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 [...]
It’s official, the Lower Sacramento River turned silly good this week as several of our guests enjoyed some of the best fishing and catching of their lives! Consider this your complimentary notice to get here now. The hatches were not prolific but it didn’t seem to matter much as the fish were on the grab. [...]
After being sick in bed all week it was nice to get up and out for a couple hours of fishing. Flows on the Upper Sac have dropped and stabilized and while the flows are a bit higher than the norm, the river is in great shape. So are the fish! I got out late [...]
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, [...]
October 2010 Our first big storm of the season arrived last weekend with wind and rain that provided freshets and improved fishing for steelhead on the Klamath and Trinity and trophy trout on the Lower Sac and Fall River but dampened the bite on our local freestones, the McCloud, Upper Sac and Pit. The storm [...]