We have not characterised this dam's release, so this is a general cold-release figure and could be several degrees out in either direction. Treat it as a hint, not a reading, and check locally before you fish.
12pm(now) — Western Blue-Winged Olive
Peak activity at 11am — Western Blue-Winged Olive (Western Blue-Winged Olive, Peak emergence window)
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Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Foothill tailwater below Englebright Dam, drift-boat and walk-in water, holding hard-fighting wild rainbows. It also carries an ESA-listed wild steelhead run, so those fish get the gentle treatment they're owed. The signature event is the late-winter skwala stonefly — a big bug that gets the rainbows looking up when not much else is moving — and then PMD and caddis roll in as spring comes on. Flow leans on both releases and runoff, so it's worth a look before you load the boat.
Holds ESA-listed Central Valley steelhead. These are wild fish carrying a hard story, so we name their presence and leave it at that — no catch score, no go-get-'em. Handle any you meet with real care.
EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Yuba River (Englebright Lake Dam to Feather River, Lower)' (CAR5153000020020702135622), 2024 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Not Supporting. Listed impairment causes: Metals Other Than Mercury. This is a Clean Water Act assessment-unit classification (the US analogue of WFD), not a live reading.
Status is for the Clean Water Act assessment unit covering this reach.
EPA ATTAINS (Clean Water Act) · CAR5153000020020702135622
Foothill tailwater below Englebright Dam, drift-boat and walk-in water, holding hard-fighting wild rainbows.
We have not characterised this dam's release, so this is a general cold-release figure and could be several degrees out in either direction. Treat it as a hint, not a reading, and check locally before you fish.
12pm(now) — Western Blue-Winged Olive
Peak activity at 11am — Western Blue-Winged Olive (Western Blue-Winged Olive, Peak emergence window)
Hatch predictions
Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.
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Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 3 as a supporter.
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Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Foothill tailwater below Englebright Dam, drift-boat and walk-in water, holding hard-fighting wild rainbows. It also carries an ESA-listed wild steelhead run, so those fish get the gentle treatment they're owed. The signature event is the late-winter skwala stonefly — a big bug that gets the rainbows looking up when not much else is moving — and then PMD and caddis roll in as spring comes on. Flow leans on both releases and runoff, so it's worth a look before you load the boat.
Holds ESA-listed Central Valley steelhead. These are wild fish carrying a hard story, so we name their presence and leave it at that — no catch score, no go-get-'em. Handle any you meet with real care.
EPA ATTAINS assessment unit 'Yuba River (Englebright Lake Dam to Feather River, Lower)' (CAR5153000020020702135622), 2024 Integrated Report. Aquatic Life use: Not Supporting. Listed impairment causes: Metals Other Than Mercury. This is a Clean Water Act assessment-unit classification (the US analogue of WFD), not a live reading.
Status is for the Clean Water Act assessment unit covering this reach.
EPA ATTAINS (Clean Water Act) · CAR5153000020020702135622
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