Though I’ve been doing guide trips on her for the last decade, it’s been only the last couple years that I have solely focused my winter season there. I used to chase prime conditions and green water from the Mattole to the Umpqua and everything in between. And though I love the chase, I have…

I consider my life going really well when I can end my long trout season on the McCloud, dip my toe into some steelhead water and then escape to someplace warm and fish the salt. Personal fishing before my Winter steelhead season starts in January. This year Nicole and I got invited to stay at…