Trinity River Fishing 

They truly are! great description! The Trinity Alps is a special place.

Thanks Ryno, I greatly appreciate the kind words.

Hi Ryno, I have moved! Fishing With Drake is the new channel 🍻

​@@fishingwithdrake8090 Thanks for the heads up, PD! I will most certainly come check you out...and subscribe, of course! If ever you're looking for a companion on one of your NorCal adventures...hit me up! Pretty sure we'd hit it off just fine. I'm a long-time flyfisherman with a cabin up in Northwest Montana (Flathead country). I promise I wouldn't hold you up! lol Love your channel and have sent many of my buddies your way. I also follow you on IG and love all of your content. Keep it up! -Ryno (Ryan)

@@rynoinoaktown8194 For sure! I will be back in Reno this fall 🍻

Will do!

Thanks Ed. I love the N CA coast. One day I stopped fishing early and drove out to Samoa Beach to see the ocean.

Thanks Vinnie

Good Luck! 🍻

Good Luck on the trip! 🍻

​@@purpledrakefishing Thanks! I love your vids bro keep em coming !

Steelhead and salmon will pretty much be your options. Mainly small trout in the smaller feeders creeks around there. I think some of the large reservoirs have good trout and bass fishing though.

Got the old channel back--will be posting videos here again!

Thanks Anthony! Greatly appreciate the positive feedback 🍻 It was around 300-325 cfs when I fished the Trinity last year. How did your trip go on the Trinity? I almost went there but was worried about the road closures there.

@@purpledrakefishing it was the first week of November. We had a cabin on the Klamath and the water was high and unfishable in the lower river. Our last day, we cut out early and fished the lower river near Hoopa. It was big water (around 3,000 cfs) but good color. Landed 6-7 half pounders in a full day of fishing. No adults. A lot of grabs and the fish were chromed. I was swinging flies and it would have been a lot better indicator fishing. We got caught in the road closure after a tree blocked the road and took out power. Let’s just say the country road to bypass the issue and get to Weichpec was a nightmare!

@@anthonyfabiano4827 Sounds like another bad year on the Trinity in terms of fish returns? Last year I recall it was poor and I felt pretty lucky to have hooked into 2 adults. The fishing reports on the Redding Fly Shop sound too optimistic imo.

@@purpledrakefishing the fish reports do sound too optimistic! We spent some time talking with a Hoopa tribe member that manages a large section of the river and he actually said the run we were at had record salmon and steelhead the month before. Last year on the Klamath, the peak seamed to be much earlier. I’m starting to think the October rule of thumb is becoming an earlier event. It’s a long drive to be throwing darts at the calendar!

Hi Anthony, I have moved! Fishing With Drake is the new channel 🍻 Hope all is well.

I have experimented with it a few times and it didn't seem to be effective.

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Thanks--no, didn't fish it but I wish I had. Sounds like there are having a good steelhead run this year.

Hi Pat, I haven't tried yet the perdigon style nymphs but I plan on tying some soon. I haven't tried the Klinkhamer either, but I like the half in-half out way it rides the water. I sometimes streamer fish but rarely anymore. I spent one year just fishing streamers exclusively a while back and I am decent at it. I do plan to start fishing them again this year.

@@purpledrakefishing Hey Purple. I've got some Klinks coming and I'm going to give them a try on the Lower Yuba and maybe the Upper Sac. I'll let you know how it goes. Same with the Perdigons.

Totally agree about finding fishing where other people haven't (check out my Putah Creek video where I was able to cross and fish the other side after the flows had come down). For salmon/steelhead, I think the reason why a lot of the flies from the traditional to the today, are flashy and have bright colors are to trigger that bite when it passes in front of them. My favorite hardware lure when fishing for salmon/steelhead is the Blue Fox spinner, blue color (#4).

Hi Len, It was a 9' leader that I made that had 5' of 8lb fluorocarbon line (Seaguar brand) for the bottom section. I can't quite remember exactly, but I think the top section was made out of 2' monofilament line of 15lb Maxima and 2' of 12lb Maxima monofilament. For my nymph rigging I had a 5" tag section as the dropper which was tied off of a surgeon's knot, and then 22" below that knot was my bottom fly.

@@purpledrakefishing ahh thanks..that explains it

Glad your looking at this river bro! youll love it

It was a 6wt DT Orvis Rio floating line.

Hi CA dry fly, Hope you and your wife are doing well. This is Purple Drake, I have moved--Fishing With Drake is the new channel 🍻

Hey drake me and the wife doing good. Awsome one the name move looked forward to more videos

@@californiadryfly5439 Good to hear 🍻 Tight Lines, PD

Thanks Jon--fish took the Rubber Legs. I backed over a rock that luckily didn't get me completely soaked in the cold water, LOL. My heart was racing during the fight; hours of no action and then wham! what I thought was a snag that turned into a hot fish.

I think the Trinity is having a weak return of steelhead this year. If you do go, the Klamath might be a better bet.

@@purpledrakefishing moving up to the klamath might need me a ride on a drift boat. I read there is a big brown population closer to lewiston, do you think that would be worth checking out?

@@driftstone I have beard about the resident browns & sea run browns in the upper section below the dam, but I haven't fished up there before and don't know if they are numerous or not. I think if you were to fish the Trinity, the best fishing will be from Steiner Flat upstream to the dam at this time of year. Very bank wader friendly for a fly fisher.

Not familiar with the Trinity, but the #8 Rubber Legs nymph in coffee-black worked well for me.

@@purpledrakefishing sounds good, I’ll try that out! Any nymphing techniques you’d recommend?

@@aaronbradley6158 It is little larger than you average trout stream and the fish are spread out--I think an indicator rig is a good idea for the Trinity.