Open Team Spots: 2026 Cast Hope Trinity River Steelhead Tournament

If you love steelhead fishing, great people, and supporting an organization that gets kids outside through fly fishing, we’ve got a few spots left for one of our favorite events of the year.

The 2026 Cast Hope Steelhead Tournament is coming back to the Trinity River December 10–13, and we currently have several open team spots available. These spots are hard to come by and will go fast!

This is three nights at Indian Creek Lodge, two full days of guided steelhead fishing on the Trinity River, great food, a little friendly competition, and a weekend surrounded by a bunch of like-minded, fishy people.

And most importantly, it all helps raise money for Cast Hope and our mission of introducing underserved and at-risk youth to fly fishing and the outdoors.

2026 Cast Hope Trinity River Steelhead Tournament

This year marks the 13th annual Cast Hope Steelhead Tournament, held at Indian Creek Lodge in Douglas City, California.

Tournament Dates: December 10–13, 2026
Cost: $2,500 per angler / $5,000 per two-person team
Location: Indian Creek Lodge, Douglas City, California
Fishing: Two full days of guided fly fishing for Trinity River steelhead

Your entry includes:

• Three nights lodging at Indian Creek Lodge
• Two full days of guided steelhead fishing
• Gourmet meals
• Beer and wine
• Cast Hope swag package
• Terminal tackle
• Rods if needed
• Tournament prizes and plenty of friendly competition

Travel to the lodge and guide gratuities are not included.

Two Days Chasing Trinity River Steelhead

December is a great time to be on the Trinity.

The tournament is timed around the arrival of the river’s winter steelhead, with anglers fishing both nymphing and swinging techniques. Swing-caught steelhead even receive additional weight in the tournament scoring.

The Trinity is one of those rivers where every cast carries a little anticipation.

You’re floating beautiful Northern California water, fishing with experienced guides and looking for a fish that can completely change your day in about three seconds.

There are also some great prizes on the line for the top three anglers and the biggest fish of the tournament.

But as much as we all want to catch steelhead, this weekend has always been about more than who catches the biggest fish.

Come for the Steelhead. Help Us Get More Kids on the Water.

This tournament is one of the events that helps make the work we do at Cast Hope possible.

Cast Hope gives underserved and at-risk kids opportunities to experience fly fishing and the outdoors. It’s often kids who otherwise wouldn’t have access to the equipment, instruction, guides, or opportunities necessary to get started.

That makes this weekend pretty special.

You get to spend two days chasing one of the greatest freshwater gamefish around while knowing that your participation is helping us give another kid their first opportunity to pick up a fly rod.

And there’s something else about this tournament that keeps people coming back.

The people are awesome.

It’s a weekend full of anglers who love fishing, love talking fishing, enjoy a little friendly competition, and believe in what Cast Hope is doing.

We fish hard during the day, come back to Indian Creek Lodge, eat well, tell stories, laugh about the fish we landed—and probably exaggerate a little about the ones we lost.

That’s what this weekend is supposed to be.

A Few Team Spots Are Still Available

We currently have several open spots, so if you’ve ever wanted to fish the Cast Hope Trinity River Steelhead Tournament, this is a great year to join us.

Come with a buddy and grab a team for $5,000, or join us as an individual angler for $2,500.

You’ll get three nights at Indian Creek Lodge, two days with professional guides chasing Trinity River steelhead, meals, drinks, tournament swag and prizes—and you’ll be helping Cast Hope continue getting more kids outside and onto the water.

December 10–13, 2026.

Indian Creek Lodge. Trinity River. Steelhead. Good people. And a great cause.

We’d love to have you join us.

Drop Matt a note here for more information or to reserve your spot!