Fishing Lakes: Getting Started
It is amazing how often fellow fly-line anglers tell me they don’t fish lakes and reservoirs. “I just…
April 2011
17 posts
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…
Don’t Step on the Fish!
The adrenaline rush of getting to the water often causes us to overlook shallow inshore areas that can…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Sight Fishing for Bass
Spring is a time when bass fishing becomes an “in your face” form of the sport — when…
A NorCal Spring Trout Trilogy
Many notable things come in threes, but you would have to be one of the Three Stooges (or…
Springtime Flies Recipes for Success
In 1998, I moved from the Central Valley to Mount Shasta, a mountain community, and have learned to…
The Master of Meander – “Good Enough”: The Fly Is the Thing
Call him nameless. Ever since this relatively recent descendent of Homo erectus tied the first fly in his…
The Foraging Angler: Amador County
California’s Shenandoah Valley lies three counties and three rivers south of my home in Grass Valley. Forays in…
At the Vise: Mike Rieser’s Gym Sock
I was introduced to Mike Rieser by the late Pete Parker at the Sacramento International Sportsmen’s Exposition show…
The Good Fight: Governor Brown Could Reshape Fisheries Management
California now has a leader with the same name as a trout, but will Governor Jerry Brown be…