December 2011 Steelhead fly fishing on the Klamath River this month continues to be exceptional with fair weather in Northern California and perfect water conditions. Fresh fish continue to trickle in sparking the bite, despite the lack of weather. All of our guests have enjoyed multiple fish days, including several adult fish showing in the [...]
Fall fly fishing on the Upper Sacramento River has been spectacular. The Indian summer we are experiencing has provided phenomenal conditions to enjoy this legendary river in its full glory. The blackberries are ripe, the trees are full of brightly colored leaves framing a snow covered Mt. Shasta, and there is nothing but fair weather [...]
October 4th Fall has arrived in the shadow of Shasta, the blackberries are juicy and ripe, the colors are changing, and daytime temps have cooled as the fishing is turning hot. Salmon are showing on the Lower Sacramento, Trinity and Klamath Rivers and the egg bite for trophy Trout and Steelhead has begun. This is [...]
July 25- August 4th Fly fishing on the Lower Sacramento River has been hot, as is the catching! Several guests this past week enjoyed spectacular success and some of the best trophy trout fishing of their lives. Mark and Jeff traveled down from Oregon to sample the bounty and went home to spread the word. [...]
Tom Peppas, Gabe Duran and George Durand hosted a few groups to some fine days on the Fall River last week. Cool temps mean midday hatches of Blue Wing Olives and Pale Morning Duns have been fair on some days, good on others with some exceptional dry fly action on the better days. One of [...]
May 18-25th You would never guess it’s spring in the Northstate as it is snowing again this morning at Shasta Trout headquarters! Despite the cool wet spring, the fishing on the McCloud, Pit and Upper Sac is improving nearly daily. Flows have dropped significantly from a few weeks ago and while local freestones remain high [...]
May 18th – 25th Fall River and Hat Creek are spring creeks and as such are typically impacted little by spring runoff in high water years. They are very hatch driven however and the bugs have been coming to life and fishing is improving as a result. Midday hatches of small mayflies, PMD’s predominately have [...]