<![CDATA[Maxs Fly Fishing - Lake Almanor-California]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:38:29 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Finally found the right fly!]]>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:02:47 GMThttps://www.maxsflyfishing.com/lake-almanor-california/finally-found-the-right-flyIt took three days to find something that worked at Lake Almanor on my weekend trip at the end of the summer.  I went to the dark side and started out trying to do some spin rod fishing using Rapala lures and trolling speedy shiners and Silvertrons.  I feel like I tried everything in the tackle box.  The only thing caught was one 15 inch salmon, a blue gill and a couple bass. The last day I noticed that the fish were rolling on top and it looked like they were chasing fish and not hitting flies on top of the water.  I decided to pull out the fly rod.  I tried a fly that is suppose to look like a tiny dead fish that sits on top of the water with no luck.  I also tried a while clouser minnow and got nothing.  I then tried a white zonker type streamer. This was the money maker.  I had 4 bites in 5 - 10 minutes and caught 2 decent fish (should have had 4). I wish I had pulled out my fly rod two days earlier!  
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]]><![CDATA[Lake Almanor (Hamilton Branch)]]>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:32:15 GMThttps://www.maxsflyfishing.com/lake-almanor-california/first-postThis summer I did a lot of fishing in Lake Almanor and had some pretty good success. My cousin and I had really good success fly fishing at Hamilton Branch which is a creek that feeds into the lake.  The fish weren't very big but we caught a decent amount between the two of us. We were very successful using large and small simulators.  My cousin caught a pretty large fish with a woolly bugger.  I am excited to try more fishing in northern California where i hear the fishing gets really good.  ]]>