Wild Waters Fly Fishing reports on November 7th, 2025 Fall Fishing Report — 11/7/25 Wild Waters Fly Fishing Fall has settled in. The most recent storm didn’t quite deliver what was forecasted, but ...
Riley Renick of Wild Waters Fly Fishing reports on July 22nd, 2025 Dog days of summer are here. The beginning of July had unusually cool temperatures, which led to excellent fishing conditions. Sin...
Riley Renick Reports on June 26th, 2025 McCloud River The McCloud picked up a bit of color during a mid-June heat wave, but it wasn’t enough to slow down the fishing — and the water cleared quickly...
Riley Rennick of Wild Waters Fly Fishing Reports on May 18th, 2025 McCloud: The McCloud is back down below 300 at Ah DI NA, with some of the creeks still pushing a good bit of water. Water clarity ...
McCloud It looks like it is going to be another good year on the McCloud. Opening weekend was productive, and showed off a healthy population of young fish with a couple of bigger ones mixed in. We...
Riley Renick reports on March 28th, 2025 This weekend we will turn our focus from winter steelhead to the upcoming trout season. This winter season was pretty typical of what we’ve come to expect ...
Riley Rennick of Wildwaters Flyfishing reports on Nov 12th, 2024 Klamath The Klamath continues to move sediment that was trapped behind Iron Gate dam. Turbidity is improving and beginning to appro...
530 Outfitters Reports on 5.8.2024 McCloud River: The McCloud River has started off with a bang and the color of the river is looking like the normal McCloud we are accustomed to. Late April and ea...
AC Flyfishing Reports on 10.22.20 We're entering the heart of our Fall fishing season here in Northern California. We've had some exceptionally good fishing taking place on our local rivers and th...
Chuck Volckhausen Reports on 10.15.2020 Fish are spread throughout the river. Salmon are moving through and a few of them have started dropping some eggs. We could use a little more rain. The r...
Rick Cox Reports on 10.8.20 McCloud River As of this moment the smoke from all the fires is finally leaving us. The McCloud River has been giving up some beautiful bows and brownies producing bi...
AC Fly Fishing Reports on 9.20.20 Lower Sacramento River The Lower Sac - As many of you know, Fall is one of our favorite times of year to fish the Lower Sacramento River. We've had a very produc...
Chuck Volckhausen Reports on 9.4.2020 Water clarity on the McCloud has improved and so has the fishing with it. I would say quality more than quantity lately. Hatches are few and far between stil...
Rick Cox Reports on 7.20.20 McCloud River: The McCloud River has been kicking out some very big fish lately. The Brown pictured above has to be one of the biggest we have seen ever, this bad b...
AC Fly Fishing Reports on 7.12.20 Lower Sac - We're in full summer mode on the big river. Caddis hatches have been the main jam along with a few PMDs still lingering. The best windows out here are...
Wild Waters Fly Fishing Reports on 7.1.20 McCloud River The McCloud River is still fishing great. The Golden Stones are around along with their little cousins the Mayflies and Caddi...
AC Fly Fishing Reports on 7.1.20 We are smack dab in the middle of a great Summer of fly fishing here in Northern California. Conditions on all of our favorite rivers are as good as they get and fi...
AC Fly Fishing Reports on 6.20.20 We are smack dab in the middle of a great Summer of fly fishing here in Northern California. Conditions on all of our favorite rivers are as good as they get and ...
John Rickard Reports on 6.21.20 The McCloud River has seen a lot of anglers since the State started opening up. The entire stretch has fished great for weeks and continues to be good as we enter ou...
Chuck Volckhausen Reports on 6.21.20 The days are heating up here in Mt. Shasta. Hot temps have made the fishing a bit inconsistent during the middle of the day. Bugs are still about and using yo...
Rick Cox Reports on 6.8.20 The McCloud River has been fishing great! With The Nature Conservancy and Ah Di Nah open now life is good. Conditions currently are perfect with top and bottom action...
Dave Neal Reports On 6.8.20 The time is right, right now… you outta be fishing or planning a fishing tripin the immediate future! Everything is firing in Northern California. Flows on all the riv...
Dave Neal Reports on 5.28.20 Drop everything and go fishing right now. Throw a dart at the map of NorCal and hit the closest blue line. Everything is fishing well!! I’ve been mostly fishing ...
Chuck Volckhausen Reports on 5.28.2020 The fishing in our area has been good the last couple weeks. Spring conditions are in full effect with hatches, blooms, critters, and random weather all abu...
Anthony Carruesco Reports on 5.28.2020 We've had some outstanding fishing happening in the North State over the past few weeks. The variety in the venues and the fishing has been excellent. Early S...
Rick Cox Reports on 10.7.2019 Our Wild Waters Fly Fishing guides have been super busy burning the miles and taking advantage of all the current opportunities that are presenting themselves. Fall i...
Rick Cox Reports on 10.16.2019 Well kids we are right in the middle of another great Fall season here in the north state. Our guides are in full throttle mode covering the McCloud, Upper Sacramento...
Wild Waters Fly Fishing Reports on 9.12.19
Wild Waters Fly Fishing Reports on 8.29.2019 August fishing has actually been pretty good considering it’s usually the slowest month here. Given we are still experiencing the last of the snow melt ...
Wildwaters reports on 7.5.19 The McCloud River The magical McCloud River has been giving up some excellent days for us. Again evenings here are the main theme for catching fish. If you are wil...
LCO Reports on 6.26.2019 We have been up fishing in Northern California and having great fishing. The Upper Sacramento River (check out our Upper Sacramento River Profile) continue to drop into pe...
Max Salit reports on 6.6.19 McCloud River After plans for a float trip fell through, there was one river in CAthat I knew I couldn’t pass up for a long weekend getaway to start upmy trout season:...
John Rickard reports on 5.30.19 McCloud River The flows on the McCloud are slowly dropping and are currently 625 cfs at Ah Di Na. Typical summer flows are around 250 cfs, so it is still quite hig...
Wildwaters reports on 5.23.19 It’s been quite the dance this past week with all the rain and even a bit of snow. However, we have been making things work. It’s been about putting on the rainc...
John Richard reports on 5.9.19McCloud River Fishing ReportThe McCloud River is still experiencing high flows (532 CFS at Ah Di Na), but the fishing is quite good. The higher flows may limit some ac...
Wildwaters reports on 5.1.19The Wild Waters Fly Fishing crew was not letting high water conditions spoil our “traditional” trout opener last weekend. Our guides found water to fish and fish to be c...
Rick Cox reports on 11.7.18Fantastic Fall here in Dogpatch. The weather has been mild for the most part with the morning temps hovering around 30 degrees. Unfortunately there is no rain in sight an...
Rick Cox of Wildwaters reports on 10.18.18The McCloud River is living up to its Fall reputation for fishing. The Brownies are getting very active in preparation for their spawning soon. This has to...
John Rickard reports on 10.11.18 The McCloud River is fishing great this fall. With all the fall colors and great fishing, we are expecting to see some crowds the next coming weeks. It rained hard ...
Rick Cox reports on 9.28.18 The Delta Fire Fires, fires have been the theme this summer. First the Carr Fire that devastated Redding, then the Hirz Fire that threatened the McCloud River and now th...
Anthony Carruesco reports on 9.28.17McCloud RiverExcellent fishing this week on the McCloud. Primarily a sub-surface nymph game but the numbers of fish have been impressive our last few outings. Th...
Chuck Volckhausen reports on 9.20.18The Mccloud is safe again and clear of smoke most days. Fishing is good and cold nights will be kicking more and more Caddis out of the water and into the sky. ...
Rick Cox reports on 9.6.18Needless to say this summer has been testing us all here in the north state. I wish I could give you all a glowing fishing report this week but Mother Nature is having her...
Chuck Volckhausen reports on 9.6.18The Hirz Fire is still burning up the McCloud arm from Shasta Lake. The river is still open at The Nature Conservancy and above and the fishing is good if you ca...
John Rickard reports on 8.2.18The McCloud River has been interesting as of late. The river is starting to see a little glacial silt from Mud Creek. There have been few hatches and very little bug l...
Rick Cox of Wildwaters reports on 7.27.18McCloud RiverThe McCloud has also reached Dog Daze status so the drill is think mornings and evenings. Fish the oxygenated water, the pocket water, and deep...
