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Shane Checks in from the Kukaklek

[caption id="attachment_5241" align="aligncenter" width="666" caption="Isolation in AK has its benefits!"][/caption] Hey Zach - Livin’ in da bush for the summer.  On the banks of the Kukaklek River to be exact.  Weather is great this week with today being practically T-shirt weather (if it weren’t for those damn white socks!)  Bears out ...

NorCal Update

Hey Zach - Sorry for lack of reports from Nor Cal, but there isn’t really much to report besides some decent spring creek fishing on Fall and Hat.  PMD hatches are going and salmonflies are just around the corner.  It snowed here this weekend, so fishing conditions aren’t best. The Pit, ...

NorCal Starting to Fish Well

[caption id="attachment_4407" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Time to get the Kids on the river!"][/caption] After experiencing what most of the Pacific NW experienced over Feb/March, I was dying to get on the water.  The boat had been washed, cleaned out, all moving parts lubed, gotten new seats and I actually considered waxing it.  ...

Nor Cal Update

Some steelhead are starting to show on the Trinity as well as the Klamath, so if the swing is your thing, and the tug is your drug, go soon.  Find good swing water below Junction City - all the way to Willow Creek. McCloud River is prime right now for the ...

NorCal More Opportunities with Cooler Weather

Upper Sac was good to great this week. Fish size has been impressive. My secret weapon has been a Chubby Chernobyl. It’s not something we’re used to throwing around here… especially during mid to late summer when there is very little hatch activity. But they like it. So I throw ...