Greetings fellow steelheaders,
It appears that there are some hardcore Klamath/Trinity members on this BB. Do any of you have any experience fishing this fabled piece of water?
The run in question peaked my interst while reading Michael Checchio's "Mist on The River". I then tracked down a copy of Jim Freeman's "California Steelhead" and figured getting on this water was as simple as following Jim's kindly direction...
I set off on my adventure last September with great expectation. I was met with some dissapointment. Either the odometer in my car is screwed up or they have lengthened or shortened the road between Hoopa and Weitchpec. I drove that stretch back and forth about 4 times trying to duplicate Jim Freeman's mileage guide but could not find a trailhead. There do not appear to be any well-used trails dropping into the lower Trinity Gorge? I thought people would be beating down the banks trying to get on this water?
I finally did commit to bailing off down a goat trail which led to a pretty good looking riffle that did not look like it had been fished in the last 5 years. I caught one half-pounder on a Silver Hilton. No Trinity greatness for me, and I felt like I was dying while climbing out of there.
Have any of you actually fished this water, and is it any good? I do not expect anyone to reveal exactly how to get there on the internet, but would just like to know if it exists. Thanks, Matt.
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