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 [...]
December 7th- January 7th In December and early January we were extremely busy with most of our guests chasing steelhead on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers with good success. We hosted several groups including three trips at the Klamathon Lodge including a group from the Diablo Valley Fly Fishers and our very first Spey Weekend. [...]
January 6, 2011 For those willing to brave the elements, fly fishing in Northern California has been fair to good. A series of cold storms blew through over the last month bringing frigid temperatures and ample precipitation. While the fishing on the Klamath remained consistently good, finding a window to fish on the Lower Sac, [...]