The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

Anyone know if there are any?

I live near there but I think the water is not clean enough for them. Haven't ever heard about any, but that's not unsual beacause nobody ever tells me s*%^$.

Cleaner then what? Almanor?(more likely, NO ONE thinks of fly fishing there."fly fishing for BASS?!?)

I fly fish there! Bass, bull gill, and especially bunches of willing carp.

To add on to this, my first trip to Almanor to fish the hex hatch resulted in my first six strikes being from Smallmouth Bass. At first I was dismayed but then I realized how much fun I had had playing to strong fighters.

I think the water in Clear Lake has too much settlement of algae, mud and chemicals to support a large population of Hex. I could be wrong, have been before, but in the years of beingnear there when the hex would be hatching has led to never seeing any.

Not sure about Clear Lake. I did see them on Hidden Valley a few years ago. (For Doug Hidden Valley is a private lake of about 100 acres close to clear Lake). Due to my wife's health I haven't been venturing very far over the last couple of years. She's been better lately. We did just get back from a trip up to Packer Lake. Fished the N.F. Yuba and a couple of other small creeks in the area. If there is a hex hatch at Clear Lake I think it would happen earlier in the year than at Almanor due to the lower elevation. So Charlie, how's the grandparenting going? Mike Borba

Grandpa renting is great. I'm spoiling the heck out of him!!