Tag Archives: Beginner

Klamath River, Ideal for Steelhead Novices

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Fathers and Sons, October 24 & 25th The typical tradition is for fathers to take their sons fishing.  In this case we enjoyed a little role reversal as Terry and Aaron who are seasoned anglers treated their fathers, who had never fly fished,  to a driftboat trip steelheading on the Klamath River.  Conditions could not [...]

Beginner’s Luck, Learning to Fly Fish & the Upper Sac 9/27

Sherri

Sherry Sherry thought she’d venture forth and learn to fly fish.  We settled on the Upper Sacramento River because it provides a perfect “classroom” for the novice, with a variety of  runs, riffles, pockets and pools along with easy access to over 40 miles of prime Wild Rainbow Trout habitat.  She’d done a little casting [...]

Introduction to Fly Fishing Workshop, August 29th

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Christie & Roger This friendly couple was interested in getting started fly fishing so signed up for our full day Introduction to Flyfishing onstream workshop.  We started the day learning knots, and the various ways to rig our rods including fly selection.  We followed by developing a working knowledge of entomology,  hydraulics and fish habitat.  [...]

On Stream Fly Fishing Workshop, August 29th

Upper Sac bugs

Introduction to Fly Fishing Space Available $95 per person Craig Nielsen and ShastaTrout are offering a full day on stream clinic designed for folks new to the sport or interested in learning to flyfish. All of the terminal gear including leaders, tippets, indicators, split shot and flies are provided, as well as lunch, snacks and [...]