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I guided Steve and Jim from the East Bay on the Lower Sac. They wanted to mix there day up with nymphing from the boat and also get out and wade, swing some flies and hopefully fish some dries. We hooked some fish on the drift while nymphing and Steve was able to swing up a couple of nice Rainbows on his 4wt Gary Anderson Spey Rod. Unfortunately the dry fly action never got going, other than the occasional Dragon fly fluttering about the hatch was non existent which left the fish uninspired ! Having said that they each hooked fish and had a wonderful day on the river!

light weight spey in action
light weight spey in action
Nice Bow
Nice Bow
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Katie and I just got back from a great trip to the Bow River in Alberta, Canada.  We took a group of 14 anglers to North Bow Lodge, which is located right on the Bow River about 45 minutes from the airport in Calgary.  It was a great group of people.  I had fished with most of them before and we made some great new friends, too. The lodge is right on the river in a prime location.  You can walk right out and fish a lot of water on foot right in front of the lodge.  The lodge is located in the middle of one of the most popular floats on the river.  Our group was guided for three days by the guides from Country Pleasures Fly Shop in Calgary.  Most of us floated in drift boats, but two of the guides used jet boats on the lower end of the river.  Katie and I fished with three different guides and got to experience three different sections of the river, from downtown Calgary all the way down past the lodge. Our group persevered through some challenging weather.  Fishing was great the first morning, but shut down in the afternoon as a storm rolled in.  The next day we had about an inch of rain, which was enough to blow out certain sections of the river for part of the day.  Conditions were the best on our last day.  There was still a fair bit of color in the water, but the fish were feeding and most of the people in our group did well. The Bow River is a big river like the Lower Sac and you can fish it many different ways.  The great thing about it is that you can do very well on dry flies, hopper-dropper, and streamers.  Our group did very little nymph and indicator fishing.  Katie and I caught fish primarily on big grasshopper dries, but also had action on small dries, nymphs under dries, and on streamers.  Our average fish was about 17.  The biggest fish landed in our group was a 22 rainbow.  Some in our group caught rainbows up to 21 on small dries!  Bow River rainbows fight incredibly hard. Another whole facet to our trip was seeing a river that had just been through a 100-year flood this spring.  Calgary was in the news in June and July because of the extensive flooding on the Bow River.  The Calgary Stampede was nearly cancelled.  Needless to say, the river took a beating.  We floated through town where the damage was the worst.  The river shifted hundreds of yards in places, destroying parks and bike trails and footbridges over the river.  On the lower river there are massive piles of sediment, many new channels, and many collapsing banks.  It will take a few years for the river to get back into balance again.  The fact that our group still hooked many 17-21 rainbows just two months after the flood is testament to the quality of the fishery.  It will only get better over the next few seasons. Many thanks to Stu & Michele at North Bow Lodge and to Mike Gifford at Country Pleasures Fly shop for helping us to put this trip together!  The lodge was great, everyone enjoyed the food, and many in our group are already planning a return trip! 

Guide Jason Eggleton holding a Rainbow caught by Katie
Guide Jason Eggleton holding a Rainbow caught by Katie
This was a typical fish for us
This was a typical fish for us
Katie was top rod the first day
Katie was top rod the first day
Andy and Tim with guide Mike Guinn
Andy and Tim with guide Mike Guinn
Katie's hopper was well-chewed by lunchtime
Katie's hopper was well-chewed by lunchtime
Andy and Tim with guide Mike Algar
Andy and Tim with guide Mike Algar
Andrew & Katie at the boat launch
Andrew & Katie at the boat launch
Katie's big fish on day 3
Katie's big fish on day 3
The Bow is a great river for wading, too
The Bow is a great river for wading, too
The view from the upper deck at North Bow Lodge
The view from the upper deck at North Bow Lodge
Jason with Bernard's big fish
Jason with Bernard's big fish
Catherine always catches big fish
Catherine always catches big fish
The whole group on the deck at the lodge
The whole group on the deck at the lodge
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With good numbers of Steelhead moving into the Rogue River we set our sights on the upper Rogue right now. The Salmon season closed on the Upper Rogue September 1st, so lots of room to fish. I've been hooking nice fish in the early morning using traditional swing techniques, but I'm sure you could hook some fish on dead drift techniques also. As we move into the prime time for the summer run Steelhead we will also get into more fishing pressure. Last year I guided a number of days in November with great success and no pressure, so if you can't make it to Southern Oregon in October try some Steelhead fishing on the Rogue in November 

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I just wrapped up my hosted week at Z Boat lodge on the Lower Skeena River.  Brad and Kim have a terrific operation here, with stellar guides and accommodation.  We had a typical week of steelhead fishing, with some amazing moments fishing the lower Skeena and its tributaries.  Thanks to Paul, Dennis, Pete, Bruce, and George for joining me in one of my favorite places on Earth.  Great times were had on and off the water that made a truly memorable trip.  I will book two weeks next year in September.  Spey Casting legend Brian Niska, one of the best casting instructors I have worked with will be taking the operation over next season. I am fortunate to be spending a total of six weeks here in BC.  Overall returns are low, but I have managed to hook epic fish on the hallowed waters of the Dean, Kispiox, Bulkley, Morice, Skeena, and Copper.  Pressure is very low this year, and the weather has been superb.  Its also nice to be around such amazing anglers who share my love of speycasting for steelhead.   I will be on the Ronde for the whole month of October until mid November at Speywater Lodge, which is totally booked.  Then I will head to the Trinity to join the Confluence crew Andrew, Gino, and Randy in late November until Christmas, and still have available dates.  

 Dean River guides April and Steve from Blackwells Lodge
Dean River guides April and Steve from Blackwells Lodge
Dennis and Greg, and epic chromer
Dennis and Greg, and epic chromer
Dennis and Greg, again
Dennis and Greg, again
The Gooch, again
The Gooch, again
The crew on Z Boats deck overlooking the mighty Skeena
The crew on Z Boats deck overlooking the mighty Skeena
Paul in the moment
Paul in the moment
Fish on in a 200 yard perfect swing run
Fish on in a 200 yard perfect swing run
epic dog pic
epic dog pic
Pete Notz in the first spot he fished
Pete Notz in the first spot he fished
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Our Bow River Trip starts tomorrow!  Katie and I fly out of Redding first thing in the morning.  We are really looking forward to a great fishing trip with some of our best clients.  Check back next week for photos and a write-up of the trip!

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 I was able to get an early scouting trip in on the Lower Klamath, the Salmon season is ramping up and along with it Steelhead ! There was the usual boat traffic that accompanies the Salmon run but it was not very difficult to find water to myself, especially in the afternoon. I hooked 4 nice sized half pounders and 2 adults, 5 of the 6 came in about a 40 min. flurry of action when the sun, moon and stars aligned, thats Steelhead fishing ! 

28 8lb Bright Hen !
28 8lb Bright Hen !
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High flows are scheduled for Pit 5 this weekend, Sept 7/8.  If you were planning to fish Pit 5, you should consider heading to Pit 3 or 4 instead.

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Well after a last minute law suit by Westlands Water District aka Darth Vader, to stop what everyone else in the world thought was the right thing to do, the water is now flowing ! At this time the release out of Lewiston Lake is about 1400 cfs. The release is scheduled to ramp up to 2650 cfs by midnight tonight and then ramp down to 850 cfs after Tuesday and stay at 850 cfs until Sept 19th and then ramp down to 450 cfs till mid October. This is the medicine that the Trinity and more importantly the Klamath needed, water temps in the Lower Klamath have been hovering around 70 - 74 degrees for a month or more. This flushing flow should reduce stress on the fish and hopefully flush out any pathogens that have been building with the low flows and high temps. To date there has been a decent run of Summer Steelhead that have entered the Klamath and most of which are headed for the Trinity, the cooler temps in the river will entice more Steelies to leave the salt as well as an estimated 272,000 Fall Run Chinook. Looking to be a good year, despite the efforts of Darth Vader ie; Westlands Water District !    

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Fishing is good on Fall River right now.  I guided Jerry from Lodi and son Greg the last two days.  We had some great moments, including some 18+ rainbows eating dry flies.  The dry fly fishing is really good right now.  We've had opportunities on spinners and duns from 8:30am until the wind comes up, usually around 2pm.  There are countless big fish to target with dry flies right now.  The toughest thing about it is that most of them are eating spinners, and there are so many spinners that our odds are not great.  Try spinner patterns that look a size or two smaller than the ones you see on the water.  It's a mix of trico, callibaetis, and PMD spinners right now.  The duns start to come off around 10, but get thicker around noon.  The river is a ghost town this time of year.  Lots of fish and hardly anybody out on the water.

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On a dry fly
On a dry fly
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Greg caught this one-eyed trout on a small nymph
Greg caught this one-eyed trout on a small nymph
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I can't take any credit for this (other than for watching the kids), but my wife Katie went salmon fishing with some friends today and caught this huge king salmon on the Lower Sac!

Katie Harris with a massive salmon
Katie Harris with a massive salmon
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Gino and I just finished up three days of guiding on the Bollibokka Club on the McCloud River.  What a place!  The lodging and cooking facilities are excellent.  When you drive into the property it feels like you're stepping back into history.  The river itself is the same McCloud you would recognize from the public water upstream, just bigger.  There are also more long flat sections and riffles.  There are definitely some large rainbows on the Bollibokka, although they are not easy to catch.  The McCloud River down there is a very physically demanding river and the fish are no easier to catch than on any other part of the McCloud.  The allure is the privacy, the diversity of water types, the trail system, the history, and the presence of some larger fish.

There are some nice rainbows on the Bollibokka
There are some nice rainbows on the Bollibokka
pocket water galore
pocket water galore
There are many smooth sections like this
There are many smooth sections like this
Lots of beautiful riffles
Lots of beautiful riffles
Is this a spotted bass?
Is this a spotted bass?
fish on
fish on
Mike with a nice one
Mike with a nice one
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I guided Sarah and Ryan from Genoa Nv on Sat., we had perfect weather for August, low 90s, partly cloudy and just a slight breeze. It was the nicest day I've had on the Lower Sac in some time, unfortunetly the fish didn't take notice. We floated from Bonneyview to Balls Ferry and fished hard but were only rewarded with a few fish. There was little to no insect activity through out the day so I guess the fish took the day off. Tomorrow will be a different story, always is. The flows have begun to drop and stabilize, currently 11,982 cfs, after the summer peak flows, the fishing will only get better on the Lower Sac from here on out.    

hard earned rainbow
hard earned rainbow
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Fishing continues to be really good on Fall River.  There are very few other fishermen out this time of year and we're getting some good hatches.  There are PMD spinners in the morning, PMD and callibaetis duns from 10am until 1pm or so, water boatmen mid-day, and caddis and hexes in the evenings.  Lots of damselflies around now, too.  The hex hatch is still productive.  Bill and Chuck from the Bay Area both caught fish on hex dries.  The evening fishing has been pretty outstanding on all techniques.

Bill with one of his best fish
Bill with one of his best fish
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Chuck caught a lot of big fish
Chuck caught a lot of big fish
Chuck got this one on a hex dry
Chuck got this one on a hex dry
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I fished the Upper Rogue yesterday with my good buddy and stellar angler Charles from Flywater Travel. We put in at around 6 am and Charles landed a nice wild steelhead at around 7 on a nice traditional fly swung on a floating line. We had a few other encounters that did not yield a fish, but it is great that there are finally some biters around. Cooler temps are expected next week, so fishing should pick up a bit, but it is still an early morning game for now.

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I took Sam and Jim to the Upper McCloud today.  The river fished great and we didn't see any other anglers.  There were hundreds of people out enjoying the waterfalls, but nobody fishing where we were.  We had good luck on dries (elk hair caddis and hopper patterns) and nymphs.  We hooked a couple of truck trout, but mainly caught wild rainbows up to 9 inches or so.

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I took the guide school boys out for an evening of hex fishing tonight.  The hatch was surprisingly good.  Sam and Jim each broke off a nice fish on the hookset and Jim landed an 18 rainbow.  We had about 10 grabs on the big dry fly in all.  Not too bad for late July!

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I have fished a few days on a few different sections of the upper Rogue. The river at Dodge Bridge is running around 1550 cfs, which is pretty low for this time of year. The river is a bit on the warm side down in the Grants Pass area. Not ideal conditions, but a few adult steelhead are being caught in the mornings before the sun beats on the water. Fishing mid day is rather unproductive. Things will hopefully pick up in the next few weeks. I'm heading to the cooler weather and river temps on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula next week, which will be a new featured venue for me this August and again in March where bookings will be extremely limited.

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Gino and I had the opportunity to scout the Bollibokka Club on the McCloud River today.  No fishing, but we got to scout the trail system and get the lay of the land.  We're guiding a group of anglers staying on the Bollibokka in August.  We're looking forward to a lot of wet wading and hopper-dropper fishing!  Many thanks to Michael Caranci at The Fly Shop in Redding and to caretaker Bruce for setting up this scouting trip.

Gino Bernero overlooks the river
Gino Bernero overlooks the river
Gino surveys the scene
Gino surveys the scene
Great water for all techniques
Great water for all techniques
The confluence with Chatterdown Creek
The confluence with Chatterdown Creek
There are many beautiful riffles like this
There are many beautiful riffles like this
The view looking down from the Way Station
The view looking down from the Way Station
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Katie and I just got back from a great backpacking trip.  We were in search of Paiute Cutthroat Trout in the Carson drainage.  We didn't see any people for two days, caught tons of fish (even one Paiute!) and saw some incredible scenery.

at the trailhead
at the trailhead
perfect ox-bows
perfect ox-bows
Katie with her first fish of the trip
Katie with her first fish of the trip
meadow stream fishing at its finest
meadow stream fishing at its finest
a Paiute Cutthroat trout
a Paiute Cutthroat trout
rainbow trout
rainbow trout
Llewellyn falls, barrier to rainbow trout
Llewellyn falls, barrier to rainbow trout
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The holiday crowds and brutal heat has cooled off here in the Fall River Valley. The Hex hatch is still happening, though not quite as prolific as a few weeks ago. Clients are still hooking fish every night on the giant dry fly, and having lots of opportunities during the day on drys as well. Lots of grass in the river to contend with...lots of big fish too which makes it worth the effort. Some truly big fish have been landed this past week on drys by patient anglers. Prime time during the day has between 9am and 2pm. I will be taking my talents up north soon due to solid reports of steelhead being caught in the Rogue River and beyond. The Rogue is one of the best bets to swing up an epic wild steelhead in late July in the lower 48. Then in August, I will be on the famed Olympic Peninsula on the coast of Washington, swinging up steelhead and sea run cutthroat on those beautiful rainforest rivers...bookings will be very limited.

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