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 ...
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...
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 ...
530 Outfitters Reports 05/29/24: Northern California Trout Northern California Trout: McCloud River The McCloud River continues to fish good. Crowds have picked up especially on the weekends. B...
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...
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...
Lost Coast Outfitters Fishing Report 12/14/22 Upper Sacramento: It’s winter, who knew?! Access is tough on upper river just due to snow. If you’re sniffing around the Upper Sac, stay below Conant ...
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...
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...
Rick Cox Reports on 2.13.2020 The Upper Sacramento Report Am getting a little worrisome as far as river conditions and snowpack but have to say up to now no complaints. The river has been runnin...
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.
Rick Cox Reports on 12.3.2019 The recent storms have not prevented our Wild Waters guides from getting out on our nearby rivers and finding fish. The Upper Sac has got snow on it from Ney Springs d...
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 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 7.4.19 The Upper Sac is in perfect shape now. July is here but fortunately the days are very mild, we have experienced no serious heat waves yet and the water remains cold d...
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...
Upper Sac Fishing Report 6/21/2019 The Upper Sacramento river is just dropping into PERFECT shape. With flows still a little heavy crossing can be a little bit of a hindrance but fish are holding...
John Rickard reports on 5.30.19 The Upper Sacramento. Flows are still very high but are dropping rapidly into shape. Its time to plan that trip and get on this amazing freestone river for its fa...
Wildwater reports on 5.23.19 The Upper Sacramento River The river has been bouncing around but has just dropped below 3000cfs. She’s a beast but its all about the edges and soft spots. Best to f...
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 4.23.19 The Upper Sac is dropping into shape and more places to catch a fish are starting to appear. Things are happening here. Rafting, hatches, and some nice fish are i...
Wildwaters reports on 3.24.19 The Upper Sac has been experiencing the leading edge of the snow melt recently and the flows are just south of 2000 bfs which may scare some of you away. Rest assured ...
Anthony Carruesco reports on 3/25/19
Wildwater reports on 3.14.19 Trout fishing has gained the attention of some of our best guides and they have been getting into some real quality on the Upper Sacramento River. The river is high but...
Wildwaters reports on 1.31.19 Upper Sacramento River Locally the Upper Sacramento River has been running high but continues to drop with the gauge today showing 1200cfs. Personally I love this big ...
Rick Cox reports on 11.29.18 Mt. Shasta Winter has finally decided to creep in, the mountain has gotten its first coat of snow and the beautiful clouds of the season are showing themselves off. As...
Rick cox reports on 11.7.18 Upper Sacramento Report The USac has been producing a few lake run fish lately. To get away from the crowds I recommend the lower river from Lakehead up to Gibson and th...
Rick Cox of Wildwaters reports on 10.18.18 The Upper Sacramento River is in great Fall shape too. The October Caddis are out in abundance and fighting crowds here isn’t as bad. From all reports the...
Rick Cox reports on 9.28.18 The Upper Sacramento River The Upper Sac is fishing very good too up around Dunsmuir and down to mid river. The further south you go on the river the more likely to find...
Rick Cox Wildwaters Fishing reports on 7.27.18 Well it’s officially the Dog Daze of summer now. This means temps are north of 100 degrees during the day, the water is warming, the bugs are sufferi...
