Making a Reservation for your guided day on the Trinity 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.

The Fly Shop has been permitted to guide the Trinity River for over 20 years, and each of our Trinity River guides are individually permitted as well. We’re the largest, most experienced outfitter on the Trinity River, and some of our most veteran guides helped to pioneer guiding fly fishing trips on the Trinity. We know every nook and cranny that holds steelhead and have all of the local knowledge and expertise to put experienced fly rodders into fish throughout the season, as well as some tricks during off-peak times of year.

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.

Full Day Trips

We offer full day float trips on the Trinity River. Full-day trips include eight to nine hours of fishing time. Our full day float trips on the Trinity River are designed to put you on the water during the most productive times of day. At times during the short days of mid-winter, limited daylight may require slightly shorter days; our guides will always strive to give you as full a day as possible.

For more information on our Trinity River Float trips, click here for a sample itinerary.

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.

Many of our regular guests enjoy combining a day of steelhead fly fishing on the Trinity River with a day of floating for trout or steelhead on the Lower Sacramento River.

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. We maintain detailed, regularly updated fly lists for each of our Trinity River guides. Occasionally our guided trips on the Trinity begin by meeting your guide here at The Fly Shop, in which case the 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. Chest-high waders and felt or studded wading boots are required for fishing the Trinity River. Even though we primarily fish the river from boats, waders are necessary for getting in and out of the boats in the frigid winter waters, and from time to time the guides may ask you to leave the boats for your safety while they run several of the more technical rapids on the river.
  

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... October through February
• Species... Steelhead, Chinook and Coho Salmon, Sea-run Brown Trout
• Fee... $360 for 2 anglers, or $410 for the inclusive “Package Deal” (described above).
Occupancy... 2 Anglers maximum per guide.
Navigating the Trinity River requires small, maneuverable drift boats and rafts, so we can never accommodate more than two anglers at a time.
• Includes... 8-10 hours of guided wade fishing with lunch provided.