McCloud Dam Relicensing Flows Screencast from California Trout on Vimeo. Shasta Trout guide Craig Nielsen attended a meeting last Thursday, July 14th hosted by Cal Trout to discuss flow recommendations for the Pit and McCloud Rivers under relicensing with FERC. There has been a good deal of misunderstanding and misinformation regarding the flows and particularly [...]
We plan on attending a meeting hosted by CalTrout to discuss Pit River flows this Thursday, July 14 at 7:30 PM at the old Clearwater House in Cassel. We hope you can join us. This event will focus on the Pit River flows, but They will touch on McCloud River flows too. They’ve run a [...]
Our good friends at Cal Trout recently hired a new Director, Jeff Thompson who we’ve met, fished with and also shared some insightful dialogue over a few meals. Jeff is a catch for Cal Trout, he is an avid angler who is familiar with local rivers and issues facing California fly fishers as well as [...]
Cal Trout, Trout Unlimited & FFF released the following alert today: The McCloud River is an historic fishery, a world-class angling locale and one of California’s natural treasures. But the McCloud is approaching a critical crossroads and needs your support. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is evaluating whether and how to grant Pacific Gas [...]
ShastaTrout fly fishing guides donate trips that help raise $14,000 for California Trout The Cal Trout Annual Gala and fundraiser at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco on May 7th was their biggest success ever! We couldn’t be more pleased. Shasta Trout local guides Craig Nielsen, John Rickard, Gabe Duran and Jim Andras donated [...]
Cal Trout, the Northern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers & Trout Unlimited along with a number of news agencies are reporting a new agreement to remove 4 dams on the Klamath River which block upstream migrations of Steelhead and Salmon. This is a major step to restoring these legendary runs of fish. Here [...]
Fish Out of Water The Scott and Shasta Rivers which provide prime spawning and rearing habitat for Salmon and Steelhead for the Klamath River system are bone dry as irrigators drain their aquifers this summer. This is particularly disturbing after the Nature Conservancy’s recent purchase of the Big Springs property on the Shasta that for [...]