Tag Archives: California

Sunshine Steelhead

Paul with a chunky fall buck

Klamath River, October 29th & 30th Paul arrived on the first day of his trip to perfect Steelhead conditions, overcast with a light drizzle.  Some fresh grabby fish had arrived including several large ones we landed while a few brutes were a bit camera shy and managed to avoid getting their pictures taken.   We were [...]

Special Summer Rate

McCloud

20% Discount on Guide Services! We are offering our first ever web special! Schedule a guide date with ShastaTrout this summer and receive a 20% discount. This is a savings of $80 per guide for a full day of guiding featuring the legendary rivers in the shadow of Shasta and the finest local guides. This [...]

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 [...]

McCloud River, August 16th

Bill starts the evening rally

Bill Bill has fished with us a few times before but just returned from London so it’s been nearly two years since we’ve shared a river with him.  He was anxious to return to the McCloud so we decided to fish some water he hadn’t seen before.  Very few folks are fishing the Mac this [...]

McCloud River, August 15th

Noemi with the fish of the day

Charles, Isabella, Max & Noeni Charles came up and fished with John Rickard a few weeks ago and had such an exceptional experience he decided to share it with his entire family.  All of them are new to the sport and the McCloud can be a bit technical this time of year.  No worries, they [...]

Upper Sacramento River, August 14th

Shanan with a USac trophy

Shanan Our good friend Shanan took a week off to fish prior to the school year starting at Foothill College where he is the head basketball coach.  We got together for an afternoon on the Upper Sac.  It probably wasn’t the ideal time of day to be searching for wild rainbows but we were planning [...]