As expected, the water is cold and the fish are on the bottom. I landed this 17″ yesterday below GoodYears Bar. It was hanging near the bottom. It and a neighbor took a heavily weighted jig fly that I came up with last year. I call it the Money Fly.
I fished for an hour (2-3). The water is cold and the fish are cold too. You’ll have better luck on the Lower Yuba. You may get a chance to throw some dry flys on the LY.
The snowpack around the Yuba Pass is light. When the heat comes, that snow will melt off quickly. At this point, it seems like we’re going to have another low-flow year. Plan on fishing May and part of June on the NFY. Unless we get a surprise storm, plan on fishing tail waters (rivers coming from the bottom of dams).
The Money Fly gets down fast and is buggy. This fly has been a consistent success on the North Yuba and other free stone rivers
