Ted Fay Report : July 3, 2022
Rick Cox
McCloud River color is getting cranky Photo by Chis Devine
De Ja Vu time on the McCloud. Just about a year ago it went chocolate and stayed that way until last October. She’s running steady on the turbidity scale at 4-4.5 since the end of the week. Hopefully she doesn’t get pissed and go muddy but time will tell. I dug up some old photos from 2010 when guiding it that shows it a bit worse. We caught fish but wading was tough and it wasn’t lights out. When the color (see below pics) gets any worse than this I would call her blown. Hopefully this is a pulse that is very common for the river and it drops. Just keep an eye on the river turbidity gauge folks.
On the USac it’s officially Dog Daze time. It’s summer, the river has dropped and is running gin clear. The dinks are out in full force but hey these little wigglers are fun and full of spunk. I suggest using LBS to get you a tug during the day and concentrate in and just downstream of the oxygen bubbles and don’t be afraid of fishing the faster pocket water. Evenings will get a hatch around dark thirty so if you can stay out late put on a dry fly, hopefully something you can see.
Cheers
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She’s fishable but ….. Photo by Jason Kash
Turbidity gauge is holding steady between 4 and 4.5
From my archives 2010 McCloud River
Archive from 2010 McCloud River
USac is looking very sweet Photo ny Chris Devine
The little wanna bez are back in numbers Photo by Chris Devine
Pastry porn from the Azores