Posts Tagged ‘wild trout’

Brrrrr!!  What a difference a couple of days can make in northern California!  It was 38 degrees when Bruce and I suited up to fish the Wild Trout section of Hat Creek.  Not surprisingly, there wasn’t a soul around at the PH2 riffle being that it was so cold and windy.  After reviewing the techniques [...]

I’ll bet I get asked at least once a week by a guest in my boat;  “That was quick, what’s that knot you’re using?”.  That question is usually followed quickly by the proclamation “…can’t see to tie a #*@&*’ing clinch knot on small flies anymore!”  My response is always;  “It’s the Uni-knot.  Quick, easy and [...]

This was sent to me in email from someone who is in the know and VERY close to the process.  I knew vaguely about the issue but, after getting the email, I just couldn’t take it any longer.  The change proposals are for real.  The “normal” flows are already going to change on the Pit.  [...]

Another beautiful spring creek and my wife’s favorite place to fish!  Meandering out of the icy springs at the headwaters, the Fall River winds it’s way through meadows and pastures at a leisurely pace.  Deep weed beds hold thousands of trout up to 24″ that feed daily on numerous mayfly and caddis species throughout the [...]

A beautiful canyon and equally beautiful fish.  Along with the Pit and Upper Sac, the McCloud is the third of the main tributaries feeding Lake Shasta and ultimately the Lower Sacramento river.  I won’t claim to derive original thought here to the beauty of the fish or the river…much has been written over many decades.  [...]

My favorite steelheading venue and God’s prefect 6wt steelhead!  The 12 or so miles between Iron Gate dam and I-5 is where we concentrate.  Large riffles and runs characterize this stretch of the Klamath.  Classic steelhead water on a classic river from California’s steelheading heritage. Best fished from a drift boat, we fish the Klamath [...]

A challenge worth the effort!!  Hat Creek is a beautiful, meandering spring creek like no other in northern California. The “trophy trout” section is usually where fly fishers concentrate and it’s where I do all of my guiding and fishing.  The trophy trout section encompasses several miles of water between the outflow of power house [...]

Easily my favorite venue to fish in northern California!  This is where I go on my days off.  35+ miles of pocket water, deep drop-off pools and solitude.  Even on the busiest Memorial Day weekend, you can find un-abused water on the Pit…you just might have to work a little harder than the next guy [...]

The Sacramento River below Shasta Dam – known as the Lower Sacramento, or “Lower Sac” – has to be rated as among the best tailwater fisheries in the country. If I ever commit some heinous crime and the judge condemns me to only fish one river the rest of my life…I could happily do it [...]

Greetings friends and welcome to TheShastaFlyBlog! I’m Brian Bommarito, a full-time, professional guide for The Fly Shop in Redding, CA.  Fishing, guiding and working on new fly patterns is about all I do these days.  I’ve been fishing most of the waters around Mt Shasta since the 90′s and guiding my guests to the finest [...]