I suppose the answer to the question “How was the fishing trip?” will, at least for me, typically be predicated on the catching. This time around, it was good. Some fishing, some catching, some exploring and some relaxing. And all with the crowds of summer still held to a pre-Memorial Day minimum. Every year for [...]
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the pass is open, the pass is open!
Remember the scene in “The Jerk” when Steve Martin runs around and jumps up and down after the arrival of the new phonebook? Well, that was me upon learning that Sonora Pass opened yesterday. Its opening gives me a straight shot at getting to the Eastside, where I’ll be fishing next week. Things are shaping [...]
midges hatching at Crowley Lake
Encouraging sign. I’ll be there in 12 days!
red is the color of this opening day
No whining here about the high water, high winds, or the high mileage added to my car’s odometer because, after all, Opening Day of Trout Season often is somewhat of a crap shoot. This year we added geography lessons to those taught to us by the smarter more finicky more skittish trout. Allowing extra time [...]
good morning, sunrise
A great view this morning from the California Applications Program/California Climate Change Center camera at Tioga Pass:
