Jay, Outpost is across from Green Gables Inn between Shasta Pines and the VFW hall. Been there for a good while but it was originally at 4-corners.
Jay, Outpost is across from Green Gables Inn between Shasta Pines and the VFW hall. Been there for a good while but it was originally at 4-corners.
I was up there this weekend. Stayed at Shasta Pines and had dinner at the Outpost! Stayed away from the steak...had two teeth pulled last week so it was soup and pasta and Hexagenia IPA! I try to get up there every May for a weekend before it gets silly around Memorial Day.
I fished Hat Creek on Saturday, regular as clockwork the tan caddis came off at 8am, huge clouds of them, and as always the fish weren't interested in them because they know the tricos start at 9am. 9am the clouds of tricos started coming off and the spinner fall was excellent. Had 6 fish in an hour on a size 20 spinner on my 7'5" bamboo rod. It was a blast! Had a chat with Dick Galland in the parking lot too! The rest of the day was pretty quiet. I fished all the way down to Wood Duck Island and back up the other side and I have to say I've never seen as many suckerfish and squawfish in the creek. Big pods of them. Id get all excited sneaking up on a fish and then realize what it was. Plenty of trout too, but none would rise to a dry fly.
I got in a couple of hours Sunday morning in the riffle and again the spinners were falling after 9am and the fish were sipping. I had one 20 inch rainbow in the net which sent me on the long drive home with a huge grin on my face. It was hopping with people on Saturday but I had the place to myself Sunday. A group of guys arrived about 11am as I was leaving...they finished a bottle of bourbon in the lot while gearing up! my kinda fishing
Lots of big bright orange stoneflies buzzing around in the afternoon too, but the fish weren't interested. One joined me in the car for the drive home.
One thing to note is that the NPS has closed the trail down to Burney Creek below the falls for the rest of the year for repairs, so no fishing down there.
Last edited by Bob Loblaw; 05-20-2024 at 06:11 PM.
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Thanks for that report Bob.
Dick Galland is a huge part of the history up there.
Excellent report. Thanks Bob.
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Bob,
How was the Shasta Pines. Good or bad beds, I usually stay at the PG&E cabins just up the road from Lake Britton. All you have to do is bring your bedding and food. The cabins usually sleep 4-6 people. It use to be like $100.00 a week but that was year ago. Might be $150.00 now. The Pit river was right down the road and you drove along Burney Creek on the way to the cabin.
Might be a good road trip for me this year, but more towards fall.
Jay Murakoshi
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Nothing special, size 20 black thread body, slightly fatter thorax and you can add a little dubbing for that if you want. Three synthetic mayfly tails and the wing I tie sparsely with white antron fibers. Some store flies have too much wing material. I don't tie a post on mine or any sort of indicator so I usually tie them off the back of a Parachute Adams or something similar so I know roughly where it is in the water!
You can't buy happiness, but you can buy new fly fishing gear and that usually does the trick.
Shasta Pines is what you'd expect for an inexpensive motel in Burney. The rooms are clean, beds comfortable, but pretty basic. They try to keep it nice, every time I stay there they are painting something. I did see that the Burney Motel across the street is for sale.
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