Upper Sac non-yak 3/16-3/18

Took a trip to the Upper Sac last week hoping to do better than the previous months' trip during which I landed 1 12" trout. Day one left us shaking our heads and wondering what we were doing wrong. Zero takes and one one fish spotted between the two of us despite a fair amount of midges and bwo's on the water.

Day two started with a trip to Ted Fay Fly Shop. Bob (who is worth his weight in gold) gave us some solid advice. We left the shop with bigger lead shot, a bunch of tungsten bead black rubberlegs and renewed resolve. The first run of the day produced a 12" fish for me on the rubberlegs.

Second location resulted in back to back 18" fish for my buddy. Both on rubberlegs. Next run was my turn and I landed one that was pushing 20". Also on rubberlegs. We were losing a fair amount of gear trying to get the flies deep, but the strategy was paying off.

Day three I said out loud that I'd be happy to land one more and somebody answered my call. I got another fatty (16"-18") on the rubberlegs. This trip will always be a special memory for me. I've only been fly fishing for about 8 months, and I'd been wanting to tangle with some larger size trout, as my PB to date was 14". It was great fishing, great weather and beautiful surroundings. Can't wait to get back

That's a big deal!  Good stuff to da max!  Congrats on the new PB...

Awesome fish! Looks like a great trip!

Nice photos.   

Awesome! I'm heading up to the upper sac in 3 weeks for a few days. It will be my first time fishing that area and I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for the report

Awesome! I'm heading up to the upper sac in 3 weeks for a few days. It will be my first time fishing that area and I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for the report

I would make it a definite priority to get to Ted Fay in Dunsmuir. Bob will set you up for success

Bug hatches have been CRAZY in town with this warm weather spell this past week. At least until the cold front comes in next week, it should be lights out on anything. My backyard patio lights are attracting the spring bugs harder than any week so far this year.

the colors on those trouts! Congrats on landing fish even if you lost some rigs, I guess that is part of fishing - did you drifted, used anchors or something else to get those weighted patterns down in promising spots?