Baum-Lake

Fishing - Great: The Fly Shop in Redding reports that fishing is excellent. Stable cool water temperatures keep the fish active though things do slow down a little mid day. There are tons of midges #16 & #18 in the water in the morning and PMDs and Callebaetis come off later in the day. Suspending a Balance Leach under an indicator can get you some of the bigger fish. Go to dry's are the #18 Parachute Adams, Mercers Missing Link, and Griffith's Gnat. As a dropper put on a small pheasant tail or zebra midge." If you are going to fish down below, a dry dropper set up will be less noticeable to the fish compared to a strike indicator.

Recommended Patterns

Nymphs:

Bead Head Pheasant Tail #12, #14 & #16, San Juan Worm/passionate pink, Copper John/red or copper #14, #16, Bead Head Prince Nymph (various sizes), Wooly Bugger/rusty, black, Glow Bug/red. Adam's Parachute #14 & #16, Gold Ribbed Hares Ear #14 to #16.

tungsten bead Zebra Midge/black, brown, red, Scud/pink #14.

Dries:

Stimulator #8-#12, Adams Parachute #14 & #16,

Elk Hair Caddis #14 & #16,

Parachute PMD #14 & #16

Parachute Ant #14

Dave's Hopper #10

Fat Albert #10