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Dave Castellanos is a talented and experienced fishing guide that runs Cast Guide Service,
located on the Smith River in Northern California not far from the Oregon border near the Rogue River.
Castellanos has been running his outfit for the last fourteen years and he is a master of the local rivers that
produce a bounty of salmon, steelhead and trout. Castellanos' guide service fishes the Smith and the Klamath Rivers
in California and also the Rogue, Chetco, Sixes and the Elk River in Oregon. Dave covers a lot of territory but
he also has great results and if you are new to the area or looking for a guide, well, Castellanos is The Man,
in that beautiful area of the world.
I'm going into my fourteenth year. I'm 47 and I'm originally from Walnut Creek, California. I have been fishing
my whole life and a number of my friends encouraged me to get into the business. People were making their living
as guides, which is tough. It is a tough way to make a living, however, I have always had a passion for fishing
and I've been successful at it. I just really enjoy the aspect of taking people fishing and watching them catch
fish. I especially enjoy first time fishermen and helping them. I get young kids all the time and you get parents
that want you to take them out
ABOUT GUIDE DAVID CASTELLANOS
I started my guiding in California the year of 1993
I have guided the rivers of Bristol Bay, Alaska, for the years of 1996-1998
I started guiding in Oregon in 1997
I have one of only forty U.S. Forest Service permits to fish the wild and scenic Upper Chetco
I have a special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service on the Smith River
I have a United States Coast Guard License and am a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Crescent City Flotilla
I am certified in CPR and First Aid
I am Licensed, Bonded and Insured
I have fished the California/Oregon Steelhead Derbies on the Smith and Chetco Rivers and in 1998, finished FIRST
place in February and THIRD place in March... In 1999, I had a SECOND place in February.
Boats
I'm typically running drift boats, which I row most of the time, but we use a small kicker motor at times to enhance
your chances of hooking fish . Rivercraft builds them and they are 18-feet in length and 65 inches wide. They are
a comfortable boat. And we also use a 23-foot jet boat by Jetcraft; I use that mostly on the Rogue and the Klamath.
The Smith and the Chetco are too small for the jet boat.
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