The pattern of high pressure and clear, sunny skies continues in the Shadow of Shasta and State of Jefferson. It’s making for beautiful days on the water and pleasant conditions with our area rivers including the Rogue, Klamath and Upper Sacramento offering fine fishing for our guests.
The Klamath’s steelhead return is delighting fly fisherman with multiple hook ups on adults each day and we have begun to see more influx of half pounders from the lower river making for a very fun and scrappy fight! We had several boats on the water over this week swinging flies with two handed spey rods, our guest encountering multiple fish each day, allowing for many good reminders not to set the hook on the swing!
Out on local freestones like the upper Sacramento, the river is low and clear and cold but October Caddis are active during the warmest parts of the day and we have found success with large bushy dries as well as tight line nymphing techniques. Jim and Bernice tried fly fishing together for the first time and were each rewarded with a few hard pulling wild Shasta rainbows while enjoying some of the prettiest river-scapes around.
The Rogue River remains at it’s low seasonal flows with great fall fishing. We are still awaiting some of the larger fish of the season to enter the upper river which often concedes with the first fall rains. Dave and Greg joined us for a day on the Rogue and Klamath to swing flies for steelhead and we’re rewarded with a buzzer beater at the end of the day and a few good grabs that we’re exciting to say the least.
