Still some nice steelhead around!!!

The brown trout have been showing up in good numbers this year. They are waiting for the smolt release and are hungry.Stoneflys and pt's are great flys for browns and worms, spoons and minnow imitations are good bets for spin fishermen. The Trinity is a blast right now and nobody is around!!!

This is how big browns can  get on the Trinity!! Here is my nephew Brad Dillard with a 12.2 lb brown caught last spring.Look how big the pectoral(front) fins are on this piggy!!

They are forcasting 1.6 million salmon returning to the Klamath Trinity system. Even if they are half right we are in for a treat this year. Book now to get prime dates!!!

                                                                                  30lb Trinity river king salmon, Let's go fishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just heading out for another beautiful day on the Trinity, wanted to drop a quick note to let you know fishing is great. Mornings are cold with temps in the 20's. Sleep in , the best bite is from 11 to 4. The afternoon's have been producing some incredible hatches with temps in the 50's to 60's, mostly BWO's. The water still has some color, great for nymphing but not much dry fly action yet, soon! Yesterday Matt M and his Buddy Brad from San Jose hooked a dozen hot fiesty wild Trinity Steelies yesterday all on stones, all colors of physco princes, black copper john size 18, and jimmy rubber legs in brown.Hope to have my camera going soon, I'm just having to much damn fun on the river to take the time off the rive rto get it checked out!!! Let's go fishing!!!!!! Travis

Hello out there, things are looking good up here on the Trinity. Last week we finally got a decent winter storm!!! The river blew out for a few days, but is in prime shape right now. The high water flushed the system of those hatchery fish that have been around for awhile and brought in those beautiful wild Trinity Steelhead that we have all been waiting for. Yesterday we were out, had a great day hooking about a dozen fish, landing a few wild steelies, browns up to 5 to 6 lbs and losing more than a few hard charging hot fish!!! Yeah baby!!! Fishing has been great for awhile now, we should have another month of good steelhead fishing, and by the looks of things so far out brown trout run is shaping up to be a dandy. The browns should fish well into may. If you have not been on a brown trout trip with me you are in for a treat, and if you got one in last year things are looking as good or better this year. Hot flies have been stones and phycos. Fish are still on the move so don't hang out to long in one spot if you don't hook up. Go find'em!!!! The total number of hook-ups of my last 3 trips is between 50 and 60 with about a 60% landing ratio. Can't get my camera to download photo's. Oh well! Take it easy, Let's go fishing!!!!!!  

Here is a shot of Nick and Tenesha with thier limit of hatchery hens and a few non-native brown trout.(Yes I do endorse keeping non-native fish and hatchery steelhead) We had an incredible  fishing adventure with them hooking and landing enough fish to go home a little sore!! Good job guys!!!

I took a few days off and went on a little adventure myself!!

The Trinity is fishing great right now, don't wait!!!!!!

James with his first steelhead, right on welcome to the club!! This week was great I had 5 anglers all get their first steelhead. That's what really get's me fired up watching that smile and see them trembling holding that first sea run rainbow!!

Another angler holding his first steelie way to go Patrick! First steelie was a Trinity wild fatty buck about 30 inches and around 10lbs!!!  That fish had some shoulders!!!

Way to hook them up Tom. If the fish are there, Tom will get them!!!

The brown trout have been spawning and should keep coming into the system for the next few month's. They seem to spawn now and wait for spring high flows and the release of hatchery smolts before they head back out of the system. Call me anytime to get in on these babies!!

Way to go Danny, 5 for 5!! We had an incredible day, river all to ourselves. One of those days you dream about!

The big mean wild Trinity fish are making their way into the system. Guess they got sick of waiting for the rain. They should keep stacking up in the mainstem until we get enough rain to raise the creeks high enough for them to spawn.

This could be you, I have days this week open, a few Christmas week, and open dates New Years week. Fishing is solid, crowds are down, let's go fishing!!!

It looks like there is a change in the jet stream lining up in the next week or two. The fishing has been pretty damn good concidering the conditions. Mid 20's in the morning with highs in the 40's. Water temps are around 40 also. It has been dry and cold for almost 2 months now and I am ready for some weather. I am offering my New Year special again, book two for2 save $100 on second day!
   Most of my hook ups are still in the afternoon's using small flies and light line. The brown's are around,spawning and on the bite. I think a little weather will do wonders for the brown fishing also. Lets go fishin'   Travis

Right on John B,  5 for 5 on brownies!!

Ho ho it's a coho!!! Nice work Jess!!

Having fun Sweet Trinity style!!

The fishing here on the Trinity is about average. The weather has remained dry and cold in the mornings great in the afternoons. I have been getting most fish in midday or evening. Lately the steelhead have been eating tiny LBS(little black shit). Like size 16 or 18 pt's.The dry weather is supposed to last a least another week so let's hope for rain. The water is low and clear so work on stealthy presentations and getting that perfect drift and you just might get rewarded with the fish of your dreams. You can't catch it if you don't go so give me a call and let's hit the riv!! The sac is also a great option right now with day temps in Redding almost 70 and the rainbows are fat and fiesty with almost no one else fishing. I went down yesterday and had my shirt off by lunch!!  Take care and Happy Holidays!!! Travis 

The Trinity has not seen rain in a few weeks and we sure could use it. There were some good early steelhead numbers moving through  when we were getting weather. Since then we have had a dry cold spell  and the steelhead have not been pushing into the Trinity. The ones that are here are spread out now and word has spread about the good early fishing and there are people everywhere. Hopefully we will get some weather to kick things in gear. The salmon fishing has been great today Ed and James caught these 3 nice salmon let a bunch of darker fish go. Ed also go his first steelhead and nice hatchery buck. Salmon should hold out for a few more weeks and the steelhead should improve with some weather, hope for rain!

Lower Trinity fall salmon, october is the month to head downriver, give me a call, let's hit it. I have a new raft in the arsenal, it will get us into some great water!!

Fishing with family, that's what it is all about to me, sept was filled with family trips here is a shot of Holly H and her ma, they kicked ass hooking about 20 salmon!!

Here are  a few shots of a day with the Eddi, Adam and Blaze F, the whole family got in on some chinook action here is Eddi with a nice fresh one, next shot is Adam giving Blaze some advice on fighting fish. Time for the guide to sit back and watch the magic happen!!

Special one for me here. My Mom with a fine hatchery steelhead, probally the most memorable day of the year for me. Mom hooked them up all day!! No big secrets her, pulling plugs for the steelhead, drifting good eggs for the chinook!!

My buddy Yaz with a nice hatchery steelie to start the day!! It ain't gonna rain, ya right!!

Proud Yaz and Roberta with her steelie, way to go guys!!