While I am not the hydrology expert or climatologist declaring the drought is over, the eye test of driving over the Pit River Bridge on Highway 5 and looking down on a rapidly rising Lake Shasta produced a huge grin during a driving rain storm yesterday morning. It took both hands to handle the gusting winds and windshield wipers...
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San Francisco – The Pacific Fisheries Management Council released three alternative ocean salmon fishing seasons that portend heavy restrictions to come.  Salmon fishing areas off the California coast will offer less time, with weeks of shutdown in the middle of the season likely for most fishermen. The in-season closures are being proposed to avoid damaging lower than average stocks of...
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Thermalito Afterbay bass fishing season has arrived. Reports of several 12-20 pound limits have been coming into Fins, Fur and Feather Sports (FFF) in Paradise. The Afterbay is a miniature California Delta in more ways than one, including both the structure available and the largemouth hogs it produces. February through April is the prime time for some excellent bass angling. As...
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Headline: San Francisco Pier 7 Fishing - Revisited! What a difference a day makes! It’s been almost three weeks since my last visit to San Francisco’s picturesque Pier 7, so I thought I’d take a walk from my nearby office location during a lunch break to check out the fishing. We’ve just had several days of moderate rainfall...
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We got a report today from Collins Lake. They said, "We are spilling!"

A guest of mine last week asked me a question. "What does fly fishing need to reach the next level, what’s missing?" My take - “I would say it’s more about what fly fishing doesn’t need. Fly fishing is just fine. I have no problems with it. It’s an amazing lifestyle with historic values, but there are a lot of...
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