North Fork Yuba
It’s tempting to describe the Yuba River as a typical west-slope freestone stream, since it mostly drains steep…
Destinations
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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…
The Foraging Angler: Keep It Simple in Camp
Henry David Thoreau’s famous advice in Walden, “Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity . . . let your affairs be as…
The Upper Sacramento: Where to Go and What to Expect
The Upper Sacramento River is properly touted as one of America’s premier wild-trout streams. It begins with releases…
Hollywood Beach
There’s a classic stretch of sand along the coastline in Oxnard that boasts a star-studded history. Hollywood Beach…
Yellow Creek
Spring Creeks: all the way back to the chalk streams of England and the writings of Frederic Halford…
Trout Town: Sonora
Last year’s rim fire, the third largest wildfire in California’s history, brought national attention to the Gold Rush-era…
The Foraging Angler: Dining in the Shadow of Shasta
I first began visiting Mount Shasta to fish, camp, hike, climb, boat, and snow ski nearly 40 years…
Manzanita Lake
Climbers are not the only ones who know what it’s like to get sucker punched by a mountain,…