Well the recent water release out of Trinity and Lewiston Lakes have done exactly what was intended. The flows are up in the Trinity and the Lower Klamath and the water temps have dropped more than 10 degrees in the Hoopa Valley. The Big Wad of wild Steelhead that was holding at Blue Creek are now heading up river and many if not most into the Lower Trinity. Late Sept. and Oct. are prime times to Swing a fly on the Lower Trinity and the Lower Klamath will continue to see pulses of fresh fish. I access the Lower Trinity with my raft and the Lower Klamath with my jet boat. I have a few prime dates open late Sept and early Oct.

I guided Joe and Ryan from Bakersfield on Saturday, the fishing was a little tough, could be that the fish just had there heads down or there weren’t many fish about. We still managed to land a couple of nice Steelie’s including a stout wild buck that Joe landed. The weather was beautiful and all had a good time ! (hard to beat a day on the river)The weather is supposed to change in a big way by mid-week, should help mix things up a bitt.

Here are a couple of pics from the past couple days, despite the lack of rain we have had a solid return of wild Steelhead on the Trinity. Overall the fishing in January and so far in February has been pretty solid. The conditions have been less then ideal with the low water but the Trinity has benefitted from the meager release out of Lewiston dam, compared to the coastal streams that rely exclusively on rain, we were sitting pretty. fortunately all that has changed with a significant change in the weather pattern. We have been getting steady but not heavy rain on the Trinity over last week or two, conditions now are ideal.If your thinking about fishing the Trinity next November or December you might consider January or February, the days are often warmer and the river is less crowded.

Here are a couple of pics from the last couple days. Rain is on the way, probably not enough to make much of a difference right now but it could be a sign of an overall pattern change ! Keep your fingers crossed !

No big changes on the Trinity, conditions remain low and clear. There are a fair amount of steelhead about but they don’t come easily. Those anglers that have honed there skills and put there time in are doing the best, some are landing multiple steelhead a day but there are many that are getting skunked. The upside is that the fishing pressure compared to recent years is pretty light. The weather forecaster’s are calling for some changes, hopefully there will is an end in sight to this long dry spell, keep your fingers crossed.

The conditions remain low, clear and cold here on the Trinity. With that said the temps are moderating a bit and the brutally cold weather seems to be behind us for now. The up side is that there are a fair amount of fish around and most seem to be Wild ! Here are a few pics from the past couple of day’s.