Northern California Fly Fishing Guide Trip Reports

Recent conditions have brought variable weather including several cold storms as well as some sunny days. The cold weather trapped a good deal of runoff but snow also limited access until recent rains melted the snow which increased flows dramatically. Flows on the Upper Sac increased from 400 cfs to 6400 cfs and with more rain in the forecast we expect it to be awhile before we see flows return into the hundreds if indeed we do? The Lower Sac has seen the bite go on and off as the storm fronts push through. The bite has never gotten red hot but some of the fish coming to net have been true trophies, including some of our guest's biggest trout ever!

Water temps have dropped into the mid forties on the Klamath hampering the bite which has been offset by some winter run fish arriving. Fish continue to take leggs & eggs, small nymphs such as Princes, PT's and Copper Johns as well as small classic wets on the swing. Nearly all of the fish we seen have been wild, with the majority of the adult fish in the 16 to 23 inch range. On occasion we are hooking some larger fish including some truly amazing specimens but have been unlucky as most have been reluctant to have their pictures taken. For a complete report check out our most recent web post.

The best news is that a fresh push of very hot steelhead have arrived both on the Trinity and Upper Klamath and sparked the bite. We are excited to share the bounty with our scheduled guests this week, including those who are participating in our first ever Spey Weekend at the Klamathon Lodge with guest instructors, Chris King, Jeff Putnam, and Jon Hazlett. For those who missed signing up in time we have scheduled another Masters on the Spey Weekend, March 11-13th and have five openings remaining. Give us a ring for details.

Please drop us a line if you are headed our way to fish, it would be a pleasure to share what we can about current conditions and point you in a direction you might enjoy.