The Pit River is one of our favorite rivers that we feature in our guide service. It is renowned for it’s big chunky Rainbows and high catch rates, at least for those who were willing and able to to suffer the poison oak, rattlesnakes and treacherous wading. A few years ago the dams on the [...]
April 16th, 2012 I spent the other day hiking around the Pit River. Pit 3 and 4 fished well. Sunny skies and a light breeze made for a perfect day on the water. We hooked up with a good number of healthy rainbows throughout the day. Lots of caddis coming off in the afternoon as [...]
We plan on attending a meeting hosted by CalTrout to discuss Pit River flows this Thursday, July 14 at 7:30 PM at the old Clearwater House in Cassel. We hope you can join us. This event will focus on the Pit River flows, but They will touch on McCloud River flows too. They’ve run a [...]
We just received news that Pit River flows below Lake Britton are expected to increase dramatically making the river in the Pit 3, 4 & 5 stretches unfishable for the near future. This notice from PG&E arrived a bit after noon today: PG&E is observing rapidly increasing inflows into Lake Britton and as a result [...]
Dry Fly fishing on the McCloud River has been outstanding as midday hatches of Pale Morning Duns and Large Drakes, including Green Drakes have big ‘bows looking up. Some Salmonflies and early Goldenstones are out and about and fish are beginning to take them on the surface as well. Local guides, Craig Nielsen, Alan Blankenship, [...]
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 9th – 17th We can’t decide if it is still winter or if spring has arrived in the shadow of Shasta. The weather sometimes decides to change seasons overnight. There is a slight chance of showers in the forecast for the weekend, otherwise a somewhat sunnier and warmer trend into next week. With the [...]