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Northern California: , by Randy Hamann: Happy New Year !: 2 stars

I finished out 2014 scouting some NorCal waters in search of early Winter Steelhead, primarily the South Forks, Eel and Trinity.The South fork of the Eel is currently in perfect shape from Benbow down to the Forks, the Steelhead have yet to arrive in fishable numbers yet but it's still a little early. With that said, I can't think of a better way to spend a day or two then swinging classic Steelhead runs amongst century's old Giant Redwoods in search of Fresh Wild Steelhead, look for the South Fork of the Eel to turn on soon!
 
The South fork of the Trinity currently is running a touch low and very clear and cold in the upper reaches, it too is short on Steelhead right now but look for that to change in the coming weeks. Both of these rivers generally fish well from mid January through March.
 
Here on the upper Trinity things have turned cold, the water temps have followed the air temps and have tanked some 10 degrees over the past week from the upper 40s to the upper 30s! The water is a nice Steelhead green in the upper reaches and gets clear as you get into the JC area and then green's up again below the South Fork in the Willow Creek area. There are a fair number of Steelhead spread from Lewiston down to Pigeon Point but look for the fishing to be on the slow side till we get some rain to stir up the river a bit and warm the water temps.
 
Happy New Year!  
 

the pristine So Fork Trinity
the pristine So Fork Trinity
seldom fished waters
seldom fished waters
Next 10 open days for Randy Hamann: Mar 29, Apr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11
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