How about northern California south of Mt. Shasta. There are a ton of great streams and small lakes in this area. The upper Saccramento River above Shasta Lake, the McCloud River, The Pitt, Hat Creek. Burney Falls is beautiful and you can fish above and below the falls. The river there, I can't remember the name, dumps into Lake Bretton and there is good fishing there also. There are campgrounds all over the area. There is one right at Burney Falls. You can get good information about this area from the people at The Fly Shop in Redding. www.theflyshop.com
If you have a way of floating there is also the Lower Saccramento river where it flows through Redding and for 20 miles or so south. It is a big river with great rainbows in it. They say 8,000+ per mile. I drift fished it last year off of my jet ski. Was staying in an RV Park right on the river in south Redding. Had never drifted while nymphing in my short fly fishing life, but with the patterns I bought that were recomended at The Fly Shop even I caught fish!!! I'm talking myself into heading back that way again!!! It was fun, think about it, not that far from you is it? Joe Leavitt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 2:09 PM Subject: [VFB] Some Info??? > OK all you FFF (that's fly fishing folks) this is gonna sound really > goofy... probably like "how do I win the lottery?" goofy. But here goes. I > have a week & I want to do some really good trout fishing... with the > following parameters. Can somebody, anybody help? I need a good trout fix! > > 1) Needs to be within 14 0r 16 hr. drive from the Olympic Peninsula WA > state. (this includes WA, MT, ID, WY, CA, OR) > 2) Want to camp... the rougher, the better. I like primitive camping over a > campground any time. > 3) Bonehead fishing... I mean I would rather catch a LOT of smaller fish any > day over hunting all day for the trophy. Number of fish per day must be a > LOT. > 4) Preferably small stream fishing as I will be by myself and I am not a > particularly skillful fly fisher. (as the fly crashes to the water...) I > will consider lakes though. > 5) I do have a pontoon boat that is not a pack-in boat. A float would be > nice but as I will be by myself with one vehicle it is not feasible. > > Having said that. I have been to Yellowstone NP earlier this month and might > consider going back, but I do that every year. The fishing was a little > slower then it usually is given the hot weather and the bugs were a little > worse for the same reason. Can somebody point me in a new trout direction? > > Bill P. > Grays Harbor Computer Services Inc. > 618 W. Market St. Suite A > Aberdeen, WA 98520 > Voice - 360-533-6303 - Fax - 360-533-6306 > Web Site - http://www.graysharborcomputer.com > > Other Sites > Music - http://www.graysharborcomputer.com/gank/ > Fly Fishing / Tying - http://www.graysharborcomputer.com/flyfish/ > Fly Swaps - http://www.graysharborcomputer.com/flyfish/swaps.htm > > >
