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 [...]
“Lucky” Bob and Gordon Good luck swung our way this day on the Lower Sac, after a week of poor luck with vehicles (two broken rented trailers and two flat tires). The grab actually started out a bit slow as we went through two or three drifts without a bump in a couple of runs [...]
Gerald, Fishmaster for Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers The Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers scheduled a fishout on the Upper Sacramento River that fizzled a bit so their Upper Sacramento River Fishmaster joined me for a morning to explore and compare notes. Conditions could not have been better. Flows are low and clear so we opted for [...]
James, Gord, Dave & Steve This happy clan joined us for a couple days of fly fishing and fun on the Fall and Pit Rivers. The men in this family gather for a group trip each summer to share the joy of fly fishing. This season they sampled the legendary rivers of Northern California. [...]
Fish Out of Water The Scott and Shasta Rivers which provide prime spawning and rearing habitat for Salmon and Steelhead for the Klamath River system are bone dry as irrigators drain their aquifers this summer. This is particularly disturbing after the Nature Conservancy’s recent purchase of the Big Springs property on the Shasta that for [...]
Nestle Bottling Plant, McCloud River Fly fishers and flyfishing on the McCloud River will be spared as Nestle’s six year attack on the springs that supply the flow into the fabled McCloud River has come to an end. In a letter yesterday Nestle withdrew their project proposal on the old mill property in McCloud. The [...]
Upper Sacramento River Fishing Conditions The river is low, clear and a bit technical but has been fishing well for those in the know. Stealth is key as is covering a lot of water to find feeding fish. Bug activity is light as is typical this time of year, a few Tricos showing each evening [...]