Archives: Private Waters

Best fished from a float tube, this small gem has great rainbow trout fishing year ’round! This companion lake to Rock Creek Lake is a great day fishing getaway for small groups who love fishing for stillwater trout. It is a comfortable 50 minute drive from either Red Bluff or Redding, and is easily accessible (more…)

Oasis Springs Lodge is nestled in the foothills of Mt. Lassen, just a few miles from Lassen National Park.  The ranch is less than an hour from The Fly Shop® in Redding, and a reasonable drive from Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, or Reno.  This area is known historically as where Ishi and the (more…)

Decades ago The Fly Shop® recognized that the demand for privacy and quality fishing had far outstripped all but the most remote public resources. With that in mind, we intensified our commitment to the protection of existing resources, promotion of catch-and-release regulations, and pushing the wild trout concept. At the same time, we began looking (more…)

Best fished from a float tube, this nine-acre, low elevation lake has good weather and great fishing almost every day of the year! This terrific fishing property lies at 3,200 ft in the foothills below the western slope of Mt Lassen National Park. It is a comfortable 50 minute drive from either Red Bluff or (more…)

We are excited to be able to offer access to Luk Lake, formerly known as Coffee Cup Lake, a great wintertime and springtime rainbow trout destination and year ’round bass fishery. Luk Lake is a 65+ acre lake conveniently located just minutes from Interstate 5 in Corning, California, behind the Rolling Hills Casino. The lake’s (more…)

Tucked away on California’s North Coast amongst the giant Redwoods, Gold river Lodge is the perfect steelhead retreat on the Klamath River. The Klamath River, historically, was home to one of the most prolific runs of steelhead in the world. Zane Grey, Trey Combs, Bill Schaadt, and countless other legendary anglers once tread its gravel-lined (more…)

Clear Creek is a narrow, mountain stream that begins in the snow-capped Trinity Divide and runs more than fifteen miles through a rugged canyon before it ever hits a paved road. Much of this property is on the Kutras Ranch, protected behind locked gates since the gold rush, and opened for the exclusive use of (more…)

Circle 7 Ranch on the Fall River is ideally located right in the heart of some of the best access and fishing on Fall River, about an hour and twenty minutes northeast of Redding, CA. Circle 7 is situated perfectly below the Island Rd. bridge on Fall River, centrally located with just a short boat (more…)

Bollibokka was established as a private fishing property on the McCloud River early in 1904 The property surrounds more than 3,000 acres, and slightly more than seven miles of some of the best wild trout fishing in the American West. The seven private miles of the majestic McCloud on Bollibokka tumble through beautiful, rugged mountain (more…)

Battle Creek is an intimate, wild, terraced freestone stream that is best suited to the physically fit fly fisherman. These six (6) miles of  fish-rich Battle Creek opened for the first time in 1999. Battle Creek averages twenty feet across, and tumbles down an often narrow canyon that has one pool and riffle after another (more…)