Now that I have your attention, I would like to spill the beans about the last several years I have spent fishing the Klamath River with Paris Hilton (the fly). Nope, no videos are to follow, but it does smell…
When we target steelhead on the fly, we sometimes also get salmon to bite the fly. The does not often happen, but it does occasionally. When it does, and when the fish is fresh, you can imagine the river battle…
I often have guests that are world traveling fishermen. While I get a lot of fishing days under my belt, they are all concentrated on the streams that are within reach of our lodge/ranch. I fish the Klamath,…
I have just finished guiding a week with some very proficient fly casters. The spey rod was their tool of choice, and frankly I was a bit concerned about how the days would go as I choreographed casts to target…
The last week has been note worthy on several regards. The first things coming to mind are the perfect steelheading conditions, the numbers of very hot fish that we could not hang on to, and on the variety of fly…
Most fishing guides have some sort of web presence and many post a fishing report or blog. The savvy fishing client has the ability to cruise through these blogs and glean information about fishing conditions on their rivers of choice. …
The last few days have been remarkably consistent. The main stem Klamath has been flowing around 1900 cfs at Orleans with 300 additional cfs released at Iron Gate Dam. The temperature of the main Klamath has lowered to around 57…
Ken Fortson has been a guest at Marble Mountain Ranch for the last three steelhead seasons. This however, was the first year he hired me as his fishing guide. Ken is remarkable in the preparation that he brings…
Today we fished the Lower Klamath from Coon creek to near Blue Creek, and I have to say that I think the better fishing right now is upstream on the mid Klamath. The fish seem to be on a fast…
This past Summer my first son Peter left San Leandro, left a career path in law, and returned home with his wife and two children to partner in Marble Mountain Ranch with Heidi and Me. Pete comes with a deep…