Winter steelhead season has been slow to ignite on the North Coast, but that’s about to change. A series of storm systems is lining up over the Pacific, and the impacts could be significant beginning next week and beyond. According to the National Weather Service, rain is expected to arrive Monday and persist for several days, with a few inches forecast...
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I hope all had a Great Thanksgiving and am wishing all Happy Holidays! I know it is a little early but we are starting to see some very early Winter Steelhead. Saturday a friend of mine and his buddy went on the South Fork to Kimtu run. They were flyfishing and hooked three adults landed two, all were of good size....
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Can't get much more comfortable conditions for December .... fishing has been stellar & catching even better! Surface temps 45/46F! No need for OdarkThirty for trollers. Frosty down the A1 grade from 36, frosty spots from the S turns at the old airstrip thru the circus grounds from spalding but definitely worth it!

With the late-fall king salmon season all but wrapped up on the North Coast, anglers are already shifting their attention to winter steelhead. Unfortunately, flows are running low across all the coastal rivers, and significant rain doesn’t appear likely until at least late next weekend — and even that remains uncertain. Despite the dry spell, a smattering of early steelhead...
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The timing between storms is just enough to make the rivers clear up and provide some good Steelhead fishing. Yesterday I drove up river to check out how the river was looking and was surprised at how many fishermen were out on the river fishing. The Trinity River looked really great for fishing and the number of guides riggs in...
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Another week, another dismal atmospheric river has come and gone. The storm door cracked open back in early October, but it hasn’t been kicked open much farther since. Instead, we’ve seen a parade of modest systems — just enough rain to bump flows, but not nearly enough to produce the kind of full-blown rises anglers hope for this time of...
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