Manzanita Lake Fish Report - CA (Madera County)

With more snow on the way and the highway through the park closed, we'd suggest fishing elsewhere

Manzanita Lake - CA (Madera County)

by The Fly Shop
1-1-2026
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Fishing conditions: Poor

Report: With more snow on the way and the highway through the park closed, we'd suggest fishing elsewhere like Lewiston, Shasta or Baum Lake. We'll update the report in probably May when the lake unfreezes.

Hot Flies:

Dry Flies:
• Harrop's Last Chance - #16-20
• Adams - #14-18
• Mayfly Cripple - #18
• Last Chance Cripple - Callibaetis or Baetis
• Mercer's Missing Link - #14-16
• Mercer's Parachute Profile Spinner

Nymphs/Wet Flies:
• Zack's Attack Damsel
• Burk's Sierra Damsel
• Zack's Bomb Squad. - #14-16
• Hogan's S&M - Olive #16-18
• Beaded Zebra Midge - Black #18-20
• Mercer's Gidgets

Streamers & Leeches:
• Beaded Micro Bugger - Black
• Zonkers - #4
• Beaded Micro Buggers - Any

More Reports

The Fly Shop Reports

for Thursday, January 1st

Fall River: While the Fall is open to fishing year round, it is probably cold and slow
Klamath River - Upper - CA: The river is definitely showing signs from the last storm and we will see big flows
McCloud River: The storm over Christmas added quite a bit of flow and blew the river out
Pit River: Releases at Pit 3 remain at 350 CFS which is still a good flow
Sacramento River - Upper: The recent storm had the Upper rocking & rolling flowing over 20,000 CFS at the lake!
Baum Lake: Still solid reports coming in from Baum Lake
Iron Canyon Reservoir: Iron Canyon can be a winter time sleeper if the road conditions are good
Shasta Lake: This place could be one of the best locations to fish in the coming days with the storms on the way
Lewiston Lake: Lewiston Lake Fishing Report

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