Cal Trout along with partners from the Fall River Conservancy, Department of Fish and Wildlife along with UC, Davis posted a video on a project sponsored by Orvis to tag 500 trout on Fall River: The season opener on Fall River revealed conditions similar to last year with a much diminished flow from historical levels, [...]
The Pit River is one of our favorite rivers that we feature in our guide service. It is renowned for it’s big chunky Rainbows and high catch rates, at least for those who were willing and able to to suffer the poison oak, rattlesnakes and treacherous wading. A few years ago the dams on the [...]
Cal Trout posted some guide tips in their most recent newsletter including some thoughts from Shasta Trout owner Craig Nielsen: The Cal Trout piece offers: To help our readers succeed, we’ve assembled a Spring Fishing Tips of the Guides article, which includes a couple of tips you probably weren’t expecting. Read More: http://caltrout.org/2012/04/spring-fly-fishing-tips-from-californias-fly-fishing-guides/
Saving The Klamath River: An Interview With Fly Fishing Guide Craig Nielsen CalTrout: Craig Nielsen is the owner of Shasta Trout — a Northern California fly fishing guide and outfitting service that regularly puts clients on the Klamath River (and catches a lot of steelhead doing it). With the Klamath River, dam removal and [...]
Sold Out! Thanks for the overwhelming support for Cal Trout. Klamathon Lodge special fundraiser to benefit Cal Trout! March 1-3rd, $1300 value half price, only $649! We just received notice of a last minute cancellation for a prime weekend of guided steelhead fly fishing at the Klamathon Lodge, March 1-3rd. This is a great time [...]
Click here to read CalTrout’s North Coast manager Darren Mierau’s insightful piece on the Trinity’s recent history and (maybe) comeback. The Trinity River is enjoying a renaissance with California’s steelhead fishermen, and while steelhead populations seem to be prospering, salmon populations remain a bigger question. Cal Trout Trinity River photo of our good friend Shanan [...]
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 [...]