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 [...]
The Annual CalTrout Gala draws closer (May 6), and while tickets are still available, they’re going faster than Green Drakes on a trout stream. This gala benefits CalTrout in its work to protect and restore California’s wild trout, steelhead and salmon populations, so in a sense, you get to have fun now — and more [...]
Northern California Fly Fishing Guide Trip Reports, February 2011 The weather and river conditions have been challenging of late but visiting anglers have suffered well and been rewarded with some fine catches. Flows on the Lower Sacramento River have been clear and steady and the bite has been fair to good with caddis on clear [...]
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 [...]
Join us May 7th 2010! (Click a pic for more photos of the 2009 Shasta Trout auction winners!) Join Craig Nielsen owner of Shasta Trout at the Cal Trout Annual Gala and fundraiser at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco this Friday, May 7th. Tickets are still available! Be the winning bidder for a [...]
Sign on to Support Cal Trout, TU, FFF & CSPA This year critical Lower McCloud River dam relicensing meetings with stakeholders are scheduled and I attended a meeting in Mount Shasta as a representative for the Northern California branch of the Federation of Fly Fishers (FFF). Much of discussion at this meeting was related to [...]