April 2012 The murky water conditions we have been experiencing on the Lower Sacramento River have cleared with clarity returning to the typical six to seven feet on the upper reaches. Flows out of Keswick continue to be very low and fishable @ 3610 cfs with no scheduled releases at this time. Lower tributaries continue [...]
April 2012 Fly fishing the Klamath River continued to be very good with bright fresh spring run Steelhead arriving until April 5th when flows out of Irongate Dam unexpectedly increased to nearly 4,000 cfs. We have contacted the hatchery to see if the sudden increase from 1800 cfs was due to hatchery operations as they [...]
Photos featured @ Turtle Bay’s Fly Fishing: The Art of Deception, showing through April 15th How can you tell you are getting old? Your photos show up in museums. The Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding will be exhibiting Fly Fishing: The Art of Deception through April 15th. The exhibit celebrates “the beauty, the mystery [...]
Fly fishing guide reports from Anthony Carruesco, Gabe Duran and Craig Nielsen Since it is officially spring, winter has decided to finally arrive in the Northstate. With the recent storms we have been experiencing, most rivers are blown out and turbidity on the Lower Sacramento River has increased dramatically. It has varied between a foot [...]
This recent post by local guide Anthony Carruesco: We had a pretty substantial storm move through Nor Cal last week (FINALLY). The heavy rain did a good job of blowing out many of the local rivers but contributed some much needed water to the area. The Lower Sac through town has been pretty off color [...]
Springtime Flies: Recipes for Success first published in California Fly Fisher Magazine April 2011 By Craig Nielsen In 1998, I moved to Mount Shasta, a mountain community, from the Central Valley and have learned to cherish the time when I exchange my snowblower’s prime spot in the garage for the lawn mower. At about the [...]
Saving The Klamath River: An Interview With Fly Fishing Guide Craig Nielsen CalTrout: Craig Nielsen is the owner of Shasta Trout — a Northern California fly fishing guide and outfitting service that regularly puts clients on the Klamath River (and catches a lot of steelhead doing it). With the Klamath River, dam removal and [...]