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I spent the last two days guiding clients Steve and Jim on a wade trip on the Lower Sac.  I use my jet boat on these trips so we can zoom around to the best wading spots.  We fished a variety of techniques, including single-hand swing, swinging with lightweight spey rods, streamer fishing with spey rods, and hopper-dropper fishing.  We hooked a lot of fish in two days.  Nothing really big, but we landed fish up to 16".  We even had a few hopper grabs while fishing hopper-dropper.  The river is at 8500cfs, a really nice flow all around.  Still a little high for wading some areas, but we had plenty of places to choose from.

Jim landing a rainbow
Jim landing a rainbow
Steve swung up quite a few fish
Steve swung up quite a few fish
Wading the Lower Sac
Wading the Lower Sac
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It's been a while since my last report, a busy building season is now transitioning into what is looking to be a busy guide season. Ive spent time on the Lower Klamath over the last several weeks and the conditions on the Lower Klamath have improved dramaticaly, the river is currently and should remain in Great Shape through the Fall ! Water releases out of Lewiston have increased which have cooled water temps greatly, the Steelhead have responded positively and are now steadily streaming in.We are getting into a mix of adult and half pounders, landing adults to 5lbs and seeing and hooking larger adults to 10 lbs ! I have a few prime dates left in October for the Klamath, if the Fall rains are late the Klamath will be fishable into November. If your passionate about swinging flies for fresh chrome the Lower Klamath should be on your radar. 

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I spent a beautiful day on Fall River with Christine and Doug from Larkspur.  The weather was cool so we had to wait a while for the callibaetis hatch to really get going.  Our best fishing was from 1pm to 4:30pm when the fish were chowing down on callibaetis nymphs and dries.  We landed fish up to 18" and hooked quite a few fish in the 16-19" range.  River conditions are great - this is my favorite time of year to be on Fall River.

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Here is a photo from my trip on Friday with Ted & Eloise.  Fishing was all over the map, with doubles and hook-ups coming fast and furious for a while and then long periods of slow fishing.  Caddis patterns are working best these days.

Nice fish (and hat), Ted!
Nice fish (and hat), Ted!
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Took my two favorite "clients" out for a day of chasing trout on one of the most beautiful streams in the world, Burney Creek.  Kids and I had a ball casting and catching fish all day with dry flies.  If you have a youngster that wants to get started in fly fishing, this is a great way to spend the day.  Sometimes, the best days aren't measured in fish.

Plenty of Trophies to be had!
Plenty of Trophies to be had!
Lots of casting practice.
Lots of casting practice.
Very Serious!
Very Serious!
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Fall River is fishing really well right now.  This is my favorite time of year to fish the river because of the intense callibaetis hatches.  When the wind doesn't blow, you can have dry fly fishing from 8am to 6pm as the fish rise to a mix of callibaetis spinners and duns.  The nymphing can be great, but this is prime time for catching a really big rainbow on a dry fly.  Bring an assortment of duns, cripples, and spinners and your A Game.

Jared landed this great fish on a nymph
Jared landed this great fish on a nymph
John caught this 20 rainbow on a size 16 callibaetis dry
John caught this 20 rainbow on a size 16 callibaetis dry
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I had a great time guiding Rob and his nephew Roman.  Roman was visiting from Berlin and it was his first time fly fishing - but you would never know it.  Both hooked fish all day long and only one was under 16 inches!  The fish were super grabby with caddis patterns being on the menu today.  I'm starting to see some salmon in the upper river, so that means the egg bite is right around the corner!  Now is the time to book your fall trip on the lower Sac  because you don't want to miss out on all the fun.

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This afternoon I had an unprecendented and highly entertaining experience at the Powerhouse Riffle on Hat Creek.  Clients Mark and Mike enjoyed about 45 minutes of unproductive fishing before a group of about 40 people floated through on a wide variety of floating devices.  In aluminum boats, floating rubber ducks and flamingos and good old truck tire tubes, a happy entourage of Shasta Beer Weekend folks floated, scraped and bumped their way through the riffle.  They were very curteous and apologetic, but they turned out to be our good luck charm.  We started hooking fish as they went by us, and I could actually see the bigger fish swimming around eating all the bugs dislodged by this crew.  Fishing was much better after they went through.  We landed a couple of quality fish up to 13" - remember that every fishery is measured differently - and quite a few smaller fish on nymphs.  Cheers to Shasta Beer Weekend!

San Juan shuffle times 50
San Juan shuffle times 50
The powerhouse riffle has changed...
The powerhouse riffle has changed...
Lots of bruised tailbones...
Lots of bruised tailbones...
Shasta Beer Weekend meets the Powerhouse Riffle
Shasta Beer Weekend meets the Powerhouse Riffle
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The Pit River was good for us this morning.  I took buddies Mike and Mark from Pleasanton to one of my favorite parts of the river.  It didn't fish as well as I had hoped, but we still got into some quality fish up to 16".  A 16" fish on the Pit is a serious wild fish and very hard to land in the swift current.  We landed good numbers of rainbows plus a few grande squawfish and suckers.  The highlight of the morning was when Mark hooked an 8" rainbow and had a 5 pound plus fish leap out of the water several times trying to eat it.  That doesn't happen a lot around these parts.  Next time I visit that spot I'll bring my striper flies and see what happens!

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Conditions are great on the McCloud right now.  The water is off-color, but just the right amount.  I took brothers Scott and John down to Ash Camp today and it fished pretty tough.  We mainly found fish in the not-so-obvious holes.  Our big fish of the day was a 10" rainbow, although we hooked a couple that were a little bigger.  No matter how good the fishing is, the trip to the McCloud is always worth it.  It's a beautiful river, albeit moody, and any day on it can yield an incredible fishing experience.

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Scott caught this fish on a nymph
Scott caught this fish on a nymph
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Here are some pictures from my trip Thursday on one of my favorite small streams in the intermountain area. Brothers Scott and John had a great morning fishing hoppers to rainbows and browns. We had some classic moments trying to entice fish hiding under the cut-banks and watching them swim out to consider our flies. The hoppers were thick and the fish were looking for them. Tons of fun. The last four days really exemplified the allure of fishing in the intermountain (Mt Lassen to Mt Shasta) region. In three full days and one evening trip I fished five different fisheries with two groups of clients. We fished the Fall River, Hat Creek, the Pit River, McCloud River, plus a great small stream. It's pretty common to fish two fisheries in a day up here.

John fishing a classic trout spot
John fishing a classic trout spot
More classic trout water
More classic trout water
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I have been striper fishing the last two weeks and it has been less than spectacular.  Last week was very slow and this week has been a little better, but there have been very few hookups on larger fish.  The last two days we saw decent numbers of schoolies and a few good-sized largemouth up to 3 pounds.  We briefly hooked one striper about 5 pounds today.  The best fish hooked this week was in the 8 pound range.  Stay tuned for more striper reports.  There are a moderate number of salmon boats out around Corning and Chico and I witnessed 3 salmon hook-ups in the last couple days.

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Today was another one of those magical days on the Lower Sac!  I had the privilege of guiding Jesse and Julian one more time before Julian leaves for his senior year at the University of Michigan.  Lucky for us, the fish were super grabby!  It seemed like every time they hooked-up, the fish kept getting bigger and bigger.  It was a typical August day - temps well above 100 degress, but the fishing was even hotter!  Thanks for another great day guys!

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I spent a few days working and scouting the Hat Creek area over the weekend.  There are many changes that I think anglers will benefit from (and a few that they might not).  I visited and walked the entire length of Cal Trout's restoration project on the trophy section of Hat Creek.  There were many additions to the area including a trail improvement project for angler access, various plantings of shorline vegetation, wooden structure added to the creek for fish habitat, and the most notable, a pedistrian bridge for creek crossing at Carbon Flats.  The project is quite extensive and is progressing nicely.  You can read and view a video at Cal Trout's website if you would like more information.  One addition to the area that I didnt' care for was the addition of some fencing at the Cassel Flats area.  I know that safety comes first, but fly anglers will be challenged with access to a couple spots that typically are good spots for catching planted trout.  Your nets will really need to be long now!  Anyway, excited to see what the project at Hat Creek brings to the area.  Been fishing there since I was a kid and can't wait for it to return to its former self.

Bogey doing fish counts!
Bogey doing fish counts!
Pedestrian Bridge at Carbon Flats
Pedestrian Bridge at Carbon Flats
Hopefully the home to a new crop of z grass and wild rainbows!
Hopefully the home to a new crop of z grass and wild rainbows!
Nice and wide!  The new trail starting at Powerhouse #2 and wandering all the way to Carbon Flats
Nice and wide! The new trail starting at Powerhouse #2 and wandering all the way to Carbon Flats
Lots of new plantings to someday catch a fly on!
Lots of new plantings to someday catch a fly on!
What?  Safety first at the Cassel Flats!
What? Safety first at the Cassel Flats!
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I had a chance to guide Ethan on the upper Sac today.  We had a great time fishing dries for about two hours this morning.  Fish were aggressively feeding on the surface and we had lots of grabs.  The fish weren't very big, but what a blast!  Wet wading this classic trout stream was a nice way to beat the heat.

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Sam Robinette and I had the privilege of guiding Deborah, Jason, and their son Ethan from Virginia.  We began with an evening float on Tuesday.  Deborah and Jason hooked several fish in a very short amount of time - the largest being a solid and obese 20 incher!  there's no better way to spend a summer evening!  Fishing wasn't quite as hot today, but everyone managed to hook into some really big fish!  Family vacations are the best when you go fishing!

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Katie and I took the girls to the Klamath this weekend.  We stayed at our Spey Camp which is about 3 miles up from the launch at Klamath Glen.  Camping was great and we had a ton of fun on the river, but the fishing is pretty darn slow right now. I spoke to some Fish and Game guys at the Blue Creek Riffle.  They were doing a hook-and-line survey (that means they get to fish!) and they had landed two adult steelhead that morning, including a 28" fish.  We saw just a couple of salmon guides working the river.  The local word is that a big bunch of fish moved through about 2 weeks ago and fishing was great.  Who knows when the next run will come in.  The river looks great, though.  We boated all the way up to Johnsons and saw a lot of great looking riffles.  By the time you get up there they could be filled with fish!

Mackenzie trying for a steelhead
Mackenzie trying for a steelhead
Spey Camp 2016 swag
Spey Camp 2016 swag
Picnic at the Blue Creek lagoon
Picnic at the Blue Creek lagoon
BEARS!
BEARS!
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4 days into the "re-opener" and the upper part of the Lower Sac is still fishing very well.  Today we hooked plenty of fish that would all have been the best fish of the day on most days on this river.  If the seasonal closure persists, as I'm sure it will, you would be crazy not to book a guide for August 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of next year.Today you could tell the fish were a little "over it" on this stretch of river.  I saw several large fish jumping out of the water trying to dislodge hooks attached to broken lines.  We still hooked quite a few nice fish, though.  There is a good caddis hatch in the afternoon.  The caddis are big, a size 12 at least and brown.  I imagine some of the fish that concentrated in the closed area the last four months will start to spread out throughout the river system.I'll be striper fishing next week for a nice change of pace.  Stay tuned! 

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"Opening Day" for the 5.5 miles of river above the Highway 44 Bridge was today and it did not disappoint!  Since the end of March this stretch of river has been closed due to the endangered Winter-Run Chinook spawning season.  This is the 2nd year we have experienced this closure.  I am of the opinion that it is a good thing for our trout fishery since the closure timing and area coincides with the bulk of the trout spawning on the Lower Sac.The fishing was nothing short of amazing at times today.  I floated with clients Jerry and son Matt through the re-opened area twice today.  The first pass was okay and the boat traffic was off the charts.  The 2nd pass through in the afternoon was magical.  We rarely went 30 seconds without hooking a fish and Matt landed a real beast, a hook-jawed rainbow about 4 pounds!  The rest of the river fished well, too.  We landed a lot of 20" rainbows today all throughout the river.

Matt with a 22 rainbow
Matt with a 22 rainbow
Jerry with one of several 20 rainbows
Jerry with one of several 20 rainbows
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We just finished up another fantastic guide school.  Aaron, Rob, Dylan, and Drew was the dream team of students, who will all be guiding someday in the near future.  All venues fished excellent for us this week.  The Pit River is fishing excellent.  High stick nymphing is the most productive technique here until the caddis hatch is the evenings.  If you cover water and have good presentations, you will find plenty of fish.The McCloud River has also been fishing excellent.  Dry dropper is my favorite rig here.  If they aren't eating on top, go to a high stick nymph rig and cover water.  Every evening on the Mac provides good dry fly fishing this time of year.  Stick it out! Fall River has had some fun head hunting opportunities in the mornings for large fish eating calibaetis emergers and spinners.  Its a tough game to play, but more rewarding than just staring at a bobber and cleaning weeds off of it every cast.  Sinking line techniques are also working, pulling damsels and leaches.  Fishing has been shutting off by around 2pm, so good time for a break then go fish the hex in the evening.  It's been starting really late this year, at around 9:15 so don't pack it in too early. Hat Creek has been fishing great in the mornings and evenings.  Excellent trico spinner fall from about 8 to 10.  Fantastic caddis hatch in the evenings with a smattering of mayflies to keep you busy.  Mid day has been slow here.  The upper Rogue has started to get steelhead trickling in.  I'm heading up there this weekend.  Mornings are the best time to swing one up this time of year up there.  I will be back to guide it for the month of November after the Grande Ronde in October.Reports from the lower Klamath are good!  We start our spey camps down there August 1st and have one open spot left.  Contact me for details. 

Leslie releasing a Fall River beauty
Leslie releasing a Fall River beauty
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Small creek fishing has been excellent
Small creek fishing has been excellent
Aaron rigging for success on the Mac
Aaron rigging for success on the Mac
Leslie and Rob working on dry dropper guide techniques
Leslie and Rob working on dry dropper guide techniques
Dylan and Drew figuring out the best lie
Dylan and Drew figuring out the best lie
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