Flora Lake Fishing Guide, Placer County, California

• Overview

  Flora Lake sits in Placer County, out in California. Height above sea level is 7,195 feet. At 8 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. You are 7.6 miles from Truckee. For a city, Reno is 30 miles off. More in the same country: Azalea Lake about 0.2 miles, 0.6 miles away is Lake Angela, West Lakes about 1.1 miles, 1.2 miles away is Summit Lake and Lake Mary about 1.4 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Flora Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Survey and observation records for Placer County include sockeye salmon, rainbow trout, tahoe sucker, brook trout and bluegill. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Flora Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, August reads 60°F and January reads 27°F. The swings are modest, so patterns change slowly. It is not guaranteed even in a cold spell, so check yourself. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. Flora Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. The closest car park is 0.9 miles away, so pack accordingly. Billy Mac Canyon takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Azalea Lake at 0.2 miles is the nearest alternative. For Flora Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.