Its no secret that Northern California got pounded with rain and snow this week.  Every major freeway/highway was closed to travel in our area making Redding the most logical selection for our steelhead fishing trips this week.  Captain Justin Thompson was back at it today and although it was wet and cold on the water today, the fishing was really great...
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We're heading into the beginning of our trophy brown trout season and even though we're catching some great browns now, its just going to get better in the coming weeks.  Big wild strain browns spawn in Shasta's tributaries during the fall and early winter.  As February approaches, most of the river spawners will finish their ritual and head back to...
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Staying warm on the Trinity River is currently a challenge, but catching hot steelhead has a way of warming your blood!  Pods of winter steelhead are moving through the Trinity River system and chosing the right sections of the river to fish is quite important.  Captain Justin Thompson has an uncanny ability to find the best areas of the Trinity...
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The Sacramento River in Redding, Ca. is well known for its great wild steelhead/trout fishing and its currently living up to its big reputation as one of the wests greatest wild steelhead/trout fisheries.  Inland steelhead/trout typically aren't as big as their coastal cousins, but they are a hard fighting fish for their size.  Ultra light tackle narrows the comparison with...
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Its almost February and that means we'll be seeing more and more browns returning to the lake after the fall spawn in Shasta's tributaries.  We lose a lot of the bigger rainbows to the tributaries this time of the year so its always good to see the brown popualtions in the lake surging upward.  Many of the triploid browns are still...
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The Trinity River has turned on the past week and we're seeing some pretty good to Real good steelhead fishing.  We're finding the best action for both wild and hatchery steelhead in the Weaverville area.  This weeks dry spell shouldn't hurt the bite and we're looking at a wet weather pattern again next weekend.  Thats what we hope for this...
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