Fly fishing near San Francisco

1 destination within about 6 hours' drive of San Francisco, nearest first. The closest is Lower Sacramento River, about 4 hr 10 min away. Below them, the state trout maps for California.

Drive times are to each destination's main access point without traffic, from downtown San Francisco.

4 to 6 hours · a weekend · 1

Original watercolor illustration of Lower Sacramento River · Bend area, California
Trout

Lower Sacramento River

Redding, California (Keswick Dam to Red Bluff) · USA

Fly into RDD, 15 min

About 4 hr 10 min from San Francisco · 348 km

Guide, per angler
$300–325
Public access
Moderate
Crowding
Medium

Trout maps near San Francisco · 1

State maps with water within about 120 miles of San Francisco

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