http://www.shastatrout.com Legendary Rivers, Local Guides Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:56:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://www.shastatrout.com/lower-sacramento-river-fly-fishing-guide-enters-shasta-trouts-hawg-of-fame http://www.shastatrout.com/lower-sacramento-river-fly-fishing-guide-enters-shasta-trouts-hawg-of-fame#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:34:50 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=3256 February 2011 Local Lower Sacramento River fly fishing guide Gabe Duran has been finding some exceptional fish lately on the Lower Sac, including this beautiful trophy, despite what most experts consider a very tough bite.  With this trophy Rainbow, he enters Shasta Trout’s Hawg of Fame.  Most of his success has come on egg patterns [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/lower-sacramento-river-fly-fishing-guide-enters-shasta-trouts-hawg-of-fame/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-report http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-report#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:23:01 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2620 The McCloud, Upper Sacramento, Lower Sacramento, Klamath, Pit, Fall Rivers & Hat Creek We are now a bit over a month into the regular trout season and the fishing has been surprisingly good, particularly considering the wet and wacky weather we have been experiencing.  The Redbud and Dogwoods are in full glory with more wildflowers [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/northern-california-fly-fishing-report/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-pit-and-upper-sacramento-rivers-tri-valley-club-presentation http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-pit-and-upper-sacramento-rivers-tri-valley-club-presentation#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:27:01 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2312 Fly Fishing the McCloud, Pit & Upper Sac:  A Fly Fishing Guide’s Presentation Tri Valley Club March 4th Craig joined the Tri-Valley Fly Fishing Club in Livermore for their monthly meeting and presented a program on “Fly Fishing Freestones,” techniques, tactics and strategies for success on the McCloud, Pit and Upper Sacramento Rivers.  The packed [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-mccloud-pit-and-upper-sacramento-rivers-tri-valley-club-presentation/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-report-klamath-upper-sac-lower-sac-and-pit-rivers http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-report-klamath-upper-sac-lower-sac-and-pit-rivers#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:45:34 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2297 The ShastaTrout fishing report features the most recent information obtained from the very finest local guides. All of our guides are seasoned professionals who in most cases spend as much time individually on the rivers they guide as our biggest competitor’s guides spend collectively. We hope you find our report informative and useful in planning [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-report-klamath-upper-sac-lower-sac-and-pit-rivers/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sac-lower-sac-pit-and-klamath-rivers-a-fly-fishing-guides-report http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sac-lower-sac-pit-and-klamath-rivers-a-fly-fishing-guides-report#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:17:46 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2278 Guided Fly Fishing Trips on Northern California Rivers February 9th – 15th What a week!  We started out with an epic afternoon on the Pit River which during any other time of year would have been fantastic.  To experience catching fish after fish in the dead of winter was just too good to believe.  On [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sac-lower-sac-pit-and-klamath-rivers-a-fly-fishing-guides-report/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sacramento-and-klamath-rivers-a-fly-fishing-guides-report http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sacramento-and-klamath-rivers-a-fly-fishing-guides-report#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:58:05 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2249 Guided Fly Fishing Trips on Northern California Rivers January 27th-31st It was great to return to Fly Fishing  on the Klamath River and Upper Sac after last week’s epic storms and trip cancellations.   Flows steadied and water clarity improved, water temps came up a couple degrees and conditions could not be too much better.  We [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sacramento-and-klamath-rivers-a-fly-fishing-guides-report/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/klamath-and-lower-sacramento-rivers-fly-fishing-guides-report http://www.shastatrout.com/klamath-and-lower-sacramento-rivers-fly-fishing-guides-report#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:50:03 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2218 Guided Fly Fishing Trips on Northern California Rivers January 11-17th Fly Fishing for Steelhead  on the Klamath and the  Trophy Trout fishing on the Lower Sacramento continued this week with fine weather, some outstanding anglers and a few exceptional fish. We started the week with a couple new friends from Oregon.  John and Ron are [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/klamath-and-lower-sacramento-rivers-fly-fishing-guides-report/feed 2 http://www.shastatrout.com/sacramento-ise-show http://www.shastatrout.com/sacramento-ise-show#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:05:20 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2215 Shasta Trout will be exhibiting at the 2010 ISE in Sacramento. Craig will also be giving switch rod casting demos, and fly tying demos. If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello! For more info, check out the event website for the 2010 International Sportsmen’s Expo. Sacramento, CA January 21 -24, [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/sacramento-ise-show/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-klamath-river-a-guides-report http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-klamath-river-a-guides-report#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:49:49 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2205 Winter Steelhead Trips Jan 2-9 We started out the brand new year with some great groups Steelhead fishing on the Klamath River.  We were looking forward to the week as all of them are seasoned anglers and the river remains in superb condition.  Donna and Anne, who were first up, are members of the Golden [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/fly-fishing-the-klamath-river-a-guides-report/feed 0 http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sacramento-river-guide-lands-27-brown-trout http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sacramento-river-guide-lands-27-brown-trout#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:34:26 +0000 Craig Nielsen http://www.shastatrout.com/?p=2181 Fly Fishing Guide Wayne Eng Lands a Lunker! December 17th Local Fly Fishing Guide Wayne Eng lives on the banks of the Sacramento River and knows nearly every nook and cranny on the river so you can imagine his surprise when he landed an enormous Brown Trout not far from his doorsteps.  Tom Chandler, author [...]]]> http://www.shastatrout.com/upper-sacramento-river-guide-lands-27-brown-trout/feed 1