I just spent two days on the McCloud guiding a couple of families staying at the guest cabin at the Nature Conservancy Preserve.  This is my 3rd year guiding these folks on Labor Day weekend on the McCloud.  The kids are 10-17 years old and love to fish the McCloud.  We mostly wet wade or scramble on rocks, but all of the kids hooked and landed fish on their own again this year.  Our best flies were princes and pheasant tails size 14.  Our best fish was a 14" bow caught by Matthew (see photo).  Lots of grouse around the McCloud this year.