Making a Reservation for your guided day on the Yuba 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.

Full Day Trips

We offer full day drift boat trips on the Yuba River. Full-day trips include eight to nine hours of fishing time. Our full day trips on the Yuba River are designed to put you on the water during the most productive times of day.

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 dry fly fishing on the Yuba River with a day of floating for trout or steelhead on the nearby Lower Sacramento River.

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 do not provide waders or boots for guided trips. Chest-high waders and felt or studded wading boots are required for fishing the Yuba River. Even though we fish the river from boats, waders are necessary for getting in and out of the boats, and to wade-fish some of the more productive runs.

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 Michael Caranci and he will respond promptly.

• Season... Open Year ‘Round; we primarily guide the Yuba in the spring and summer
  
• Species... Rainbow Trout and Steelhead
  
• Fee... $400 for 2 anglers, or $450 for the inclusive “Package Deal” (described above).
  
• Occupancy... 2 Anglers maximum per guide.
  
• Includes... 8-10 hours of guided fishing with lunch provided.