Valley Bass Water
The Golden State offers a great variety of fly-fishing opportunities. Anglers can fish the ocean, small mountain creeks…
Destinations
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The Lower Tuolumne
The beckoning of wild trout and the anticipation of a tug on my fly rod draws me up…
Lower Sac Spey
Spey rods have taken the steelheading world by storm over the past few years. If you survey all…
Bear Creek: Friday, March 14, 2014
My journal entries are meant to be about the hatches, the fish, the flies, the weather, but on…
The Foraging Angler: Better Steaks in Camp and at Home
My wife and I are foodies of a sort. We are constantly seeking out good restaurants, often ethnic…
The Foraging Angler: Update – Lakes Basin, Portola, Sierraville, and Graeagle
My wive and I took advantage of an opening in our schedule this past August and headed up…
Breaking the Ice: NorCal Winter Trout Fishing
On a cool winter Saturday, would you prefer to be parked on a sofa eating Ho Hos and…
North Fork Yuba
It’s tempting to describe the Yuba River as a typical west-slope freestone stream, since it mostly drains steep…
The Streams of Mount Lassen
In 1907, America’s preeminent conservationist, President Theodore Roosevelt, designated Lassen Peak and Cinder Cone as national monuments. Then,…
Fishing Sierra Meadows
I have never met a meadow that I did not believe would treat me well. Alpine meadows are…