Posts under ‘Sierra Nevada’

Do we need pedestrian and wildlife lanes on our bridges? A bear jumped off the Old Donner Pass Highway to avoid two oncoming cars but amazingly and acrobatically saved his hide and ‘bout now might be regaling his bear buddies with the tale.

Two cars converging on the Old Donner Pass Highway scared a bear who [...]

Two (unshaven) “mountain men.”  One spinning rod.  One fly rod.  One stream.  Fifty trout hooked and twenty-seven landed in five hours.  What a morning!
Sean and I made a quick weekend getaway to the cabin Friday afternoon and hit Moccasin Creek early Saturday morning. Before the sun was up we had parked the car and ambled [...]

In our small group of family and friends, my son and I have emerged as the more avid anglers, a position that brings both responsibilities and rewards. Most of these responsibilities are self imposed. Others are unwritten but understood by most fishermen. And the rewards come in direct proportion to adherence to one’s understanding and [...]

Crowley Lake/Rock Creek Fishing Trip, Part 5 of 5
Sunday was a day of travel and the end of our adventure in Eastern Sierra fishing, probably for this summer. (Fall is coming up though!) We headed up Hwy 395 for Hwy 120, and made a quick stop on Lee Vining Creek just below Tioga Lake. The [...]

Crowley Lake/Rock Creek Fishing Trip, Part 4 of 5
Our last day at Rock Creek started with our packing for a high along Upper Rock Creek in pursuit of more wild trout. We struck out from the trailhead, which is at 10,255 feet, about nine o’clock. According to what I had learned, the Mosquito Flat Trail [...]