are topping 4,500 CFS
Baum Lake: Good reports from Baum continue
Shasta Lake: Continues to produce big numbers of bass and a fair amount of trout
Lewiston Lake: Lewiston Lake Fishing Report
Pyramid Lake: Pyramid Lake Fishing Report

The Fly Shop Reports

for Monday, January 5th

Sacramento River - Lower: Lower Sacramento River Report
Trinity River: Releases will go back up to 1,500 CFS on Wednesday, January 7th