Ted Fay Report : January 19, 2023
Rick Cox
USac 8000k
Happy New Year, what a way to start off 2023. I’m thinking everyone prayed too hard for a wet winter and the gods gave it to us all at once. The rainfall and snow numbers are crazy good and am sure you all are aware of them. Needless to say I love the purge the river is getting on the USac. It went to 16k on the 14th, a FYI for you I remember a year when it reached 40k back in the 90’s. Now that’s a PURGE! For whatever reason the McCloud Reservoir has been kept low so it hasn’t really had a chance for a good ole fashion flush yet. It has spiked but unfortunately didn’t maintain a high flow, probably because the dam wasn’t spilling. I bet it spills and gets too high to fish early spring when the snowmelt kicks in. For now the USac is flowing just north of 2k, for those who know this river when it gets below that threshold our favorite high water spots open up and its game on. I expect too that we should be seeing a good push of lake runs just like the old days before the drought (love them). Given what I’m seeing we will continue to see a very slow drop in the flows if the weather stays cold and there’s no more rain and snow. So far forecast is showing bueno for the next 7-10 days so we may have our first opportunity to fish the river in 2023. The current snowpack is beyond ridiculous so once it kicks in with warming weather it’s going to be a high water year for fishermen and kayakers. Stay tuned kids.
If you have any further questions give Bob a shout at the shop or just stop in and bug him next time in the area.
Cheers
Rick Cox Fly Fishing - offering 40 years of fly fishing experience for half day lessons for beginners to ole dawgs. Checkout my Instagram post at rick_fly
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Mucho snow on her
Lake Siskiyou spilling
Sweepers can take out kayakers
Running 8k
Over the banks
Trips are happy
Trips pumping
Lisbon pastries