Author: The Fly Shop

Just north of Redding, California is California’s largest reservoir Lake Shasta, a behemoth sized body of water with a surface area of 30,000 acres and 365 miles of shoreline. It’s one of California’s most productive bass fisheries with thriving populations of spots, smallmouth and largemouth. Lake Shasta is a major destination on the professional bass (more…)

In our last post we covered the “Clothing for Fall Fly Fishing”.  As we said we would, here is the follow-up to that article with the gear needed to switch seasons. As summer gives way to autumn, some, not all, anglers look to put away our 8’ 4-weights and size 18 PMD’s and break out (more…)

Summertime Fly Selections for Trout & Bass by Zach Thurman We are in the middle of trout season here in Northern California, and with the weather heating up the hatches are changing and have switched from the bigger bugs to caddis and mayflies throughout the region. With this transition the flies that are the most (more…)

Gear Review: Sage R8 Core Series Fly Rods by Eric Fields As many of you know, Sage just released their new freshwater fly rod series, the R8 Core. Honestly, I was a bit shocked to hear this news as the Sage X is my favorite rod series from that company. It is rare that a (more…)