Baum Lake Fish Report for 4-5-2023
Baum is a solid fishery and it is on right now!
Baum Lake - Cassel, CA (Shasta County)
by The Fly Shop
4-5-2023
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Baum is a solid fishery and it is on right now! You can have banner days up on this spring creek in the spring. Blue Wing Olive hatches continue to be the main event in the mid day, midges and an occasional black Caddis hatch will get the fish to congregate on the weed bed edges. Woolly Buggers in black and brown were good flies, Damsel Leeches are good patterns too. Olive seems to be the best color for the Damsels. Make sure you have a full midge box and red can be a fantastic color some days. Dry Dropper can be a deadly setup, a red or black Zebra Midge underneath a Chubby Chernobyl or a Fat Head Moth is a good setup. They are also eating up top occasionally, so bring your small dry flies for the surface action. The Griffith's Gnat and your favorite BWO dry or emerger pattern will work fine. On the bright, sunny days you will want to drop down on your tippet to 6X or 7X. Our guides have this place wired if you are looking for some tactical advice on fishing a great spring creek fishery with an expert!
Hot Flies:
Dry Flies:
Adams - #18-20, Hackle Winged May - BWO, Harrop's Last Chance - All, Griffith's Gnat, Mercer's Missing Link - #14-18, Light Cahill - #18
Nymphs/Wet Flies:
Red Copper John - #18, Ultra Scuds, GB Flashback PT - #14-20, Black A.P. - #14-16, Beaded Zebra Midge - #18-20, Mercer's Gidget, Mercer's CB Micro Mays - Ruby Red #16-18, GB Flashback PT - Olive #18, Beaded Zebra Midge - #16-20, Chromie - #18
Steamers & Leeches:
JGF Translucent Wiggle Tail - #10, Beaded Micro Buggers - #12, Zack's Damseleech - #14
More Reports
The Fly Shop Reports
for Wednesday, April 5th, 2023Pit River: Right now there should be decent access down to Pit 3 and 4
Sacramento River - Upper: The river coming into the lake continues to be somewhat high
The Fly Shop Reports
for Saturday, March 25th, 2023Hat Creek: The creek is looking good and is fishing pretty well
Sacramento River - Lower: The river continues to clear and more and more insects are hatching
Trinity River: The releases will only go up from now until they peak above 4,200 CFS on April 12th
Sacramento River - Upper: The river looks mighty tasty from the highway, although it continues to flow high below Sims
Shasta Lake: The lake is back in pretty good shape with good visibility in most of the main body
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