I knew the hike to Gardisky Lake was tough. I first heard about the lake about 18 years ago. A friend and I met a guy while fishing the Eastern Sierras and he told us about a good lake to fish called Gardisky. He then warned us it was a really steep hike. I have [...]
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Since it had been two weeks since I was last up Highway 88, I figured the snow would have melted and I was right. I loaded the boys up with our float tubes and fly rods and we headed to Woods Lake on top of Carson Pass. I’d never fished there, but had heard the [...]
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The old, boring “About” page has become the new and exciting “Team FFN” page. That’s right! Now you can get to know the creative talent behind the greatest fly fishing blog about Nevada and the Eastern Sierras in the history of fly fishing blogs about Nevada and the Eastern Sierras. If you have time, check [...]
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I have been hanging around the house, as opposed to going fishing. First, it’s winter. Second, I was on a restrictive diet and it was hard to eat when traveling (lost 20 lbs by the way!). Third, I have been taking care of my father in law’s affairs after we had to move him into [...]
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I had planned on taking my boys on a fishing trip this summer, but for the life of me I couldn’t figure out where. I thought of a dozen different places and went back and forth about whether to camp or get a motel room. As the time approached, I finally decided on Elko. It’s [...]
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Well, another short entry. Why? Well, because we got skunked and skunked hard. Maybe it was all the bad things I said about fellow Virginia Lakers last week. I doubt it. We didn’t see another fly fisher catch anything either. There weren’t as many fisherman this week, so maybe that place is having a case [...]
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I originally had grand plans of trekking two plus hours north with my sons to Davis Lake for the damsel hatch, but found out one had grown out of his waders. A trip to Reno to buy new ones made it so I didn’t want to go that way again so soon. I had heard [...]
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