Klamath River Steelhead Statistics
John Rickard of Wild Waters Reports on 2.9.2017On Super Bowl Sunday the Iron Gate section of the Klamath River saw one guide boat. The clarity of the water was greenish brown and the wind gusted up...
Anthony Carruesco reports on 1.5.17We are getting a lot more precipitation up north here than we’ve been used to the past few years. It’s stayed nice and cold for us too to keep some of that snow u...
John Rickard at Wild Waters Reports on 12.8.2016Had to shovel the boat out of the snow this morning, as we got about 6 inches last night. Wild Water’s guides have been on the Klamath, Trinity, Lowe...
AC Fly Fishing Reports on 12.1.2016Unfortunately, there’s not much good to report on either of these rivers. Both the Klamath and Trinity have had low returns of Steelhead this year. It looks like ...
Brandon Worthington Reports on 11.24.2016http://www.worthingtonflyfishing.com/Like much of the PNW region, I would say this year we have seen fewer small fish than is typical, especially on the Kla...
Brandon Worthington reports on 11.17.2016High pressure this last week so we had some balmy, beautiful days. We saw some great fishing on the Rogue as a result. Some real tanks hooked too. But the r...
Wild Waters Reports on 11.10.2016The Klamath River has had a tough fall with virtually no salmon and few steelhead October was pretty tough, however its getting better. These cold nights have moved...
Brandon Worthington Reports on 11/4/2016I have bounced between the Rogue and klamath this week - fish are finally showing on the klamath down in the canyon too! Good water conditions and grabby fis...
Brandon Worthington Reports on 10.27.2016I was fortunate to be on the water for the entire water event beginning last week, through the weekend and this week. As a steelhead guide I am used to cros...
Brandon Worthington Reports on 10.13.2016Fall fishing on the Rogue continues to be what I am used to. Some days are better then others, but each day sees opportunities! It’s steelhead fishing, and ...
Chuck Volckhausen of Wild Waters Fly Fishing Reports on 9.29.2106Outlook for the the Klamath river steelhead season is pretty good. Fish were fairly grabby and often happy to jump and shake the hoo...
Leslie at Confluence Outfitters Reports on 8.25.2016Hope all is well, and you’re getting out on the water. Just got off of the Klamath and the conditions were tough :) The lower Klamath fishing has...
Leslie Ajari reports on 1.20.2016The NorCal/Southern Oregon coast as well as the inland steelhead rivers such as the Trinity are blown out and expected to stay so for the next week or so, pending n...
John Rickard of Wild Waters Fly Fishing reports on 12.31.2015www.wildwatersflyfishing.comA wad of fish showed up on the Iron Gate stretches and fishing has been really good. We got whooped by many ...
AC Fly Fishing ReportsI think “el nino” has arrived. We got pounded with precipitation up here the past few days. Snow down to 2,000 ft. Cold. Wet. Awesome. The current river conditions on the L...
Wildwaters Fly Fishing Reports on 12.3.2015Steelhead are moving on the Klamath River. Water Temps have been dropping and more cold weather is on way. Fish are eating closer to the bottom on the ...
AC Fly Fishing Reports on 12.3.2015Fishing in Northern California is pretty damn good right now. We’ve got a little precipitation on the way which should bring a new batch of Steelhead up the Klama...
Tayler Wells Reports on 12.3.2015: https://tailwalker.wordpress.com/The last cold snap sent water temps way down on the Klamath, we are now in winter steelhead mode with temps in the 40’s. With th...
Tayler Wells Reports on 11.25.2014: https://tailwalker.wordpress.com/Winter is here! Snowed most of the night and through this morning, giving the hills a beautiful new look.Fishing continues to r...
AC Fly Fishing Reports on 11.27.2015Lower Sacramento River Typically, the winter months on the Lower Sac show us some of the biggest fish of the year. We don’t always catch big numbers of fish duri...
Tayler Wells Reports on 11.19.2015We finally got some rain! Every drop counts up here on the Klamath, and we have been getting a few lately. Water temps are hovering at the bottom of the 50’s, and ...
Tayler Wells Reports on 11.12.2015Life is good in the state of jefferson, and even better when on the water. With colder temps, and snow on the high hills our water temps are steadily dropping. W...
Tayler Wells Reports on 10.29.2015Fall is here in Jefferson. As of last night, Shasta has a fresh coat of white which is hopefully a sign of things to come. With rain come more steelhead.The Klam...
Klamath River Fly Fishing ReportTayler Wells Reports on 10.21.2015 The Klamath is fishing well. The run is not what it was the last two years, but there are plenty of fish to go around. The salmo...
Anthony Carruesco Reports on 9.27.2015Lower Sacramento River It’s been a fantastic summer on the mighty “Lower Sac”. Our wild rainbow trout are in extremely good shape heading into the Fall an...
Tayler Wells Reports on 9.24.2015Fall has arrived here in the state of Jefferson, as have the steelhead in the klamath River. Daily more fish arrive, and we can’t wait to share the river and it’s i...
Tayler Wells Reports on 9.17.2015They are coming! The fish that is, I as well as many other steelheaders know that this is the time of year we all eagerly wait for. Fall is in the air, water temp...
John Rickard reports on 9.3.2015There are signs of Fall on the horizon with colored leaves and cool nights, things are changing up here in the State of Jefferson. The McCloud River remains very col...
AC Fly Fishing Reports on 6/16/2015: The McCloud and the Upper Sac have some big bugs helicoptering around. Evening fishing is where it’s at on these freestone streams right now. The Klamath River...
John Rickard, Wild Waters Fly FishingJust wrapping up what has been an epic steelhead season on the Klamath, Rogue, Trinity and coastal rivers. There is certainly still some fishing to be had for t...
Skwalla Stone, Klamath River OR. #lostcoastoutfitters #frklamath
John Rickard, Wild Waters Fly Fishing March has arrived here in Northern California/Southern Oregon and we are seeing the continuation of great steelhead fishing and the uptick in trout fishing on ...
John Rickard, Wild Water Fly FishingAs the cold weather comes in, so do the Winter fish. Its time to break out the big guns and the good jackets. So far in our region mother nature has been fair wi...
#chinook on the Klamath by @daxmessett #fishingreport #frklamath
Wild Waters Fly Fishing As most of California’s and Southern Oregon rivers blew out last week from the big storm, the Klamath not only remained fishable but some nice fresh fish were around. The ...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing The song remains the same… I’ll say it again.. Steelhead fishing on the Klamath River REMAINS good, great, grand, wonderful.. We’ve had a good dose of rain over ...
@wildwatersflyfishing nabbing nice #Steelhead on the #Klamath River. #fishingreport #FRKlamath
@acflyfishing getting #Steelhead the #Klamath River. #fishingreport #FRKlamath
Wildwaters Reports: The Klamath River remains one of California’s best choice for steelhead fishing. The run was big this year and continual pushes of fresh fish keep showing up! The silly numbers...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing Winter Steelhead fishing on the Klamath has arrived. This river should continue to fish well through January. The big storm rolling through right now should push a...
@acflyfishing was this #steelhead on the #klamathRiver? #fishingreport
Wildwaters Reports: Well… the word got out and it seems like the Klamath River is all the buzz. It has been a phenomenal steelhead run with the vast majority being wild fish! We were busy busy busy...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing I’ll be up on the Klamath River through the middle of next week. I’m expecting the fishing to be pretty similar to what it had been. There is a great run of fish t...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing It’s been a great couple of weeks up on the Klamath River.. Steelhead are prevalentbutit takes the right flies, drift and presentation to get em. You have to know ...
Bruce Bell reports: The half-pounders were hitting the nymphs, such as the prince nymph. The big fish were hitting the egg patterns (yellow). The first day we drifted from Iron Gate Dam down to th...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing The Klamath has a load of fish in the system this year AND we are finally getting some rain to fall on the thirsty ground of Northern California. I’m happy not be ...
Anthony Carruesco, AC Fly Fishing They might not be biggest steelhead in the world, but there are a lot of them in the Klamath River system this year – and I’ve yet to see a fin clipped hatcher f...



























