Fall River & Hat Creek (Spring-Creek Fly Water)
Fall River Mills / Cassel · near Fall River Mills / Burney · Shasta Cascade
Fishing
At a glance
- Difficulty
- expert
- Best season
- Late spring–fall (spring-creek season)
Permits and booking
- Licence required
- Yes
- Licence detail
- CA license (16+) required. Fall River and Hat Creek are California's premier spring creeks — glassy, weed-rich, insect-factory streams with large, extremely selective wild trout. Wild Trout / special regs (barbless, limited take). Fall River is largely float-access (private banks); Hat Creek has public access below Powerhouse 2.
What is here
- Features
- California's premier spring creeks · Large, selective wild trout · Prolific insect hatches · Technical, glassy water
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Not permitted
- Good for a first timer
- No
Fishing detail
- Water type
- river
- Water
- fresh
- Methods
- Fly
- Boat
- both
- Target species
- Wild rainbow trout (large, wary) · Wild brown trout · Native trout
- Intl tip
- License required. California's premier spring creeks — technical, glassy, insect-rich water with big, selective wild trout. Fall River is mostly float-access (private banks — book a guide/boat); Hat Creek's Powerhouse 2 flat has public wading. Special/Wild Trout regs (barbless). Match the hatch precisely. Expert water — humbling and rewarding.
The guide
Fall River and nearby Hat Creek are California's finest spring creeks — glassy, gin-clear, weed-choked streams fed by constant …
In the Guidebook
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Getting there
- Coordinates
- 41.01, -121.43