August 1 to 4 in Trinity and Shasta County – Trinity River & Lower Sacramento River
HOT! Every summer I forget just how blazing it gets out here. Luckily we have two killer tailwaters to fish this time of year. The trout stay cold, the action stays hot, and the water is a perfect mid 50s. The trip kicked off with a mellow evening in the fly fishing only section of […]
2025 Spring Lower Sac and Middle Fork Feather River Fly Fishing
Fishing Report Summary Temps: Mucho perfectWeather: Sunny with wind, warm afternoons, and cold morningsHatches: PMDs, March Browns, Yellow Sallies, some other big-ass mayflies, baetis, and midgesFlies: Mucho secretLocation: Plumas National Forest and Lower SacSetups: 5wts, 4wts, 3wts – Single-hand rods and Euro sceptersFun: MuchoFish: MuchoSpecial Beers: Not this time Fishing Report I had a short and limited season on the Middle Fork Feather River—just […]
Feather River Fly Fishing and Lake Almanor Fishing Report
Oh wow! Back home on the Feather River and Lake Almanor. What a blast. I’ll get right into it. Lake Almanor… BLOWN OUT. Lots of people now, and that’s totally fine. Had JL and Rogelio for a day. We got the grabs but just couldn’t capitalize. Fish were being marked around us, but it just […]
The Long Awaited Fishing Report
I was supposed to write one on March 26th… then March 31st… but life is weird and all, and it got put aside. I promise I’ll get better at this! I might even start a podcast soon. Ha! Hopefully, this report was worth the wait. After a six-week hiatus/vacation from guiding due to river blowouts […]
Pyramid Lake, The Coast, and Plumas County
Where Have I Been and What’s Been Going On? The Trinity River bumped up to 3,500 CFS, and the Lower Sac blew the hell out as well, so I was basically out of work. Which is fine, because it gave me time to fish and catch up on life. I still have a lot of […]
Fishing Report February 5th & 6th…better ever than never…..or something like that
Fishing Report February 5&6…better ever than never…..or something like that Is this the final Trinity report of the 24’/25’ season? Hard to say but as I type this, a storm is crashing into Lewiston and the river is blasting at 3500 CFS. We had a storm hit the weekend of February 1-3, and I was […]
Winter is coming…maybe. January 23-27th, 2025
Winter is coming…maybe. January 23-27th, 2025 Often, I wake up and I think, “Where is my mind?” That has nothing to do with steelhead fishing but just life in general. Then I have coffee, have a poop, look at Charlie, then remember that I have a job to do. Row someone down this sacred place […]
And now steelhead seaon is here…Trinity River January 13-22, 2025
Two days off! YEAH! I am in bed. Sorta warm-ish. I had some quail show up on the property this morning and I tried to put my new pellet gun to work, I failed but my feet got really cold! It’s been in the 20’s the past few days every morning. Popped the pipe in […]
Surfs Up on the Trinity River January 7-13, 2025
My neck hurts. My back hurts. It’s cold. The river is high(1500cfs) and clear. There are a shit ton of boats and my shower was broken yesterday. This job sucks. So you want to guide huh? Haha, just kidding but not really. Like a dumb ass. I scheduled too many days this next 6 weeks […]
Oh and I forgot this one…Dec 4th 2024 Trinity River
Well in all the madness of ending a small stint on the Trin and then going to MagBay, I had forgotten to write a report before I left and after I came back from MagBay. It was with my good friend Julia and her friend Gwynne. “Gu-when” like “cuando” in Spanish. I have a hard […]