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18
Nov
2011
Goodbye McCloud. The end of trout season 2011.

96 days ago by John Rickard

A photo essay of my last day on the McCloud until opener 2012. Click to see more pics!

12
Nov
2011
11.9.11 Roman Loranc on the McCloud

102 days ago by John Rickard

Roman is an amazing photographer and it is always my pleasure to take him fishing. I get to pick his brain about photography whilst he picks mine about fishing. He wishes he had more time on the river instead of the darkroom and I wish I had more time in the darkroom. Look at his work. http://romanl ...

08
Nov
2011
Preserve with Henry Little and friends.

107 days ago by John Rickard

Thanks Henry for all that you have done for the McCloud and the Nature Conservancy. It has been my honor to guide you all these years. Enjoy retirement! Keep Tom and Chris fishing. Special thanks to the person that returned my Filson hat to Ted Fay!

02
Nov
2011
Tough Halloween fishing gives big browns.

113 days ago by John Rickard

The McCloud was tough today and we had to scrub for fish. Luckily we found some big browns.

23
Oct
2011
McCloud River October Caddis Hatch

122 days ago by John Rickard

What a great time to go and throw big stimulators! Some nice fish are rolling on the dries! The fall colors contrasting with the turquoise water invites more cast than needed, we should move on but its just too damn nice here. I’ve been holding a lot of big fish lately but none have been as pretty a ...

11
Oct
2011
McCloud River 3 Day Weekend 10.7-10.9.11

134 days ago by chucksgonfishn

We shared a great weekend with some awesome company. The McCloud river added a few names to the fan list as Julie and Donny had their first fly fishing experience. Thanks Bob, everyone thinks you play a wonderful host, lots of compliments across the board. See you next year!

06
Oct
2011
McCloud River Dry Fly Fishing 10.4 and 10.5.11

139 days ago by chucksgonfishn

Thanks again for coming out Charlie! We fished one day on The Nature Conservancys McCloud River Preserve hunting Big Browns and although we caught four of them the biggest one went about 14″. Day two we fished the hatch, PMD’s in the rain. The harder it rained the thicker the hatch. Along with the f ...

04
Oct
2011
McCloud River Fishing Report

141 days ago by John Rickard

Both the reservoir and the river continue to fish excellent. A storm blew in and made things difficult with wind and rain but the fish seemed to like it. Almost exclusively dry fly fishing! A McCloud River Cookie Cutter. Father and son fishing buddies. 14 incher.

21
Sep
2011
Let’s Go Fly Fishing In California

154 days ago by Godfrey

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20
Sep
2011
9.15&16.11 McCloud Dry Fly Fishing

155 days ago by John Rickard

Numbers, numbers, numbers but no big ones. The big ones fed all night during the bright full moon thus the smaller fish took over the feeding lanes today. That’s my guess at least. Still we caught a bunch of fish on dries.

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