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GBF Speaker - Thursday, January 10,
2008
California Heritage Trout
 Andrew
Harris began guiding with the Clearwater House on Hat Creek in 1997 on
the waters surrounding Mt. Shasta and Mt. Lassen. He has since guided
extensively on the Feather, Yuba, Lower Sac, and Trinity Rivers. He has
hosted clients in Chile and Tasmania and fished in much of Central
America. Andrew became one of the founders of
Confluence Outfitters
in the fall of 2006 and is the author of “Plumas National Forest Trout
Fishing Guide”. He is a frequent contributor to California Fly Fisher
magazine.
There are 11 distinct populations of wild trout in the state of
California. These distinct populations have been designated "Heritage
Trout" by the California Department of Fish and Game.
In his presentation Andrew will discuss each heritage trout, where to
find them (roughly), current conservation issues, and what makes each
population unique. Andrew also discusses the Bull Trout, which would
have been California's 12th Heritage Trout if it had not been extirpated
in the 1970s.
Andrew wrote
a series of three
articles for California Fly Fisher about the California Heritage Trout.
The first article focused on the Goose Lake and Warner Lakes redband
trout. The second article featured the McCloud redband. Andrew's third
article discussed the three Heritage Trout of the Kern River drainage,
the California Golden Trout, Little Kern Golden Trout, and Kern River
Rainbow.
http://www.andrewharrisflyfishing.com/
http://www.confluenceoutfitters.com/
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