Doing a float with my wife next Monday. Fly selection will be a little different depending exactly where on the river you'll be. I'm guessing that we'll doing the standard Posse to RV Park float, in which case I'll be loading up with various egg patterns; (though I'm not sure how effective they'll be this early in the season - a variety of Pettis Unreal Eggs; bright Micro Spawns, and beads of various colors); FBPT's; Micro Mays; Drifting Flashbacks; Gordon Princes; and Fox Poopahs.
From Anderson or below, I'd add some stonefly patterns, most notably Mercer's Micro Stones. We'll also be bringing BB, AB, AAA & SSG size shot to get the flies down. The AAA and SSG weights are used more as you get lower down the river.
The Streamtime map will indicate some walk-in access points closer to Red Bluff than Redding - we've had success at some of those spots like Bend, Paynes Creek, etc. A good online source is
www.sacramentoriver.org
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