In all of my digging around for information on fishing in the sierras, I ran across an old PDF document hosted somewhere on the California DFG Web site, that offers something that almost every fisherman at one time or other during their life would have given up their best lure…well, maybe their second-best lure…to have. [...]
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Countdown to trout season opening day
“Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God.”
~ Tony Blake
“To go fishing is the chance to wash one’s soul with pure air, with the rush of the brook, or with the shimmer of sun on blue water. It brings meekness and inspiration from the decency of nature, charity [...]
Our first opening day
If all goes well, my son and I will head up to to the cabin next weekend get out for some trout fishing on opening day. (The season east of Hwy 49 is only open from the last Saturday in April to mid-November.) This will be our first time doing so, so it should be [...]
A Great Side Trip to Tuolume Meadows
During a visit to the cabin during July 2005, we – Pat, Sean and Chris – decided to take a long day trip over the Sonora Pass and to Tuolumne Meadows. If you browse through the photos below, you can see there was quite a bit of snow covering the mountains around the pass and [...]
At the Cabin One Warm July
After months of planning before our June wedding, we weren’t much for picking up the kids and traveling too far from home. Besides, Sean and Chris for a few years had wanted an extended stay at the cabin that would allow them to play bingo at the lake, which is held every Tuesday and Thursday. [...]


