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We ask that incoming
guests not enter the ranch until 3:30 P.M. As with
all of our private ranches we try to stress that all guest
adhere to the schedule for their particular reservation. No
one wants to be just finishing up their stay at a ranch and
have the incoming clients arrive early. Of course, if the
leaving guests over stay their departing time the
overlapping of groups may not be avoidable. Please follow
the time schedule- its makes everyone’s trip more enjoyable.
You will be provided
with a very complete information packet of the ranch,
with directions to the ranch, simple regulations, a map of
the stream and location of both ponds, tips for using the
house and fishing suggestions.
Non fishing guests have the run of the ranch roads. Please drive slowly to keep down the dust.
We ask that you avoid
hiking off the ranch property onto the neighboring ranches.
Hat Creek Ranch has fences at both the north and south
ends of the property. The west boundary lies next to a very
extensive wilderness area. It is not illegal to hike in it,
but you should not be inexperienced in dealing with wilderness
areas.
Hat Creek Ranch is located
close to a number of site seeing destinations that the non-anglers
in your group can take advantage of. Just 5 minutes
away is the Radio Astronomy Observatory (public welcome),
and some 40 minutes to the south is Lassen National Park and
15 minutes to the west is Burney Falls State Park. Both have
tons of hiking trials and are well worth the effort to visit.
The owner of Hat Creek
Ranch has put a lot of effort in clearing away streamside
willows to make your fishing more enjoyable. Plus he
has been working on creating more in-stream habitat. The idea
is to make the fishing more enjoyable, but not destroy the
naturalness of this beautiful stream.
The housekeeper will
arrive to start cleaning the cabins at 1:00 PM, so
we ask you to be out of the cabins by then. You are more than
welcome to fish until 3:00 PM and then it is your time to
depart and soon after a new group most likely will be arriving.
In a perfect world you will pass each other on the road somewhere
and all will be well. We will inform you if another group
is not leaving when you arrive or depart, and if such is the
case you will be able to relax a bit on the arrival and departure
times.
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