Hook Double Digit Steelhead in the Famous Feather River!
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The Feather River
The Feather River near Oroville first gained national notoriety during the California gold rush, when thousands of prospectors from all over the world scurried to the Oroville area seeking riches and scouring the river for gold. Oroville was originally known as Ophir, the Egyptian word for gold, and was famed throughout the west as the rowdiest mining town in the state. The effects of the gold mining on the river and the area's still-rowdy reputation are ever-present today, yet a new valuable asset has been discovered in the Feather River: STEELHEAD!
Fly Fishing the Feather River
The construction of Oroville Dam the tallest earthen dam in the nation closed off much of the river's spawning and nursery grounds for its native anadromous salmon and steelhead. The Feather River Salmon and Steelhead Hatchery was opened in 1967, and today the returning runs of both species are back on the rise, boasting good numbers of returning fish, both hatchery and wild, spawning each year throughout the river system. "
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Fly Fish near the rowdiest mining town in the West!
Wow, this place has some history. Sounds like a good place to go on a vacation. Spend some time exploring the town the Ophir/Oroville and get into some nice Steelhead fishing in October and November.
What's the limit on Steelhead down there? Man, I couldn't imagine hooking into double-digit numbers of fresh steelhead. What a blast!
-Michael
The Feather River
The Feather River near Oroville first gained national notoriety during the California gold rush, when thousands of prospectors from all over the world scurried to the Oroville area seeking riches and scouring the river for gold. Oroville was originally known as Ophir, the Egyptian word for gold, and was famed throughout the west as the rowdiest mining town in the state. The effects of the gold mining on the river and the area's still-rowdy reputation are ever-present today, yet a new valuable asset has been discovered in the Feather River: STEELHEAD!
Fly Fishing the Feather River
The construction of Oroville Dam the tallest earthen dam in the nation closed off much of the river's spawning and nursery grounds for its native anadromous salmon and steelhead. The Feather River Salmon and Steelhead Hatchery was opened in 1967, and today the returning runs of both species are back on the rise, boasting good numbers of returning fish, both hatchery and wild, spawning each year throughout the river system. "
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Fly Fish near the rowdiest mining town in the West!
Wow, this place has some history. Sounds like a good place to go on a vacation. Spend some time exploring the town the Ophir/Oroville and get into some nice Steelhead fishing in October and November.
What's the limit on Steelhead down there? Man, I couldn't imagine hooking into double-digit numbers of fresh steelhead. What a blast!
-Michael
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