Fly fishing with strike indicators Fly fishing with strike indicators for trout and steelhead can sometimes be a point of contention among anglers as it can be viewed as a departure from ‘traditional’ fly fishing. Regardless, it’s a style of … Read More
Lower Sacramento River fly fishing report
Lower Sacramento River Fly fishing report This Lower Sacramento River fly fishing report is for March 24, 2020: Fishing has been pretty darn good all things considered. We have been primarily targeting the Redding to Anderson water with a day … Read More
Is fly fishing good on the Sacramento River in the Spring?
Will fly fishing be good this spring on the Sacramento River? The Sacramento River from Red Bluff to Redding CA is commonly referred to as a “year ’round fishery” for wild rainbow trout, but is that actually accurate? Yes and … Read More
The best fly fishing near Sacramento
Did you know the best fly fishing near Sacramento is only an hour and 45 min north on I-5? Northern CA has some great options for fly fishing, and some of the best are within an easy drive north to … Read More
Lower Sacramento River Fly Fishing in high water
Sacramento River fly fishing High water fly fishing The first few months of 2020 have not been particularly wet ones. Reservoirs are certainly not at, or near, max-pool. Rivers and streams are not running higher than usual, and probably … Read More
Trout Fishing Update
The last month of fly fishing on the Sacramento River has been excellent. 40+ fish days were not uncommon. Things have slowed down now that the suckerfish and trout have stopped spawning, however, caddis imitations and the ‘ol stonefly have … Read More
Summer Fly Fishing
The higher water and heat is upon us! It’s time for some epic bug hatches and summer trout/steelhead in the lower river. We will have lots of high water throughout the summer months which bodes well for fishing those big … Read More