Too clear and big for the Klick. Don't remember any spots on Rogue or Ump like this. With pine beetle and road and like this, l'll guess Thompson or Frazier.

Looks like the Nicola, a trib of the Thompson.

I've seen parts of the Trinity that look just like that.

Chetco or Sixes?

Hankster--
Good eye, it is the Trinity!
We just drove from Redding to Crescent City and that river was flat beautiful. Every business along 299 had Steelhead in their name so it shows what their focus is.
Never fished it but now I will make it a destination next trip so I can drift this one!
Anyone fished it and how was it?

Thats Trinity between Pigeon point and Big flat. I have family from
Willow creek. The river in the upper stretches above where you took that pic is mobbed by flyfisherman in the fall fishing Indicators out of the boat.

At first glance I wanna say it looks like the Rogue. Somewhere just above Grave Creek.

But after looking at the photo again, I'm starting to doubt myself.

I lived in Hoopa for a spell and fished the Trinity a lot..the Klamath as well. The indians in Hoopa were recently not allowing any non-tribal fishing on the rez, but I think they've had second thoughts on that. There are still some there who won't like seeing any white eyes, so use caution. If you only wanted to fish the Trinity, start your drifts at Lewiston on down. I haven't fished that river in too long as I fell in love with the Smith.

Another option is fishing around Weitchpec, where the Trinity meets the Klamath. Take Hwy 96 at Willow Creek, drive through the rez and it's about 25 miles..give or take.

Here's a couple of sites for info on fishing those areas.

TRINITY RIVER

KLAMATH RIVER

Here's another site for Humboldt/Trinity fishing.

Trinity River Fishing News

I was gonna say the smith.Wrong.Good luck,
SZ

Hank, post that picture of the Trinity that you sent me a few years ago, if you still have it.

I was gonna say the same thing having just driven down that way in April. . .. ..Beautiful section of country .. . .too bad it is still in CA . . ..

One of the things that keeps me here.

I'll be making that drive from Redding to Eureka in a couple of weeks.

Love that part of the state.

The woman wants to move down that way (the Willits area not SF), I just don't know that we can do it with the way the economy/job marked is . . .. not to mention some of the retarded gun laws CA has. . ..

Pretty country, awesome looking rivers, hard to throw a rock without hitting a dirty hippie though ( I tried when I was there last) .. .

I'll be in Eureka on the 13th for a week-long ocean fishing trip..staying in a friend's cabin in Miranda, right on the Eel.

I was gonna guess The Eel.

The Eel is in Redwood country and it's wetter there..no brown hillsides.

I won't be down until the Labor day holiday Hank. Girlfriend and I are doing the houseboat thing on lake Shasta, then driving back to Napa via Hwy 101 and 1 with a night with either Garberville or Ft. Bragg.

Good luck on your salmon trip. I hear the Cali north coast is the place to be this summer.

Pretty sure that was a Smith River pic. My avatar pic is on the Smith too.

I'm in too late to be the first to get it right - Just made that drive from the Coast over to Redding last fall. My brake pads are still warped from that GD road. Really gives your rig a work out.

That's the one, beautiful!

I spent a lot of time as a kid camping at Jedediah Smith SP.
The Smith River, Crescent City and the surrounding area are top notch in my book.
Lots of good memories. I need to get down there again.

I love the Smith. Most awesome views of it driving up to Gasquet.

One of the DB put ins is just above the north fork and around that bend. The south fork (on the right) has more white-water areas.

IMHO the portion of the Smith that runs through the redwoods is one of the prettiest on earth.

Hankster, have you ever put in about gasque and float down to the park, or just to the forks. There has to be enough water to make the gorge passable, But that is one nice drift, Patricks creek to just below gasqu can be a nice float with the right water, And very productive. I grew up fishing and floating it in the mid 70's to about 84. caught some nice fish in that river, Still go down for an anaul fishing trip with my father on the Smith and Chetco yearly

I've never done that before. I always thought it was too rocky and gnarly through there when the river was fishable. I don't know of any guides that even do that, but I've been up that way banking it. I go up twice a year when I can for salmon in Nov and when the steelies come through after.

I will tell you, that is one pretty drive and river. That road is hard on the brake pads!
Now that I am all the way up the Oregon coast (many times in my younger days) I am going to plan a trip to the Trinity and then work my way up the coast and hit many rivers this fall along the Oregon coast.
I wish I had made time to stop on the Rogue as they are doing some good fishing and catching there right now!

My dads friend owns the house that overlooks the forks. pretty cool house.

Bucket list.Good luck,
SZ

Tish-tang campground has one of the best swimming, rock jumping, fishing holes around. Too bad the hoopa net it. If you go at night the hoopa will never have their nets across the whole river tossing dynamite. If you are camped below the campground on a gravel bar tribal members will never shot over your tent at night to scare you. If you park you car anywhere Weitchpec and are not tribal member your car will probably not be there when you return. Your stuff and windows will be gone for sure every time. Every time. Hwy 96 is one of the best in the state but the locals don't seem to have any problem with treating the outside world like garbage. Probaly just revenge. I love and hate this area.

I fished and swam at Tish-Tang a lot when I was living up there and I've seen the river netted there bank-to-bank too. I had problems with some of the locals up there and fished and hunted with others. I never did have a problem with my car parked at Weitchpec though. The last time I was there was two summers ago and I thought the residents had mellowed a bit and become more tolerant since they got the casino built. Then I heard they didn't allow non-tribal fishing on the rez this year and my opinion changed. There are plenty of other places on the Trinity to fish without taking the chance of pissing people off.

It is very rocky in the gorge, and above, but the gorge has to be just fishable to have enough to get between the two big boulders, or you will get wedged, there re afew guides that float the upper portion but pull out just below gasque before the gorge. We use to climb down the rope and fish from the boulders in the gorge when I was in high school. And as for the house over looking the forks, It us to be owned by a dentist, I was in high school with his daughter. right around the corner was slant bridge and then 2nd bridge, those where some deep swimming holes in the summer. didn't even need a pump for the keg, throw in off the bridge. it would hit the water, and shoot back out of the water 4-5 ft. buddies below would retrieve it and tap it and you where all good. those where the days....... Matt

Nice looking scenery, but does it get a chumpie run?

It had a chumpie run at one time, then they put up a "NO CHUMPIES ALLOWED" sign and they moved up to WA.

Sweet, you want to hit it next Thursday? I'll bring the DB if you do the turnaround.

We'll get a guide. Bring some Banjo Minnows and 10' leaders with you.

they still make those stupid things?

10' leaders? FP can make those.

Yeah, I'll just cut all my leaders in half.

Which half you going to use?

The right half, because using the wrong half would just be stupid.

Any idea if "Big Flat Pizza" is still there?...Haven't been there since '85, but that was one of the top 10 business names ever.