http://www.shastatrout.com Legendary Rivers, Local Guides Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-creeks-in-search-of-trophy-trout-in-the-shadow-of-shasta http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-creeks-in-search-of-trophy-trout-in-the-shadow-of-shasta#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:34:32 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2970 August 2010 Craig had a cancellation on Sunday so after playing on the computer during the morning he decided to get out of the office and explore a few creeks for trophy trout while circumnavigating Mount Shasta with a fly rod.  While most anglers  consider a twenty inch Rainbow or Brown Trout on [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-creeks-in-search-of-trophy-trout-in-the-shadow-of-shasta/feed 1 http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-4 http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-4#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:11:29 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2950 August 2010 (Click on any photo for more pics of recent adventures in the shadow of Shasta) The Upper Sacramento, Pit and McCloud Rivers continue to fish well particularly early and late in the day when the sun is off the water.  Afternoon is a great time to have a cold drink, take a [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-4/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/kayaking-and-fly-fishing-the-upper-mccloud-river http://www.shastatrout.com/kayaking-and-fly-fishing-the-upper-mccloud-river#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:54:29 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2943 Click on any photo for more pics of this exciting adventure We have fly fished the Upper McCloud River below Fowler’s camp many times and put in kayaks and floated to McCloud Reservoir a few times but we have never combined the two activities until this day.  Craig invited his good friend [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/kayaking-and-fly-fishing-the-upper-mccloud-river/feed 2 http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-upper-sacramento-and-pit-rivers-club-presentations http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-upper-sacramento-and-pit-rivers-club-presentations#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:05:49 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2939 Fly Fishing Freestones:  Club Presentations on successful strategies on the McCloud, Upper Sacramento and Pit Rivers Craig regularly provides presentations to Fly Fishing Clubs and in July presented his entertaining program “Fly Fishing Freestones” to enthusiastic members at both the Fly Fishers of Davis and the Amador Fly Fishers. Upcoming presentations include: The North Bay Chapter of [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-upper-sacramento-and-pit-rivers-club-presentations/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-3 http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-3#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:16:08 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2904 Mount Shasta Area Fly Fishing Guide Reports for July 2010 (click on any photo for additional trip pics) July was a fabulous month, our most successful ever.  Thank you!  The fishing of late has been terrific, though with the warm daytime temps, the catching has slowed a bit, particularly midday.  It’s the time of [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-3/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/ashland-oregon-the-finest-in-foraging http://www.shastatrout.com/ashland-oregon-the-finest-in-foraging#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:44:19 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2897 First Published in California Fly Fisher Magazine, June 2010 There was a time when a campground with running water and flush toilets on a fishing trip represented the lap of luxury to me.  Toss in a stove to heat the beans and hot running water, and dare I say, a luke warm shower and life seemed [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/ashland-oregon-the-finest-in-foraging/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/five-secrets-to-summetime-success http://www.shastatrout.com/five-secrets-to-summetime-success#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:16:24 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2888 For many anglers, the summer heat, or the summer doldrums, often means few hatches and small fish. The prolific springtime hatches have come and gone. The rivers have become creeks, the water is crystal clear, the fish are spooky, and the most accessible runs have been fished over hard. By late summer, trout have [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/five-secrets-to-summetime-success/feed 2 http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-2 http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-2#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:08:15 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2846 Fly Fishing Reports for June 15th – 29th Fly Fishing in Northern California continues to be outstanding as we enter summer from the peak of our spring season.  Fine weather has arrived and our guests enjoyed sunshine on a host of venues that have fished very well with several folks finding memorable [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports-2/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-river-remains-cloudy http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-river-remains-cloudy#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:15:44 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2840 Fly Fishing on the McCloud River remains cloudy as the river continues to suffer from an infusion of silt from Mud Creek.  ShastaTrout fly fishing guides have found limited success on the McCloud with a few fish each day mostly taken on nymphs.  Water clarity at Ash Camp remains less than a foot, [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-river-remains-cloudy/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:13:01 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2820 Trip Reports for June 1st – 13th It has been longer than usual for us in between posting our reports, it is the time of year we are on the water most everyday, leaving early and returning late.  All of the local waters have been fishing well except for the Upper Sac which continues [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-guide-trip-reports/feed 1