Last weekend.

Up to Mount Shasta and environs for the weekend.

From downtown Mount Shasta. (jpjespersen.com)



The Team.



Fish break.



Train break.



More fishing.



Loopy dog. (jpjespersen.com)




Getting some air. (jpjespersen.com)



Burney Mountain from Hatchet Mountain Pass.



Breakfast at 80 mph. (jpjespersen.com)




End the weekend at Kosk Creek Hot Springs. (jpjespersen.com)



High water everywhere.

THE three rivers of the North State.

Thanks to a friend, we got to spend two nights at the Nature Conservancy cabin on the famous McCloud River near Mt. Shasta.





The McCloud was milky with glacial silt from Mud Creek, so we spent the day fishing the Pit River instead. This is as good as it gets, really. Fall colors, fishing with friends, and a soak in the streamside Kosk Hot Springs on the hike out of the canyon.



Kosk Creek.



The caretakers cabin on the McCloud.



After fishing the Pit and staying down on the McCloud, we went up to the old standby--the Upper Sac--to fish the Sunday away. The colors up on the Sac are amazing right now, and the October Caddis hatch was on. Unfortunately, the fish weren't eating them today.

Heading in to the CalTrout Trout Camp.




Wow.

Hunt Hot Springs on Kosk Creek

Fish first.



Then soak.



Awesome.