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Stanislaus River, Middle Fork, lower Access

This lower access point on the Middle Fork Stanislaus River below Beardsley Lake offers fly fishing and lures-only fishing for wild brown and rainbow trout.

Access is via the USFS Sandbar Flat Campground, though the forest road is long, twisting, and confusing to navigate. The river near the campground is slow and deep, but hiking upstream a half mile reveals prime wild trout water with better fishing conditions.


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