Saturday, July 5th, 2003 **Happy 4th of July!** Shasta in the Shasta Daisy's: Here's Shasta Trout laying along the side of the McCloud River in a area with native Shasta Daisy's. This is a great time of year to come and visit the Mt Shasta area, many people our out right now enjoying our beautiful area. Hope to see you here soon too! jt Pit River 2003: This is the Pit river located over near Burney, California. This river is a haven for trout that live in it's waters, with it's slippery rocks and boggs that allow cover and protection for resident rainbows. In addition, it's tea like color is good for camouflaging trout from it's predators. On this day I took out Frank Elridge and we had a ball catching these trout with pepper marks on their belly! Pit river rod bent: The Pit is really like no other river in California, it's one of the only rivers I never use an indicator on when I'm nymphing. The rocks are so uneven that an indicator equates to day of losing many flies. You have to rely on on short line high sticking and stay attach to your nymphs. You never cast more than a rod length of line, and you must move towards the area you want to fish, and remain patient not move your flies closer until your there on top of where you want to fish. Of course all of this must be done staying in the river slipping around holding on for dear life to your wading staff or your guide! Pit river rainbow 2003: The Pit river rainbow is very unique looking with it's big spots and peppered belly. This trout is always shaped like a football and they run on a fly rod like Joe Montana threw the ball! Sometimes it's hard if they run downstream cause the rocks make you fall on your (BUTTOCKS) and the trout usually win on this river. I wear shin and knee guards with spike boots and a staff when guiding this piece of work. Be safe, be prepared when fishing the Pit! Call me for more info. jt Pit dry fly: As the day turns into dusk the caddis emerge and so do the mayflys. Frank hooked into some really nice ones on drys, and one that broke off a huge stonefly dry. You may not see them rising but after 6 pm on the Pit use a dry fly and see what happens, the results may startle you!!! Klamath beauty: The Stonefly hatch is officially over on the Klamath but before it ended this past week a fine couple came out from Pennslyvania to fish with me and get a chance to hook into some hard fighting Klamath River Steelhead on a size 4 Rubber Leg Stimulator. Fish on 2003: I always think it's amazing when a larger steelhead or trout hit such a large dry fly. The visual is simply incredible and I can honestly say in my 11 years of guiding in these great parts that it never gets old to see! I get as excited as I did the first day I guided the stonefly hatch on the Klamath River. KRS 2003: Not bad for a beginner, she out fished her husband as usual! That's what I love about fly fishing, women are luckier than men and beginner women are luckier than an osprey! jt Johnathon 2003 klamath jack: Nice catch Johnathon, But I think your wife's is a little bit larger! I'd like to thank the Isacoff's for coming out from the east coast and checking out our scenes here in Northern Cal. By the way Johnathon was a great sport and was happy his wife had a successful day! Ken Maxwell under a big douglas fir: This past week has been so much fun guiding all over the region, it really makes one appreciate how vast our natural resources are here in the North State. Ken Maxwell and Shasta enjoyed this shade under this ancient douglas fir tree. Located on the the south trail below lower falls on the upper mccloud river, many old growth trees still exist in their natural state. Ken Maxwell Upper Sac: After Ken caught a few really nice trout on the upper mccloud we took a mid day break and got back together to fish from dusk to dark. Ken really hooked into some nice trout and we witnessed a huge insect hatch that included a smorgasbord of tan caddis, creamy may flys, sulphur duns and many other bright and happy flappers ready to get eaten by Orca. It was epic to say the least..... **BEST MONTH EVER IN JUNE THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM ME AND ALL MY GUIDES JACK TROUT **


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