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We didn't get the photo we wanted today but we managed to connect with several exceptional Trinity steelhead today.  Two were in the 10-pound range and the rest were over 5 pounds.  These fish tail-walked, cartwheeled, and made blistering runs that are more characteristic of fish caught closer to the salt.  These are encouraging signs for our Trinity steelhead season that is just getting under way!

Wading the Trinity
Wading the Trinity
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Red Hot

I fished up in Redding today with regular guests Steve and Rick from the Bay Area.  The fishing in the morning was amazingly good!  We fished egg patterns in the salmon redds all morning and connected with many fish in the 18-21" range.  The fish were in great condition and many were in the three pound range.  The big fish really come out this time of year - about a dozen of the fish we caught today would easily be the big fish of the day any other time of year!  There are respectable numbers of king salmon spawning and there is also a really good caddis and baetis hatch going on.  We caught a couple fish on nymphs in the afternoon, but today the fish were pretty focused on eating salmon eggs.

Steve and Rick caught a lot of fish like this one today
Steve and Rick caught a lot of fish like this one today
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Good

The Lower Sac Swing fishing has been good to Great, with a mix of Wild Bo's to 4lbs and a mix of hatchery and Wild Steelhead to 6lbs. There coming on both the Swung fly and Tight Line Nymph techniques, most days offer shots at rising fish with the DryFly as well.At times we're working hard for them and some are coming more easily, bottom line is they are there for the wading angler looking to put in the effort.Tight Lines- 

Battle Creek Steelhead...
Battle Creek Steelhead...
another Nice one Jon !
another Nice one Jon !
Headed back to the Salt ...
Headed back to the Salt ...
Dues Paid !
Dues Paid !
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Great

 Steve and I had an awesome day fishing the Balls to Jelly's float today, catching all the trout we wanted and a salmon in the Barge Hole as a bonus.   Beautiful weather, good company and great fishing makes for big smiles on the river!   

Steve with a Barge Hole Salmon
Steve with a Barge Hole Salmon
Great

The nymph bite continues to be consistent throughout the day. My guests David and Karl, another father-son team had a great day! Other than a few brief lulls, they had solid fishing all day. The long range forecast is calling for beautiful weather this week, but there is a possibility of rain next week – which is much needed as we transition from the Sac to the Trinity. 

Karl with a nice fish
Karl with a nice fish
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Good

 The Lower Sac is fishing pretty good for Rainbow's and Steelhead on the Swing and offering fairly consistant hatches durring the day for the Dry Fly Angler, I use a jet boat to access the River for Wading Anglers and it's countless Bars and Brakes ! The Trinity has steelhead from top to bottom with lots of pressure, especially on the weekends, some anglers are getting em , some anglers are paying there dues. I would rate it as fair. Flows on the Trinity are scheduled to drop to 300cfs out of Lewiston on Tuesday...LOW and CLEAR...the ever present Steelheading mantra of "we could use some rain to stir things up" is currently in FULL effect.Tight Lines-

Battle Creek Steelhead
Battle Creek Steelhead
Working Towards the Sweet Spot
Working Towards the Sweet Spot
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Good

Today my guests were father-son duo, David and Corbin. This was their first time fly fishing and we had a great time considering the extreme wind. They worked hard and both hooked into some really nice fish throughout the day. David and Corbin were “hooked” on fly fishing by the end of the day!

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Good

I had a great time with guests Bruce and Rick today. The wind made for challenging conditions, but the fishing was pretty good. I’m seeing good numbers of post-spawn salmon, but the fish seem to be more interested in eating nymphs than egg patterns.  They had a mix of large (17”-19”) and small (12”16”) fish throughout the day, but Rick lost a really large rainbow when it broke him off. 

Rick with a very nice fish
Rick with a very nice fish
Rick with another great fish
Rick with another great fish
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Okay

As good as the fishing has been recently, things slowed down today for my guests Steve and his son Evern. This was their first time fly fishing, so they experienced the same struggles all new anglers have. They hooked into several fish, but quickly learned it’s harder to land them than hook them! They worked really hard all day and both were rewarded, but the best was when Evern landed a beautiful 17 inch fish near the end of the float! 

Evern with a beauty!
Evern with a beauty!
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Great

I had a great day on the Sac with guests Joe and Paul. The grab was pretty consistent throughout the morning, but we did have a few short lulls after lunch. They hooked into some really nice fish today – they won some of the battles, and lost some of the battles. They were doubled-up twice and Paul had just landed a fish, so I dropped his flies back in the water and as he lifted his rod to recast – he hooked another fish! The weather is perfect and I only have a few open dates before the fun slows on the Sac.  

Joe with a nice one!
Joe with a nice one!
This was a workout for Paul!
This was a workout for Paul!
Paul with another fatty!
Paul with another fatty!
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We are donating an 8-person trip to Eagle Canyon to the silent auction at the Fly Fishing Film Tour in Redding this Saturday Oct 13th.  Look for the Eagle Canyon item in the silent auction area at the front of the Cascade Theatre.  The winner can bring a group of up to 8 anglers to Eagle Canyon for a full day this coming season - a $1,080 value.  All proceeds from the Film Tour benefit our local Shasta-Trinity-Cascades chapter of Trout Unlimited.

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Don't miss the Fly Fishing Film Tour at the Cascade Theatre in Redding this Saturday!  The F3T is a very entertaining collection of the year's best short-format fly fishing videos.  The show begins at 7pm at the Cascade Theatre.  Tickets are $25 and can be bought online at cascadetheatre.org or in person at The Fly Shop in Redding.  See you there!

The F3T returns to Redding October 13th
The F3T returns to Redding October 13th
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Great

Today was a great day with guests Tom and Leslie from St. Louis. They came to California to celebrate their 10th anniversary and wanted to start their vacation by fishing the Lower Sac. Neither had ever fly fished, but you would never know it. The grab was a little slow to start, but things picked up mid-morning and they started hooking into some really nice fish! Tom and Leslie landed some very nice fish and lost some really nice fish, but they had a great time! It was so fun to be able to introduce them to fly fishing and I have a feeling they will continue this journey we all love some much. Happy 10th anniversary to a really great couple!  

Leslie's first trout ever!
Leslie's first trout ever!
Leslie with another great fish!
Leslie with another great fish!
Tom is making this look much smaller than it really is!
Tom is making this look much smaller than it really is!
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Slow

I had the pleasure of guiding Glenn and Tim on the McCloud today. This was the first stop of their 3-day fishing adventure. We pulled out all the stops but the fishing was pretty slow. They prefer tight-line (ESN) nymphing to fishing indicators. This is usually extremely effective technique, but they hooked a handful of fish each. We tried streamers and struck out. A very brief hatch came off, but was over by the time we made the switch. Towards the end, Tim switched to an indicator rig and started hooking fish. They worked very hard but the fish were not on the job. On to the Rogue with Leslie Ajari!

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Good

These photos are from our guest Mike who fished with Gino last week on the Upper Rogue.  Mike says: "A terrific day with the Big Guy!"

Guest Mike with a Rogue steelie
Guest Mike with a Rogue steelie
Gino's guest Mike with another one
Gino's guest Mike with another one
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Great

The fishing was really good again today on the Sac! I was part of a 3-boat trip and everyone seemed to have a really good day. My guests Roger and Blake had an amazing day and quickly learned our Lower Sac trout are really hard to land! We had lots of hook-ups all day long, but a weather system came in late afternoon and the grab definitely slowed down for us. We had a great day and it was a great group of guys. Fall is finally here and this is a great time to fish the Sac! 

Blake crushing it
Blake crushing it
Blake with another nice fish
Blake with another nice fish
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Great

I had another great day fishing the Sac with guests Kelly and Greg. They came up for the day from the Bay Area - the grab was on right away and stayed on all day! We had a few very brief lulls, but the fish were super grabby so we had non-stop action. Such a fun day getting to know them and they were amazed at the beauty of lower river. Most our fish were 14”-16”, but they both hooked a couple each around 18”. Small mayfly nymphs have been the best producer the past two days. Fall is here and the egg bite should start any day now! 

Greg with one of many just like this
Greg with one of many just like this
Kelly getting it done again
Kelly getting it done again
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Great

The Sac fished really well today for my guests Andrew and Wyatt. We hooked into three nice fish right away, then the things slowed a bit down for about an hour – then it turned on! Andrew and Wyatt were hooking fish consistently all day long. We had a few doubles and most the fish landed were 15”-17”, but Andrew landed one 18”-19” fish after an epic battle. The flows are great and the temps are starting to cool, which makes for great fishing conditions.

Andrew landed the largest and the smallest fish today
Andrew landed the largest and the smallest fish today
All day long!
All day long!
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Great

I had a great past few days with star client Andy from San Francisco. Andy did our first two Klamath Spey camps, and has really become an excellent caster and angler. It’s a real pleasure to watch him fish. We swung up three wild steelhead each of the past two days despite the brutal heat. I expect fishing to get even better with the cooling trend coming this weekend. We saw no more than two other boats on the river each day. Gotta love the Rogue! I have a few days open in November.

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Great

Fishing was really good again today on the Lower Sac. I fished from Anderson down with father/son duo Andrew and Wyatt from Santa Cruz.  Fishing was good right off the bat.  We had one hour of slow fishing right before lunch but the rest of the day the action was excellent.  Wyatt landed one 18" rainbow and most of our other fish were 15-17".  We also saw a lot of huge salmon rolling in the salmon holes.  It was a really great day on the water.

Hundreds of miniature mayflies on my oar blade
Hundreds of miniature mayflies on my oar blade
Wyatt caught a lot of fish like this one today
Wyatt caught a lot of fish like this one today
Double trouble
Double trouble
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