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Williamson River, Oregon Fishing Report: (Kirk road to Klamath Lake)  Limit 1 trout per day until July 31, artificial only. Barbless hooks are encouraged. Catch and release only from July 31 until October 31. The Williamson is broken into several regulated areas with different restrictions. Know where you are, and what regulations apply. Regulations state that once the limit is taken, the angler is no longer allowed to fish. Catch, and release is highly encouraged by the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, and the Klamath County Guides Association. Release your limit, and catch more fish!


Williamson River: Closed to all angling.

Current Report Rating:

River Flows for the Williamson River
USGS Real-time Water Data Williamson River
 

Wood River, Oregon Fishing Report: Currently Open to fishing. Artificial only. Barbless hooks are encouraged.

Wood River: Open to angling April 21st. The water conditions are variable depending on the current weather conditions. The recent thunderstorms, and resulting heavy rains have made the water conditions marginal. Watch for clearing as the weather stabilizes. Recent fishing report have been good considering the unusually low river flows.

Current Report Rating: Fair-good depending on the variable water clarity.

Agency & Upper Klamath Lakes, Oregon Fishing Report:
Currently Open all year. Barbless hooks encouraged. Regulations state that once the limit is taken, the angler is no longer allowed to fish. Catch and release is highly encouraged by the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, and the Klamath County Guides Association. Release your limit, and catch more fish!

Agency Lake, and Lower Klamath lake are free of all ice, and water temperatures are already in the mid 60's. Last week, I recorded a water temperature of 68! The low river flows, and early warm lake temperatures will help to push the fish into the rivers early in the season. Remember that the mouth of the Williamson will  be closed until May 25th, but the fishing should be good right from the start this season. Fly fisherman are having some success in the shallow bays, and trollers are picking up some nice fish using trolling flies, and needle fish style spoons. Enjoy!

Current Report Rating: Fair

Water levels for the Upper Klamath  Lake
USGS Real-time water data Upper Klamath Lake
    

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Fly Fishing Equipment Suggestions:

Fly Rods
4wt to 6wt with a length of 9' to 10'. The heavier the weight rod, the longer the rod should be. This will help the fly rods protect the light tippet required for the rivers in the later months of the season. I always set up at least 2 rods. One with a floating line, and one with a intermediate sinking line. This will prepare you for most situations.

Fly Reels
Trout reels require enough smooth drag to keep the spool from overrunning itself on a big run, and the reel should have enough capacity for the line weight being used, and at least 75+ yards of backing.

Fly Lines
Williamson River: A floating line, and a Clear Intermediate Sinking line are a must. Most of the largest fish caught are taken on the Intermediate sinking lines. I prefer the Cortland 444 camo intermediate line with a 3' foot butt section of .021"-.019" fluorocarbon including a long fluorocarbon leader of 4-6x. Braided loops are not desirable, and will most likely have a quick visit with my clippers. P.S. Tie good knots!
Wood River: A floating Line, and a Type 4 S/T, T200 or #4 level sinking line. 200 grain sink tips, or shooting heads also work well. Floating lines are needed for the dry fly hatches, and the sinking lines are required to fish subsurface with nymphs, and streamers.

Leaders
Floating lines use Monofilament leaders-12'/5x or 6x. Except for hex fishing-9'/4x.

Intermediate lines use Fluorocarbon leaders-12'/4x-5x if you can find them. Add 3'-4' of fluorocarbon butt section if you can't.

Type 4 sinking lines or shooting heads use Fluorocarbon leaders-9'/3x.

Please note that fluorocarbon doesn't decay like monofilament does. Please, please, please take your tippet home, and don't litter the river. It would be there forever!

Flies
There are too many to even begin to list, but here are a few of the basics that account for many of the largest fish to hit my net. Wooly buggers, seal buggers and leeches in black, olive and dark brown, #12-#14 Quigley hackle stacker, and #14 caddis emergers. When in doubt tie on a Bob Quigley fly!

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