Bronze Back Fever
With Steve Cooper

Thursday, February 18.

Our February meeting will feature a road less traveled in search of what many fly fishers identify as “the most overlooked game fish in the West” -- smallmouth bass. These same fishers will tell you that, pound for pound, smallmouths are more powerful and vigorous than trout. Our speaker has guided for, and knows well, both species.

Steve’s program, Bronze Back Fever, documents the trials, tribulations, sense of adventure and learning curve he has followed when pursuing and catching the powerful small mouth bass. Steve is the owner/operator and head guide for The High Plain's Drifters Guide Service.

The Camp:  Located on 40 beautiful acres in the famed Upper Sacramento River Canyon, the camp is nestled among black oaks on a picturesque flat along a remote, lightly fished stretch of the Upper Sacramento River between Dunsmuir and Cantara Loop.  Since 2001 CalTrout has owned and used it as a place for members to learn about CalTrout conservation activities, and to raise public awareness of its efforts to protect wild trout, steelhead, and their threatened habitat. The Fishing:  This private-access section of the Upper Sac is a 5 minute walk from camp.  The stream is as unspoiled as it was 100 years ago.  A small, steep, classic freestone stream of crystal clear water.  Fish exclusively for the Upper Sac's renowned, feisty wild rainbow trout.  Sizes vary from 10 to 22 inches, with a shot at a top end fish in each run. For complete details download Caltrout's Shasta Springs Trout Camp Brochure.

The Drawing will be held on April 22nd.

The winner will arange their reservation directly with CalTrout for a mutually-agreeable time in the 2010 season (5/1 to 11/15) or early in the 2011 season (5/1 to 6/30).