Making a Reservation for your guided day on the McCloud River

Our guide staff is among the best in the industry, and our guide and Private Waters management team will work hard to make sure that you’re placed with the right guide for your specific needs. We've been putting together guided fishing trips for three decades, and have the experience to coordinate a memorable day on the water for just about any group. Over the years, we’ve developed a few guidelines to help ensure that your trip is as successful as possible.

We can work with you to select a guide that's matched to your skills, interests, their specialty or, perhaps, the equipment involved. Some of our guides are more instruction-oriented than others and are better suited for the novice wanting to combine a day of guided fishing with a learning experience, while others just plain know how to catch fish.

If you have a specific request or have been with us before, we can help reserve guide dates with one of your favorite guides based on that guide’s specific availability. If not, we’re happy to hook you up with one of several of our guides who specialize on our Northern California freestone streams.

Full Day Trips

We only offer full day walk and wade trips on the McCloud River. The time and effort necessary to get down into the McCloud River canyon compels the dedication of a full fishing day. Full-day trips include eight to nine hours of fishing time, and the start times can be adjusted whenever possible to have you on the water during the most productive times of the day. Our full day walk and wade trips on the McCloud River are a popular option for getting an introduction to the river before an extended trip to the region.

Guides are a very effective way to learn the nuances, geography, and accelerate the learning curve necessary to be successful on the McCloud. In fact, we highly recommend that both entry level and experienced fly rodders take advantage of at least a day with one of our experienced guides on the river to familiarize themselves with the techniques and terrain before spreading their wings and attempting to fish the river on their own.

Multi-Day Trips

It’s easy to schedule a multi-day guided trip combining several different fly fishing destinations. One of the truly remarkable aspects to our northern California region is the incredible diversity in angling opportunities. Within a comfortable drive from our home base here in Redding, we have access to seven phenomenal trout streams and rivers, four steelhead destinations, and countless lakes, small streams, and bass ponds.

The McCloud is within easy striking distance of the Upper Sacramento, Pit River, Fall River, and Hat Creek, and it’s a simple matter to schedule a multi-day guided trip combining two or more of these fine trout streams. There are several wonderful lakes in the region, and a guided trip on the McCloud can be easily married on the front or back end of a visit to one of our nearby Private Waters destination

Two of our most popular Private Waters destinations are within an hour of the McCloud. Antelope Creek Ranch and Riverside on Fall River both offer very different experiences that are wonderful complements to a guided McCloud River trip.

Finally, our most popular guided destination, The Lower Sacramento River is approximately an hour and a half from the heart of the McCloud, and anglers often end their day of fishing on the Sacramento and continue to either Mt. Shasta or McCloud to spend the night afterward, meet their guide the next morning and continue on to the McCloud River for a day of wade fishing for wild rainbows and brown trout.

Our guides can fish just about anywhere, and we often arrange a flexible schedule, determining the final itinerary just prior to the trip based on up-to-the-minute stream and fishing conditions, further guaranteeing that you’ll end up in the right place at the right time.

Guided Fishing Days Include:

• Lunch is provided on full day trips. Please give us a call if you have special dietary needs. Guides always carry a full cooler with plenty of water and soft drinks.
  
• Guides do not typically provide the tippet and flies for your trip. If you are just getting started in the sport, or will be traveling and don’t want to hassle with dragging along all of your gear, you may want to consider our guide trip “Package Deal.” This inclusive option is only an additional $50 per day, and with it the guides will provide the necessary rods, reels, flies, tackle and equipment to ensure that you have the right gear and flies for the day. If you're an experienced angler and/or fly tier, call ahead and we'll let you know exactly what flies are producing so you can be sure to tie them beforehand or bring them along. Many of our guided trips on the McCloud begin by meeting your guide here at The Fly Shop, so guides can always recommend exactly the flies that are working for them on the morning of the trip, too.
  
• We do not provide waders or boots for guided trips. Breathable waders and felt or studded wading boots are recommended for wading on the McCloud River throughout the season. Even during the hot summer months, the McCloud’s shaded canyon waters remain cold, making waders a good idea.
  

Making a reservation

To make a reservation, please give us a call at 800-669-3474 during business hours any day of the week. We can give you the answers you need or the detailed explanations to questions you might have, or check on guide availability and confirm your guide reservation in minutes.

If you prefer to correspond on-line simply e-mail us at info@adventuresinflyfishing.com and we will respond promptly.

• Season... Last Saturday in April through November 15.
  
• Species... Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout
  
• Fee... $360 for 2 anglers, or $410 for the inclusive “Package Deal” (described above).
  
• Occupancy... 2 Anglers maximum per guide.
  We do not recommend it, but we can occasionally accommodate 3 anglers. We never recommend fishing 3 anglers to a guide on wade trips, as there is simply no way that the guide can give 3 different anglers enough time to guarantee a positive experience for all. If everyone in the group is an experienced angler and you’re mainly looking for help finding river accesses, it may work. But it is never a good idea for 3 novice anglers. There is an additional $75 fee for a 3rd angler.
  
• Includes... 8-10 hours of guided wade fishing with lunch provided.