Kings River Outing

Saturday/Sunday - Jan 14 & 15, 2023
Avocado Lake Park, 3625 N Piedra Rd, Sanger, CA 93657

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• 7:30AM - CLUB SPONSORED BREAKFAST

  We will meet at Avocado Lake Park (entrance fee of $5.00 cash per vehicle) for breakfast burritos served down by the river.

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• FISH, FISH . . . GO FISH!

  After breakfast, we will head out and spend the rest of the day fishing. Mentors will be available upon request.

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• ALL THE FUN STUFF!

  Banquet style buffet dinner

  3rd annual White FISH gift exchange.

  Award for best “Black Fly Attire” (Fun, not Formal!)

  Raffles, games

  AND OUR Fly Fisher Of The Year award!

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• Lodging Recommendations

  We recommend the Piccadilly Inn Airport in Fresno, CA as this is where Saturday nights festivities will be. Recent rates were found for $80.00 per night, just ask google!

  RV Camping (RV’s / trailers Only) is available at Riverbend RV Park located near our fishing grounds on the Kings River.

• Gear and Tackle Recommendations by Randy Skidgel

  The Kings offers many the same types of water as the Kern and other Sierra streams. There is ample pocket water to drift Nymphs through or to dredge the bottom while “high sticking”. There are plenty of long swift runs to swing streamers through with your “Trout Spey”

  If the weather allows, there will be good BWO and Caddis hatches going off. Very educated sippers will challenge your presentation skills. Think ZERO drag, long 15’ Harvey Slack Line leader systems work well here. 6x or 7x tippets will be necessary as the fish get more educated. Downstream drift is a must to consistently catch the sippers. I like a 5wt 9’ to throw nymphs under a bobber. The fish can be very large and hard to land on anything smaller than a 5wt. I use an 8’6” 4wt for my dry fly fishing.

  Nymphs
  Pheasant Tail Nymph- #16-20
  Gold Ribbed Hares Ear- #16-20
  Epoxy Back Hares Ear- #16-20
  Copper John- #16-#20
  Birds Nest- #18-20
  Prince Nymphs- #16- 20
  Zebra Midges- #18-22
  Red Squirrel Tail Nymph- #16-20

  Dries
  Parachute Adams- #16-22
  Elk Hair Caddis- #16- #20
  BWO- #18-22
  Hackleless BWO- #18-22
  Griffiths Knat- #18-22

  Streamers
  Krystal Buggers- Brown, Black, Olive, White
  Muddler Minnows
  Clousers
  Leach Patterns

  Emergers
  Baetis BWO emerger- #18-22
  Barr Emerger- #18-22
  WD-40 # 16-22