Dan and Jackie on the lower Sac

11/22....Wow, talk about fast learners. Dan and Jackie took a fly fishing class last spring, made a few trips to the Yosemite area and the eastern sierras with only moderate succcess. They honered me by fishing with me on thier first ever drift trip. They figured out the casting, mending and drifting thing quickly and they were rewarded with some really nice fish. Jackie is pictured above with a beautiful 19 inch lower Sac rainbow. Luck was with Jackie to be sure. Dan had some nice ones too but Jackie was better with the flyrod than with the camera.  Fun fishing and fun people; you can't lose. It was a cool day with light rain off and on but that helped the fishing.

The lower Pit River

11/20... The lower Pit was producing yesterday. We released 8 fish over 17" with the largest fish pushing 20". We also released several other smaller fish from 12" to 16". You can see all the pics in the Pit River section in the photo area. There was a lot of wildlife including deer, a bald eagle and even a ringtail cat (very rare and too fast for the camera). The fishing in this area should remain excellent until the heavy winter rains wash it out.

Trinity Steelhead

11/8....Bob and Cade shared a cold day on the Trinity. It was tough going until the the cold morning broke. The sun came out and so did the fish. Some valuable lessons were learned about how to fight big powerful fish. Today the big ones seemed to always find the log or make their way downstream, and come unbuttoned. We had 8 solid hook ups with two fish to the net but no small ones today.

Larry on the Lower Sac

 

11/5...... Larry had a good day on the lower Sac. We did a half day drift from the Posse grounds to Bonnyview. It was cool and drizzly but that did not deter Larry or the big rainbows. He caught two fish over 18", one in the first 10 minutes on a Molted glo roe bead and the other on my special tie of a mayfly nymph. The first one was the biggest (over 19") and when Larry hooked it he said "It's a small one". I saw the flash and told him to keep up the tension and the fish will figure out he's hooked in a minute. Then off he shot and fight ensued! Larry was careful and it took about 10 minutes to net the big guy.

Nic & Ron

Nic and Ron spent a beautiful sunny Sunday casting to wild rainbows. Nic landed this beauty just under the Sundial bridge to the applause of the crowd above. This 18 incher was one of Nics largest trout ever.... Glad we got him in the net! We had many hook ups that morning and landed several other nice ones and a few small ones too. Ron hooked and played a real brute but the big fish managed to throw the fly just as we were dipping the net to land it. :-(