Silverwood Lake
“Windy enough for ya?” I almost couldn’t hear the question. The howling gale that swept across the water…
Issue: August 2011
18 posts
The Upper North Fork of the American River
Residents of placer county are blessed with a resource that is unparalleled in beauty and ruggedness and rich…
Backcountry Trout: The McGee Creek Trailhead
It has been my pleasure to receive inquiries from readers who ask me how they can get into…
Targeting Big Stripers in the Surf
Trophy hunting for big striped bass in the surf on the California coast is a low-percentage game. Steelhead…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Bass-Bug Evenings
Is there a witching hour? Well, if there is on a bass pond, it certainly isn’t midnight. Rather,…
Under the Alders: Old School
Mikey Wier’s new video, Soulfish 2: Fish Mode (see the review in this issue of California Fly Fisher)…
The Master of Meander: The River God
Editor’s note: Seth Norman is taking this issue off, and will return with the next issue. In his…
The Art of Angling: Fred Gordon
Artist’s Statement I grew up in the Sacramento area and have been fly fishing and skin diving since…
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…
The Good Fight: The Sierra Fund Takes On Threat of Mercury to Anglers
Mercury and gold mining have gone hand in hand in the Sierra Nevada ever since the mid 1800s.…