Fly Fishing the McCloud, Pit & Upper Sac: A Fly Fishing Guide’s Presentation
Tri Valley Club
March 4th
Craig joined the Tri-Valley Fly Fishing Club in Livermore for their monthly meeting and presented a program on “Fly Fishing Freestones,” techniques, tactics and strategies for success on the McCloud, Pit and Upper Sacramento Rivers. The packed [...] Read more »
Northern California Fishing Guides enjoy the Lower Sacramento River
February 2010
Local fishing guides Craig Nielsen, George Durand and Bob Norman enjoyed a beautiful day on the Lower Sacramento while hosting the Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers on one of their fishouts. Each of these great local guides have been fishing the river for over 30 [...] Read more »
ShastaTrout will be exhibiting at the 2010 Fly Fishing Show in Pleasanton. Craig will also be giving presentation Seasons on the Klamath, along with Switchrod casting demonstrations. If you are in the area, please stop by our booth and say hello, and enter our drawing for our free trip! For more info, [...] Read more »
Shasta Trout will be exhibiting at the 2010 ISE in Sacramento. Craig will also be giving switch rod casting demos, and fly tying demos.
If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello!
For more info, check out the event website for the 2010 International Sportsmen’s Expo.
Sacramento, CA January 21 -24, 2010 (Thurs [...] Read more »
Swinging for Steelhead with a Switchrod on the Klamath River is Fun & Productive
December 27th
Will and Keith from the Ashland Flyshop joined Craig for a busman’s holiday on a little known piece of the Klamath. Will and Craig fished switch rods with Craig dedicated to swing while Will opted to both nymph and swing, Keith [...] Read more »
Fly Fishing Guide Wayne Eng Lands a Lunker!
December 17th
Local Fly Fishing Guide Wayne Eng lives on the banks of the Sacramento River and knows nearly every nook and cranny on the river so you can imagine his surprise when he landed an enormous Brown Trout not far from his doorsteps. Tom Chandler, author of the [...] Read more »
Two Full Days of Guided Steelhead Fishing
December 3rd & 4th
Mike treated himself to a two day guided Steelhead vacation on the Klamath River with local guide Chuck Volckhausen after keeping his nose to the grindstone for months on a contract job in Sacramento. He had called ShastaTrout in hopes of sneaking away on several [...] Read more »
Beginner’s Luck on Klamath River Steelhead Guided Trip
December 1st
Duncan and Bob traveled from California’s Central Valley for a day of guided fly fishing for Steelhead on the Klamath River. Again the weather was absolutely gorgeous but the large adult Steelhead we have been seeing were a bit tight lipped. We hooked a few and [...] Read more »
Switch Rod Demo for Anderson Custom Rods at Touvelle Park
Craig presented a program on casting and fishing switch rods at Touvelle Park on the Rogue River this weekend as part of Gary Anderson’s spey gathering. Gary is owner of Anderson’s Custom Rods and hosted this free event. Fellow presenters included Whitney Gould and [...] Read more »