Gone Creekin’ I took a break from guiding today, spent the morning and early afternoon in the office and decided to give my friend Tom Chandler, author of the Trout Underground blog, a call to check out a local creek. He was chained to his desk with a deadline so I went solo. About a [...]
Upper Sacramento & McCloud River Dry Fly Springtime fly fishing on local streams has been outstanding recently so I was a bit bummed to get a late cancellation this week. Rather than sitting around in my pajamas and eating bonbons I decided to go sample the fishing on my own. I have been guiding on [...]
April 27-May 9th The opening weeks of the fly fishing season on streams in the shadow of Shasta have been silly good. Conditions could not have been better, Dogwood trees, Indian Rhubarb, Shasta and Tiger Lilies are in full bloom (much earlier than usual) and local rivers are clear with flows we haven’t seen this [...]
Fishing Bear Lodge, Alaska August 4-11th, 2013 3 spots remaining Each season we travel to spectacular corners of the planet to sample fly fishing beyond the Shadow of Shasta. Our destinations are selected for the excellent fishing but more importantly the quality of the overall experience. We have visited numerous fisheries in Oregon, the Rocky [...]
Cal Trout along with partners from the Fall River Conservancy, Department of Fish and Wildlife along with UC, Davis posted a video on a project sponsored by Orvis to tag 500 trout on Fall River: The season opener on Fall River revealed conditions similar to last year with a much diminished flow from historical levels, [...]
The General Trout Season opens this Saturday, April 27th! This weekend will be your first opportunity to sample the McCloud, Hat Creek and Fall River this season. The National Weather Service is forecasting near perfect weather with daytime temps in the 70′s. Our year round rivers including the Lower Sac and Pit Rivers are fishing [...]
Merced Fly Fishing Club Monday, April 22nd, 7:00 pm Merced Elk”s Club, Merced, California Craig Nielsen, owner of Shasta Trout and a fly fishing guide based in Mt. Shasta, will be presenting a program called “Fly Fishing in the Shadow of Shasta, the Best of the Best,” at the monthly meeting of the Merced Fly [...]