John Fochetti, Clearwater Lodge Almost 100% spring fed and one of the largest spring systems in the world. The water level is actually the highest that I have seen this year! There really is no cha...
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...
Jim Andras, Andras Outfitters “This past week the Rogue River fished really well. We continue to find steelhead throughout the upper river with the best water conditions above Tou Velle Park. Fl...
Matt Heron, Matt Heron Fly Fishing Truckee River- The good news with the Truckee is very cold nights have been keeping our water temps in check and that’s exactly what the doctor ordered for our l...
Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi Troutfitters It’s already starting; cooler mornings have water temps ranging from 61.2 degrees in the shallows, climbing to 66.5 in the heat of the day. There have been good...
Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi TroutfittersFishing still continues to be awesome on the North Fork Yuba for small wild rainbows. Dry and dry/dropper rigs are producing great results, and you can’t beat t...
Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly Fishing Lower Feather River - Salmon are in and flows in the Low Flow are 1300cfs and the High Flow is 1700cfs…pretty skinny in the high flow but I think this is the ne...
Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly Fishing Stripers - Water temps remain in the mid 60’s to Low 70’s on the Lower Sac outside of chico and while flows are low fishing has remained fair to good on any g...
Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly Fishing Lower Yuba River - Spent a day this weekend on the Lower Yuba and fishing was fair. Flows have dropped to 1200cfs and should drop again here shortly. I did see ...
Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guid Service Delta Smallies are off the hook. Good top water bite for Largemouth Bass. Striper action is heating up with some good fish being taken.
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly FishingHot August NightsAs we turn the corner on August, there are signs that autumn is upon us. The sun is lower on the horizon, the shadows grow longer, and the aspe...
Fishing The Lost Coast : Shelter Cove, California A buddy of mine, Doug Deroy, and I shot up to Shelter Cove to do a little Albacore and Salmon fishing. Neither cooperated, however we had a banner...
Matt Koles, Gilligan’s Guide Service We’re still hanging in here. There’s still water flowing in the Truckee River, nights have cooled, and the fishing is actually pretty darn good. Been on av...
Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi TroutfittersDuring August and the “Dog Days” of summer usually means hot conditions, and low water. Every year is different; a great example would be this August where the m...
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly Fishing Hot August Nights As we turn the corner on August, there are signs that autumn is upon us. The sun is lower on the horizon, the shadows grow longer, and the ...
Dave Neal, Reel Adventures Guide Service Fishing remains solid on the Lower Sac this week. We’ve had some great days around Anderson and Cottonwood. Other than a few salmon jet boats (below Desch...
Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guid Service Fishing can be really great in August and September for large Stripers. You can fish topwater in the early mourning. At this time of year I would try to...
Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly Fishing 1. August is prime time for resident river stripers so I am pretty busy and always enjoy august as we get shots at some really big fish. Go find some stripers...
Nick Peterson, NorthShore of the Madison The name of the game this week is ants, fly ants. The fish have been keying on the ants all day. If we can keep the rains away than all day long the ant i...
Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guid Service Delta fishing is good for Largemouth Bass and Smallmouth Bass. Stripers are continuing to move into the system. Both topwater and subsurface flies ar...
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly Fishing Hot Creek: It is fishable, in spite of the skinny, weed choked water. A dry dropper combo worked well, placed in the lanes between the weed banks. Try a stimu...
John Fochetti, Clearwater Lodge Getting a bit more difficult as the fish have spread out through the entire system. If you find some grabby fish stay on them. The PMD hatch still hasn’t been amaz...
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...
John Fochetti, Clearwater Lodge The reaches of Pit 3,4, and 5 are all fishing great with some monster fish appearing. Successful fishing is still going to be mostly nymphing under an indicator. O...
Jim Andras, Andras Outfitters What a difference a week makes. We have experienced some wild weather in S. Oregon this week with wind, rain, lightening and fire! Despite multiple fires burning in t...
Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi Outfitters This past week on the North Fork Yuba River has seen cooler air temperatures, thunderstorms, heavy rain, and lightning. The weather of late has been a saving gr...
Dave Barbieri, Dave Barbieri Guide Service This week we had really good numbers of trout on the Lower Yuba. Though we had a few really hefty fish on, we couldn’t seem to get the best ones to the ...
Matt Koles, Gilligan’s Guide Service What a difference a week has made. Last week it was doom and gloom. Trout were going to die, the Truckee River will dry up, etc., etc. I bought into some of t...
A Toast to Steelhead with Author, Photographer and Fly Fishing Host Jeff Bright. We had a great turnout for our Steelhead event. We poured 4 different types of whiskeys. For Scotch we had Highland...
Craig Nielsen, Shasta Trout Guides For a few years now Craig and Jerri have enjoyed a tradition of friends and family joining them for a week of steelhead fis hing on the Umpqua River in Oregon f...
Nick Peterson, NorthShore of the Madison The Madison has been on fire the last couple of days. We’ve had unusual cloud coverage and rain for this time of year where there is no wind or lighting a...
Dave Neal, Reel Adventures Guide Service Spent Sunday on the lower portion of the Fall River and despite having some decent fishing for a few hours, the smoke from the surrounding fires was nearly ...
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...
Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly Fishing I guided the Pit 3 one day this last week and fished right below the dam and then down river by “power lines” fishing was fair to good with mostly smaller fish...
Hogan Brown, Hogan Brown Fly Fishing Weird Weather is the order of the day up here… Lower Sac Striper fishing with the cooler weather has been fair to good. We had a good mount of rain Tuesday and...
Jim Stimson, Jim Stimson Fly Fishing So there we were, fishing the Upper Owens River…. I had a father-son beginner’s trip. We had spent the morning at the baseball field learning to cast, how to ...
Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guid Service Delta Striper fishing is improving as the water continues to cool. Top water action is still good for Largemouth and Smallmouth bass. Some action on ...
Matt Koles, Gilligan’s Guide Service I’m surprised we made it this far. With the current state of drought in California, I’m surprised the river held out this long. She’s running half of what she...
Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi Outfitters Well, miracles do happen and on Mondaythe rains came giving the North Fork Yuba a recharge of fresh water and cooler temperatures. Fishing has been great! Throwin...
Dave Barbieri, Dave Barbieri Guide Service We’re still getting stripers on the Yuba. Though the striper fishing has slowed down, we are still getting enough action to keep it interesting. The dr...
The McCloud Riverhas been left alone by most anglers and we have seen it slowly recover from a massive Mud Creek glacial silt flood. The water went from brown to green in a period of two weeks yet ...
Flows are down and water temperatures are up. Let’s join together in protecting the Truckee River trout by participating in a voluntary “hoot owl closure”. If you practice catch and release, stay o...
Jim Stinson Fly Fishing reports: Hello Fish Fans, My wife and I dashed out of town and headed north last week, living in the dirt and swatting mosquitos. Tent life was grand with evening campfires,...
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...
Dave Neal, Reel Adventures Guide Service Pit River on #3 is a solid option right now. Best fishing has been late morning and again in the late afternoon early evening. Caddis and midges are active ...
Dave Neal, Reel Adventures Guide Service The effects of the CA drought are hitting many regions of CA hard right now… many of the Nor-Cal fisheries in the Fall River area are spring-fed and therefo...
Steve Santucci, Steve Santucci Guid Service Delta Fishing is improving for Stripers and Large Mouth Bass. Some large Stripers have been caught this week. Small Mouth Bass are also fishing well. ...
Jon Baiocchi, Baiocchi Outfitters Fishing is still great and dry fly presentations upstream in the watershed is where the colder water is, and the best results. Today was cool with some thunderst...
