A guided trip should be way more than "tie on this bug, cast it over there...now SET!" It shouldn't be about just following someone else's orders, because there are going to be days when you will want to go out on your own. It also shouldn't just be about catching fish because there are too many days when the fish are not in a playful mood. Hiring me as your guide is about being well taken care of, enjoying the day, and always learning new things about this wonderful sport and the rivers you are fishing.
> Trout and Steelhead Guided Floats
$425 for one or two anglers, lunch and beverages included.
Sage rods, Galvan reels, and Rio lines available for $25/day rental fee.
> Shad and Striper Guided Floats
$375 for one or two anglers, lunch and beverages included.
Sage rods, Galvan reels, and Rio lines available for $25/day rental fee.
Lower American River
I grew up less than three miles from this playground and fish it all 12 months of the year.
Flowing right through the middle of Sacramento the Lower American River is controlled by the water releases from Folsom and Nimbus dams. This water is the seasonal home to returning winter run steelhead, striped bass, American shad, and Chinook salmon, as well as housing a decent population of resident rainbow trout. You can find at least three of these species in the river year round, and June and July could produce the "quad-fecta"...kings, stripers, shad, and steelhead half pounders. With numerous launch accesses, the river can be floated in various sections, depending on time of year and what we're chasing.
Lower Yuba River
Another tail water fishery, the Lower Yuba River's water is released through Englebright Reservoir Dam and is the culmination of the North, middle, and South forks of the Yuba River. This clear and cold-flowing water is home to a feisty strain of wild resident rainbow trout that will make you think that each is a juvenile steelhead. (It does get some steelhead throughout the year, but you primarily fish for the rainbows.) There is no hatchery influence on this river and everything is wild, including the Chinook salmon who return to spawn in the fall. I fish the Yuba year-round and with good hatches of stoneflies, hoppers, caddis, mayflies, and midge, we'll be fishing lots of dry-flies!
