Tag Archives: Fly Fishing Guide

Joe Kimsey, a local legend on the Upper Sac goes fishin’

Ellis poses one of Joe

Joe Kimsey is hosted by Sacramento River Fishing Guide Fred Gordon Local Sacramento, Pit and McCloud River fishing guide Fred Gordon treated Joe Kimsey to a day of fishing on the Lower Sacramento River.  Joe was a longtime fixture in the Ted Fay Fly Shop on the Upper Sac where anglers would come to enjoy [...]

Ten Tips for Springtime Success: Fly Fishing Freestone Rivers

Jack lands a lunker

Ten Fly Fishing Guide Tips for Springtime Success on Northern California Freestones: Fly Fishing in Northern California: The McCloud River, The Upper Sacramento River, The Pit River(click on any pic for more photos of local streams) Fly Fishing in springtime is often when the bounty of freestone rivers can be most apparent.  The weather is [...]

Upper and Lower Sacramento Rivers: Fly Fishing Guide Trip Reports

Nick lands another Lower Sac Beauty

Upper and Lower Sacramento River Fly Fishing Guide finds early season success. March 18-24th Fly Fishing on the Upper Sacramento and Lower Sacramento Rivers is improving daily with the warm weather and hatches taking off.  While the dry fly fishing hasn’t yet materialized the nymphing has been good to great.  We’ve enjoyed some beautiful days [...]

Klamath River Steelhead: A Fishing Guide’s Trip Report

Steve with a bright winter beauty

Swinging Flies for Klamath River Steelhead: Fishing Guide’s Report March 6 & 7 This winter Steve decided it was about time to enjoy a guided trip  for Steelhead on the Klamath River and try his hand at swinging flies with two handed rods.  Steve is a good angler, a great guy and fishes with us [...]

Epic Day with Guide Fly Fishing the Lower Sacramento River

Bobcat on the bank of the Lower Sacramento River

Anglers enjoy Guided FlyFishing for Trophy Rainbows on the Lower Sac & views of bald eagles and a bobcat. December 29th Jim and Glen escaped the Bay Area for an epic day of guided fly fishing for trophy rainbows on the Lower Sacramento River.  Though they are seasoned anglers this was their first experience on [...]

Klamath River Fly Fishing Guide Hosts Author of “Fly Fishing Traditions”

Blake handles a hunk of a halfer

Yuba River Anglers Enjoy Banner Days Steelheading the Klamath River December 14 & 15th Craig had the pleasure of fly fishing for Steelhead on the Klamath  for two days with the author of the new blog “Fly Fishing Traditions”.   Clay Hash fishes with ShastaTrout a few times each season, heading north from his home water [...]

Fly Fishing Report: Klamath River, Upper & Lower Sacramento Rivers

klamath-fall

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 [...]