April 2012 Flows on the Upper Sacramento River have been moving up and down with the storm surges coming through and whenever the flows are waning the fishing has been quite good. The National Weather Service is predicting another short pulse and then clearing for the weekend. We are anticipating some excellent fishing in the [...]
February Freestones from AC on Vimeo. Video by local guides Anthony Carruesco & Matt Formento A few of us have been fishing the Upper Sacramento River again this week and it continues to to fish exceptionally well with near ideal spring like conditions. Flows remain exceptionally low and clear and fish are active from Cantara [...]
Guide reports from Anthony Carruesco & Matt Formento We have been out on the Upper Sacramento River a few times this past week and the fishing has been VERY solid. The early spring like weather has the bugs and the fish active. Right now the larger rainbows in the Upper Sac are dominating the pools [...]
One could make a case that winter is the most interesting season to fly fish the Upper Sacramento River. This season has been especially so. Flows have been exceptionally low and clear, less than half the norm, much like one might expect at the end of a very dry summer. The clear cold weather also [...]
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 [...]
September 21st Dave, a visiting fly fisher from Durango, Colorado landed a lunker in the first run, on his first day ever fishing on the Upper Sacramento River. The wild trophy Rainbow Trout measured over twenty inches long and took some skill and patience to land. The fish was one of the largest his local [...]
I had a few cancellations this week, which are a part of guiding but they felt a little odd. I had taken some time off from our busiest season ever to vacation with my family in Yosemite, and visit with friends in the Rockies, so found myself anxious to get back to guiding. When I [...]