I guided Brady from San Francisco on Tues., Brady has embraced the Spey rod and in a few short years has become quite proficient. We swung up three nice wild winter Steelhead in the 4-5 lb range. The big rain event we had a couple weeks back moved most if not all of the Fall run into the upper river and / or their individual tributaries. The up side is that it sucked up a batch of bright wild winter fish !The fishing remains solid on the Trinity and even with the cold water temps FRESH WILD WINTER STEELHEAD will still move to grab a swung fly.The next storm system coming in this Thurs night through the weekend has the potential to put quite a bit snow on the ground and could impact travel and access to the river so be sure to call ahead !

I fished with Kevin from Alameda on Sunday, it was Kevins first time on the Trinity and his first Steelhead experience. Kevin landed two nice adult Steelhead and had a few other incounters, he caught the Steelhead Stoke as well!

If you’re not interested in the Trinity there are other options that will soon be available on the Northern California Coast for fresh chrome and if Steelhead aren’t your thing there are Trout options as well, Lewiston Lake continues to fish well for Rainbow’s throughout the winter and the Lower Sac in Redding is always a good choice for Trout.

I fished with Bill and Robert from Danville on Thurs and Fri. Still plenty of fish around and even with the heavy pressure most anglers still seem to scratch out some fish. We have been getting rain over the last couple of days but not enough to change water conditions much. We are expecting some heavier rains Sat afternoon and night, maybe enough to add some volume and color to the Trinity.

Fishing continues to hold strong for Fall fish and should be good through the Holidays at which point we should start to see the arrival of our Winter run.

I guided Scott from Montery on Fri and we had a great day of fishing despite the heavy pressure.We swung up 3 Steelhead on the Spey rod fishing small traditional patterns and another 6 or more on the indicator. The water remains low and clear so a stealthy approach and good presentations go a long way in hooking fish right now.

I guided Tom from San Jose Sat and Sun, fishing was good landing was not! Tom hooked several fish each day but all were a little larger than normal and a heck of a lot hotter. Tom got an education on playing hot steelhead.There are plenty of steelhead in the system and looking like it might remain this way for the season…book your trip now!

I guided the father and son duo of Walter and Roger from Woodside the last couple of days. We have had some rain up here but not enough to raise the flows or add any color to the river, having said that the fishing remains good for a mix of hatchery and wild steelhead.We hooked six and landed three on Thurs and went 2 for 2 today. The fishing pressure is moderate but gets a little heavy on the weekends.If you havn’t already it’s the time now to book a trip on the Trinity, looking to be a very good year.

I Guided Mike from Placerville on Sunday on the middle Trinity. We saw quite a few Steelhead today, mostly on the move. We ended up hooking two, one about 4lbs and the other a nice dime bright wild fish that was in the 6lb. class, both were hooked swinging traditional flies near the surface.With the amount of Steelhead seen lately and the speed in which some are traveling, the river should be well stocked from top to bottom!!!

The flows on the Trinity have dropped back down to there seasonal norm, release out of Lewiston is at 450cfs and should stay at that level till mid October. The additional flows over the past month have appeared to have been effective in preventing a fish kill this fall with the large on going return of salmon.Salmon have been seen in large numbers thru-out the entire river with more entering the Lower Klamath every day. There are already a good number of Steelhead in the lower and mid sections of the river. No need to dredge the bottom of the river for these early Steelie’s, they are more than willing to chase down a well presented fly! No need for winter clothing either, this is shirt sleeve Steelheading at it’s finest.I am starting to see interest as well as bookings, don’t miss out on what is sizing up to be an outstanding Steelhead season!

Well as you probably know the weather has finally changed in a big way. We have had a mix of snow and rain up hear in Douglas City since mid week with 4″ of snow on the ground Thurs. morning. The Trinity is blown from Douglas City down as of this morning, things are on the drop right now but more wet weather is on it’s way. The good news is this is what we needed to get Steelhead moving, on the coast it will give them the opportunity to get past sandbars and sea lions and into the rivers. The Trinity should settle down in it’s upper stretches by the first of the week, the coastal streams will take a little longer with the Smith being the first to clear, possibly by mid week.

Just finished a couple of great days fishing the Trin with Cole from Santa Rosa. The weather continues to be mostly clear and cold but the fishing continues to be solid. There has been a solid push of Winter run Steelhead, most of the fish have been wild, 6-8 lbs with a few bruisers mixed in.As you know you cant catch them from your laptop, make plans and get out there!!!