October/November 2012 Our first significant storm of the season arrived to end October bringing some rain and freshets moving steelhead on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers and putting them on the grab. The weather also sparked the bite for trophy trout on the Lower Sac and Fall River but dampened it a bit on our [...]
December 2-4th Sold Out, Thank You! We still have a few openings for our exclusive two handed casting experience at Klamathon Lodge scheduled for December 2-4th. Leading California Two Handed Casting Instructors, Chris King, Jeff Putnam, Jason Hartwick and Craig Nielsen are presenting an exclusive weekend Klamath River Spey and Switch Rod on stream workshop [...]
We are experiencing our best early steelhead fishing on the Trinity River since the epic 2007 season. The storms that blew through in the first weeks of October brought some grabby fish into the upper river and guests have enjoyed some very solid days both nymphing and swinging. Flows have returned to low and clear [...]
August 1st & 3rd People frequently ask when is the best time to fish? Our simple answer is, “whenever you can.” We like to practice what we preach, so when Jerri and I needed to get our autos serviced in Medford we packed a couple spey rods, rented a car, got some beta from our [...]
July 16 & 17th How do fly fishing guides celebrate a birthday? Go fishing! Craig and Jerri Nielsen, guides and owners of Shasta Trout, celebrated Craig’s birthday at the Steamboat Inn on the famed Umpqua River. They treated themselves to a guide date with Tony Wratney who has been guiding the fly water on the [...]
Northern California Fly Fishing Guide Trip Reports, February 2011 The weather and river conditions have been challenging of late but visiting anglers have suffered well and been rewarded with some fine catches. Flows on the Lower Sacramento River have been clear and steady and the bite has been fair to good with caddis on clear [...]
Spey and Switch Rod Fly Fishing the Nestucca and Siletz Rivers on the Oregon Coast 2/11 Craig enjoyed a few days off from guiding and joined good friend Ross from Redding who makes an annual pilgrimage to the Oregon Coast to swing flies with Spey rods for winter steelhead. Otis, Oregon guide Doug Miller shared [...]