Nor Cal Trout Fishing - July 2023 Truckee River: The Truckee has been fishing consistently throughout the summer! Both water color and temperature have been stellar. Flows were a little high ear...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Aaron Grabiel Reports on 5.28.20 Lower Sacramento RiverOne word: Troutopia. We have been lucky enough to get them on streamers, dry flies, nymphs and swung soft hackels. If you're lucky enoug...
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...
Dave Neal Reports on 3.11.2020 There are a lot of solid fly fishing options in Northern CA right now and through the months of March and April. My short list includes: the Lower Sacramento River, T...
Trout rivers in the north state are looking pretty solid for this time of year. Posted above are the updated flows from 1.16.2020. Updated flows can always be found on DreamFlows website.
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...
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...
Anthony Carruesco reports on 7.20.18 The Pit River has been kicking out some excellent summer fishing as well. Again - finding that fast oxygenated pocket-water can be the ticket during the heat of...
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 6.6.18PitPit River at #3 is in great shape… the water seems a tad high… but that may be that I’m getting older. Having a wading staff is just as important as bringing plenty of...
Anthony Carruesco reports on 6.6.17PitPit has been FANTASTIC recently. Fish have been chowing subsurface. A lot of action for the angler that can wade a bit and cover the water here. I don’t think ...
Dave Neal reports on 5.24.18Pit RiverThe Pit River was en fuego the last few weeks despite the flows beinga little higher and water a little more off color. If you explored a bit and know thisriver...
9.1.2017We just had some buddies come back from fishing the pit. Fish are focused on small mayflies in the morning 16′s and 18′s and switching to caddis in the after. Also try fishing a few larger ...
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...
The Pit 3 flows have dropped below 350. perfect time to get out there. I will be out on the pit for the first time this year next week. I am really looking forward to it.
Pit Three is at about 480 CFS which is definitely fishable. If you are looking to get some water to yourself Pit 3 would be a really good option. While flows are a bit high, anglers are having succ...
Lost Coast Outfitters reports on 4.27.17The Pit is ripping along at 3840cfs. Unfortunately that’s too high to wade safely of angle properly. Hard to say what the future looks like, though I would g...
The most fun fly fishing event in California returns to the renowned wild trout waters of Northern California: The Pit River, Fall River, McCloud River, Upper Sacramento River and Hat Creek. Spons...
An LCO customer fished Pit 3 this past weekend and had great fishing with a rubberleg as top fly and Red Copper John as a dropper.
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...
Dave Neal reports on 9/8/16 I just had Oct 3,4,5 open up! Prime dates!Fall fishing season is just around the corner. The days are noticeably shorter now and the nights are getting cooler. In the e...
David Neal Reports on 8.18.2016As we move closer to September the Pit River should be on your radar. This is one of the most prolific walk & wade rivers for wild trout in California and can be ...
Attention Pit River anglers:PG&E will be doing a scheduled white water release for recreational boaters on August 13 and 14 and again on September 10 and 11. These flows will only be on Pit 5 a...
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...
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 ...
Brian Theriot Reports on 7.14.2016The beautiful Upper Sacramento River has been putting up a good defense right now and the fishing has been tough, but if you are going to fish this river, the best...
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 6.15.2016Technically it is still spring. Summer is 5 days away and the weather this week feels more like March than late June. When it could easily be 102 in Redding today, the...
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...
Hogan Brown Reports on 6.9.2016Lower Sacramento Striper Fishing turning on as the shad are thinning out. We have been getting fish up to 10lbs over the last week and plenty of keeper fish to fill t...
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 5.26.2016We have experienced a lot of unsettled weather conditions in Redding and the surrounding mountain regions this week. Afternoon thundershowers brought some moodiness an...
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...
Dave Neal Northern California motivational report:May is a great month for Nor-Cal anglers. If you have buddies or fishing partners who suggest or make remarks that they are bored or generally unmo...
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...
