Upper Sacramento: Trout Heaven#
Quick post about a great day of fishing on the Upper Sacramento near Dunsmuir, CA. My fly fishing guru friend, Sascha, has been trying to talk me into a fishing trip on this Northern California river with him for some fishing, and we finally made it happen! I put it off for so long because I assumed that it was a major committment to drive down there to get on the water; I thought it was an all day adventure. Turns out, its only about 1.5 hours from the house and the fishing doesn’t even get good until the evening bug hatch! A 5pm post-work fish is what this river is best for!
We found some access near Dunsmuir, I was on the spinner and Sascha was on the 3-weight fly rod. While the catch started slow, the fish sure were active! They were splashing and jumping all over, but they seemed to be plenty satisfied with the real bugs and had no interest for our lures or dry flies.
We tried a few runs and a few spots on the river, but after a bit of moving around and a bit of lure/fly-swapping, we finally hooked up on some fish. We reeled in some beautiful wild Rainbows, definitely nice and feisty! Sascha even brought his new toy, a simple but enthralling fish viewing glass! This trout-sized tub is a repurposed office organizer, and boy did it give us an amazing look at this amazing specimen!
While I was able to get a good look at the fish I caught, spin fishing is not as graceful as bringing in a trout on the fly. Check out Sascha land this little Beaut!
All and all, it was a great day exploring some new water! And it’s always a plus when you actually get to catch some fish too. I am bummed that it took me this long to make the journey to this water, but I will definitely be back!