Author Archives: Craig Nielsen

Paso Robles fly fisher lands trophy Klamath River steelhead, enters Shasta Trout “Hawg of Fame”

Ed with his Shasta Trout Hawg of Fame, Klamath River Steelhead

Fly Fishing the Klamath River January 27th Ed Filice,  a maker of fine wine from Paso Robles and owner of La Filice Winery returned for another season on the Klamath River with local guide Craig Nielsen and enjoyed his best day ever! He was joined by his son Nick who also works in the wine [...]

Winter Flies: Five guide recipes for successful fly fishing on Northern California Rivers

The go to box

First published in the January/February 2011 Issue of California Fly Fisher Magazine by Craig Nielsen I am not a believer in silver bullets when it comes to fly patterns. I currently spend roughly 250 days a year on the water, yet seldom have I found a particular fly pattern to be the sure-bet solution to [...]

Shasta Trout at Sacramento ISE show, January 19-22nd

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Shasta Trout presents @ International Sportsmen’s Expo January 19-22nd, Cal Expo, Sacramento Shasta Trout will be exhibiting again this year at the 2012 International Sportsman’s Expo at Cal Expo in Sacramento.     If you are in the area, please stop by our booth and say hello and register for a free trip!  Craig Nielsen, owner and [...]

Fly Fishing Guide presents a program on the McCloud, Pit and Upper Sacramento Rivers

William enters the ShastaTrout Hawg of Fame with a McCloud River trophyBrown Trout

Sierra Fly Fishers, Saturday, January 14th @ 7pm at the Kernville Chamber of Commerce. Craig Nielsen, owner of Shasta Trout, has been fly fishing Northern California for over fifty years and has guided the McCloud River, Upper Sacramento River and Pit Rivers for two decades.  He will be presenting a program “Fly Fishing Freestones” at [...]

Seasons on the Klamath presentation at Santa Lucia Fly Fishing Club

Mark with the trophy of the trip

Thursday, January 12th @ 6:30 – 8:30, Santa Lucia Fly Fishers Craig will be presenting a program on fly fishing the Klamath River called ” Seasons of the Klamath” at a monthly meeting of the Santa Lucia Fly Fishing Club at Margie’s Diner, 1575 Calle Joaquin in San Luis Obispo.  The presentation features proven techniques [...]

Steelhead Fly Fishing on the Trinity River: Guides Reports

Sunny winter day and a bright Trinity Buck, it can

Steelhead Fly Fishing on the Trinity River has been as good as we’ve seen since the epic 2007 season.  Our great local guides Gabe Duran, Kevin Price, Jim Andras and George Durand are averaging several hook ups a day with some hard work, with 6-8 adult hook ups a day about average, with some double [...]

Marty Seldon, fly fishing conservationist passes

Martin pleased with another Klamath River steelie

Craig had the good fortune to spend a delightful day with Marty fly fishing on the Klamath River on December 7th and we were saddened to hear of his passing on December 28th.  Marty was a champion conservationist, fearless in taking on the tough battles to protect, preserve and improve fisheries in the the Northstate. [...]