On a road trip to host some good friends and fish in Idaho, local Shasta Trout owner and fly fishing guide Craig Nielsen stopped to fish the Owyhee River in Oregon, on the recommendation of great local guides Fred Gordon and Alan Blankenship who spend time on the river every season. It is a desert [...]
July 25- August 4th Fly fishing on the Lower Sacramento River has been hot, as is the catching! Several guests this past week enjoyed spectacular success and some of the best trophy trout fishing of their lives. Mark and Jeff traveled down from Oregon to sample the bounty and went home to spread the word. [...]
July 22nd Fly fishing on the Lower Sacramento River remains outstanding and Becky, with husband Phil, took full advantage. Visiting for several days this delightful couple enjoyed a couple days to sample the McCloud and Upper Sacramento Rivers and on their last day upped their game, landing several trophies including a very large fish played [...]
July 11-23rd Evening dry fly fishing continues to be exceptional, particularly on the Fall River where the Hexagenia Mayfly hatch is peaking. If you have not experienced this event, with big hungry trout sucking down size six dry flies as the sun sets over Mt. Shasta, consider this your complimentary notice to get here now. [...]
July 6th & 7th Richard (Dick) the President of the Shasta Trinity Fly Fishing Club in Redding was joined by the Vice President, Creighton for a couple days of fishing on the McCloud River and Lower Sacramento River with local guide Craig Nielsen. On back to back days they gained entry into Shasta Trout’s Hawg [...]
July 5 – 10th What a week! The weather in Mt. Shasta has turned gorgeous and the fishing has been superb! Several of our guests enjoyed some of the finest fishing of their lives. Three additional anglers landed trophy Rainbows this week that gained them entry into Shasta Trout’s Hawg of Fame! Consider this your [...]
July 5th Scott traveled to the Mt Shasta area for a visit with his family and snuck away for a couple days of fishing with local guides Craig Nielsen on the McCloud River and Alan Blankenship on the Pit River. He enjoyed some spectacular fishing including a large dry fly Rainbow on his last cast [...]