I really planned on good, hard day of fishing this week. It’ been since early September since I wet a fly and I was getting the feeling that I was missing some spectacular fall fishing. Unfortunately, last weekend I got a nice head cold that is just now clearing up. It really kicked my ass. [...]
Filed under: On the Water | Tagged: brown trout, East Walker River, Elbow, rainbow trout, rim rock, Rosaschi Ranch | 2 Comments »
This is my favorite time of year on the East Walker. The water is cool and usually offers lower flows, the weather is generally mild and the fishing is fantastic. Last Friday the river was a little high at 140 CFS and the fish were a little finicky because the flows were being jacked up [...]
Filed under: On the Water | Tagged: brown trout, East Walker River, Elbow, hopper-dropper, Miracle Mile, rainbow trout, streamer | 4 Comments »
Since I live about a half hour from the East Walker River I go there a lot. Especially in the fall. Well, fall ain’t here yet. Today it was 90 degrees on the East Walker. Sheesh! C’mon. Well, I went anyway and I caught a few smallish fish, all browns down by the bridge, on [...]
Filed under: On the Water | Tagged: brown trout, East Walker River, hoppers, Rosaschi Ranch, Sceirine Ranch | Leave a Comment »
I received a private message from a guy who goes by ‘fly addict’ on the Fly Fishing Addicts forums, which I post on from time to time. Mark, his real world name, had seen my blog and he a couple of buddies, all from southern California, were planning a week of camping and fishing in [...]
Filed under: On the Water | Tagged: Bridgeport, brown trout, Czech nymph, damsel flies, East Walker River, Hays Street Cafe | 5 Comments »
OK, just quickie here. I headed up to Desert Creek, about 20 minutes from my home, with lunch in hand to see if it was in fishing shape. Answer: Yes! The creek is still a little murky, but totally fishable. I ate lunch at a nice shady spot where I noticed that a small dam [...]
Filed under: Conservation, On the Water | Tagged: brown trout, dams, Desert Creek, indicator rig, nymph | 3 Comments »
