The Foraging Angler: Nevada County’s Wine Trail
I left the Bay Area and immigrated to Nevada County more than six years ago. The move was…
Destinations
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Southern California’s Trout Streams: Expectations for 2011
Things are not as they were. That should surprise none who lived through the very wet winter of…
Lake Almanor’s Hex Hatch
One June evening, while I was locking the front door to a fly shop in Chico, a pickup…
The Foraging Angler – Camp Fare: The Streamside Lunch
When I conceived the idea of camp fare as a theme for the “Foraging Angler” column, I had…
Monterey Bay Hatches
Any good trout fisher knows that a working knowledge of insect hatches will lead to better angling. Through…
A Bay Area Option: Lake Del Valle
The first time I fished Lake Del Valle reminded me of the Rodney Dangerfield quip in which he…
A NorCal Spring Trout Trilogy
Many notable things come in threes, but you would have to be one of the Three Stooges (or…
The Foraging Angler: Amador County
California’s Shenandoah Valley lies three counties and three rivers south of my home in Grass Valley. Forays in…
Lake Skinner’s Mixed Bag
If you look at an overhead photo or map of Lake Skinner, it appears for all the world…
Greenstone Lake
About two miles outside the east entrance of Yosemite National Park, Saddlebag Lake Road branches off Highway 120,…