Aaron Grabiel reports on May 14th, 2025 Lower Sacramento River – Redding to Red Bluff Target Species: Wild Rainbow TroutConditions: The flows are bouncing around a bit, but should stabilize going f...
George Revel Report on 6.24.2021 Fishing was excellent mid morning from 8-11am or with some Trico and PMD spinner falls. In the evening the Pmd's and Sallys were coming off with regularity. We pred...
Eastern Sierra Fly Fishing Report All of the passes are open now with no restrictions; Tioga, Sonora, and Monitor, as well as the road down to Devil’s Postpile. However, unless you have a campg...
Rebecca and I headed up to Clearwater Lodge to fish Fall River & Hat Creek. We fished late on Sunday evening on the powerhouse 2 riffle. A storm was blowing through leaving sporadic rain...
Wildwaters reports on 5.1.19Hat CreekAlthough Hat Creek was a very social scene and crowded Saturday Sunday proved otherwise. Our guides and clients found very good fishing at the Power House 2 rif...
Aaron Gabriel reports on 6.28.18Hat CreekI have been fishing the rifle portions of hat creek. Czech Nymphing with a small soft tackle, size 16-18 as my top fly and the dropper has been a small jig ...
Day 2 of 5 Rivers Challenge: Another fun day and happy anglers fishing the wild trout waters of Northern California– Fall, Pit, McCloud, Upper Sacramento rivers and Hat Creek. We have 8 two-person...
Dave Neal reports on 5.24.18Hat Creek The crick is fishing well and is pretty consistent this time of year. Cloudy and rainy afternoons can lead to epic conditions! I like fishing Hat and Pit 3 in ...
7/27/2017Hot, Hot, Hot! With temps in the high 90′s to 100′s fish will be relaxing in the middle of the day… as should you! It’s all about the morning and evening. If you are a die hard to fish in ...
LCO Reports on 7/6/17Fall River Fall River is fishing well as it’s usual self. Mid morning dries, afternoon leaching, and evening hex hatch. For dries; Pmds and calibaetis tend to be the most abund...
5 Rivers Challenge – as good of a Nor Cal report as you will get.Photo by Mikey WierLast year when Cal Trout & Clearwater Lodge resurrected the 5 Rivers Challenge I really wanted to participate...
Dave Neal Reports on 6.9.2017I’m in Fall River Valley today and it feels like October weather, not June! Nor Cal report: Been all over Shasta County this past week fishing from Lower Sac, Hat Creek...
6.2.2017Some nice fish coming out of Hat Creek. Large salmon flies have been out during the day in small numbers and Golden Stones have been coming out in the evening. You can expect to see PMD hat...
5/25/2017Hat Creek has been fishing pretty well. The Salmonflies have started coming off down by the barrier where the creek goes into Lake Britton. BWO, Caddis and Drakes can all be spotted on any...
Ted Fay Fly Shop reports on 4.27.17Celebrating a New Fishing SeasonThe holiest of days is close and I’m sure the twitches are settling in for all you die hards. As you know and can witness below th...
Dave Neal reports 9.29.2016 Autumnal Equinox has arrived and thus marks a special time of year to be excited about fly fishing in Northern California. There’s fall color popping at the higher eleva...
Michelle Titus @ Clearwater Lodge Reports on 7.21.2016The Intermountain region continues to produce numerous trout for the avid angler. On the Fall River, the Hex hatch is slowing down though ther...
Leslie Ajari Reports on 7.21.2016McCloud River:The McCloud river has fished very well the past few days, with prolific caddis hatches in the evenings. Also, nymphing with dark lords and smaller s...
Dax Messett Reports on 7.21.2016Fishing has been really good most everywhere this pas week in Northern California. Fall River:The hex hatch is still happening on most nights. If it’s windy, find ...
Michelle Titus Reports on 7.14.2016The Intermountain region continues to produce numerous trout for the avid angler.On the Fall River, the Hex hatch is slowing down though there are still episode...
We have been seeing some nice fish coming off of the Northern California Rivers. As we move in to the warmer months fishing gets tougher for those who don’t know where to find fish. here are some t...
The Intermountain region has been on fire lately!On the Fall River, the Hex hatch is in full swing with big beautiful rainbows gobbling up Hexagenia Limbata Mayflies each evening. Fishing at sunset...
Dax Masset reports on 6.23.2016The weather has been very sporadic in June here in Nor Cal. Mt. Shasta got a beautiful blanket of fresh snow a few nights ago. It makes for beautiful sunsets on Fall ...
Dave Neal Reports on 6.9.2016Too busy working, tying flies and fishing till dark to write much this week. Fishing is en fuego pretty much everywhere you wanna be right now. Get on it Nor Cal angler...
Jon Fochetti at Clearwater Lodge reports on 6.2.2016Hat CreekIsn’t quite on fire anymore, but still fishing well. Trending more towards the normal fishing…tricos spinner fall in the a.m., nymphing ...
Dave Neal reports on 6/2/2016 Green light… Go! That is my advice. Many of our mountain freestone and tailwaterish rivers here in Northern California are shaping up nicely. And, the two big spring c...
John Fochetti Reports on 5.26.2016Hat CreekHas continued to fish well, some really nice fish being caught. The spinner fall has been epic up in the fast water, and evening hatches have been great. ...
Dave Neal Reports on 5.19.2016Lower Sacramento RiverStill one of the best shows in town, the Lower Sacramento River right here in Redding, CA continues to provide us with awesome fishing week in an...
John Fochetti @ Clearwater Lodge Reports on 5.4.2016Tout opener in the Burney-Fall River Mills area was a success. Lots of water and lots of very hungry trouts. I tried to shake it up a little and ...
John Fochetti at Clearwater Lodge Reports on 4.28.2016Trout opener is Saturday, and the Burney-Fall River Mills Intermountain area has lots of water. All of our waters are full and cold, and some r...
Dave Neal Reports on 9.3.2015The first week of September is finally upon us. We will soon turn the slow corner into fall season! I’ve spent most of my guide days this past week fishing out of Cle...
Dave Neal reports on 7.23.2015 Pit River Fishing continues to be solid in the Inter-Mountain region. I’ve spent most of my guide days in the areas of Hat Creek, Fall River and Pit 3 this week. With...
Dave Neal Reports on 7.8.15There are many solid trout fishing options in the North State right now! This week should be particularly awesome with the cooler weather & overcast afternoons we ...
May 28th, 2015Leslie AjariThe past holiday weekend was quite busy in most local streams and rivers, but the fish were happy and ate quite willingly. Fall river fished well on a nymph, and also th...
Dave Neal, Reel Adventures Guide Service Two words for Nor-Cal and Southern Oregon fly fishers… Get Outside! It’s the middle of May… do you know where your wading boots are? Simply put… it’s an ...
Leslie AjariHeaded out to catch the evening bite on the riffle. Dark brown caddis and yellow sallies were hatching in abundance. I even saw a few salmon flies helicoptering around in the mix. The f...
Closed for fishing as of Nov. 15th : To see a complete list of regulations look here. Hat Creek Fall River McCloud River- From John Rickard : On a quick non-fishing visit yesterday, I was so please...
John Fochetti, Clearwater Lodge Hat Creek still has a good spinner fall that starts mid to late-morning with lots of hungry fish eating Trico Spinners.
John Fochetti, Clearwater Lodge From Powerhouse #2 down to Brittain Lake. Most of the water in this stretch of River is fed by the Rising River lake which is a massive spring feeding cold water int...
John Fochetti, Clearwater Lodge With the Dog Days of Summer upon us, Hat Creek is mostly a morning and eveing bite. Still a great Trico Spinner fall in the morning. Size 22 still working well. Once...
Dave Neal, Reel Adventures Guide Service Hat Creek put up some good fishing in the early a.m. and late afternoon/evening hours this past week… tricos early, and caddis in the late day. However, ju...
Dave Neal, Reel Adventures Guide Service Hat Creek and Baum Lake are experiencing a fantastic trico spinnerfall in the mornings. Fishing tiny dry flies to selective wild trout… what’s better than t...
John Fochetti from Clearwater Lodge Reports Hat Creek - The Spinner fall in the morning is still going on and fish are chowing them in the faster water, size 22 Tricos fished with a classic upstrea...
