This index covers feature articles that appeared in California Fly Fisher during 2020. In addition to indexing articles by author and title, we have included a listing of fishing waters (those that were described or discussed, not just mentioned incidentally) according to the county in which they are located, or the state or country if outside California. Similarly, fly patterns for which materials or techniques were specified have been indexed alphabetically.
Each reference to a particular article uses the following format: Volume/Issue (Month1/Month2 ’Year): Initial Page Number. Thus, “28/3 (J/F ’20): 42” refers to an article that appeared in Volume 28, Number 3 (the January/February issue of 2020), beginning on page 42. Columns are not included in this index, although fly patterns from “At the Vise” are listed. Issues listed might still be available for purchase. To inquire, e-mail calflyfisher@sbcglobal.net.
FEATURE ARTICLES, BY AUTHOR
Baiocchi, Jon, “Fishing the October Caddis: Insights and Techniques,” 29/1 (S/O ’20): 26
Baiocchi, Jon, “Skwala Primer for 2021: Lessons Learned,” 29/2 (N/D ’20): 22
Barich, Bill, “One River,” 29/1 (S/O ’20): 19
Barich, Bill, “East Walker Autumn,” 29/2 (N/D ’20): 19
Barich, Bill, “Skunked Again,” 28/4 (M/A ’20): 20
Barich, Bill, “The Royal Coachman,” 28/5 (M/J ’20): 19
Barich, Bill, “Ties that Bind,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 23
Barich, Bill, “Trout Bum Redux,” 28/6 (J/A ’20): 19
Bird, Steven, “Hooks: A Brief History,” 28/6 (J/A ’20): 31
Boloyan, Raffi, “California Fly Fisher’s 2019 Index of Articles,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 38
Brodkey, Joel S., “Creating a Portable, Simple Fly-Tying Kit,” 28/6 (J/A ’20): 28
Burns, Jim, “The West Fork of the San Gabriel,” 29/1 (S/O ’20): 28
Byng, Ben, “A Summertime Option: Topwater Bass in the Southeastern Delta,” 28/6 (J/A ’20): 20
Chatham, Russell, “A Letter to the Editor, with Flies,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 33
Chatham, Russell, “Chatham’s Comet,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 34
Checchio, Michael, “Russell Chatham, 1939-2019,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 30
Checchio, Michael, “The Outside Lands,” 28/5 (M/J ’20): 26
Eldredge, Frank, “A Journey to the Mother Lode of Golden Trout,” 28/4 (M/A ’20): 24
Galland, Dick, “From West to East: A Tenkara Journey,” 28/4 (M/A ’20): 28
Gray, Lance, “Butte County: Three Streams from My Childhood,” 29/2 (N/D ’20): 28
Gray, Lance, “The Caribou Wilderness,” 28/6 (J/A ’20): 22
Gray, Lance, “Designing Flies and Tweaking or Crossing Fly Patterns,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 28
Gray, Lance, “Organizing for Success,” 28/5 (M/J ’20): 31
Gray, Lance, “The Bird’s Nest,” 28/4 (M/A ’20): 26
Guibord, Andy, “Hackle Stacker BWO,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 27
Guibord, Andy, “The Hale Bopp Leech,” 28/5 (M/J ’20): 21
Ketley, Robert, “The Fluke Fly,” 29/2 (N/D ’20): 30
Madgic, Bob, “Home Water: The Sierra Nevada,” 28/5 (M/J ’20): 24
Madgic, Bob, “The Lower Sacramento: My Home Water,” 28/6 (J/A ’20): 24
Madgic, Bob, “Wild Trout Waters: The Bridgeport Region,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Malekos, Michael, “Snapshot: Lake Davis,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 26
Malekos, Michael, “Snapshot: The Klamath,” 29/1 (S/O ’20): 30
Malekos, Michael, “Snapshot: The Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River,” 28/6 (J/A ’20): 30
Malekos, Michael, “Tactical Tips for Springtime Trout,” 28/4 (M/A ’20): 32
Quattrocchi, Al, “Q’s Betta Bendback,” 28/5 (M/J ’20): 28
Pease, Michael, “Making Lemonade from Lemons in the Sea of Cortez: The Cortez
Flapper,” 28/6 (J/A ’20): 26
Pisciotta, Frank R., “Frankisms,” 29/2 (N/D ’20): 32
Pumphrey, Peter, “The Eastern Sierra’s Trout in Autumn,” 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
Smith, Chris, “Central Valley Rivers: Year Round Fishing,” 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Smith, Chris, “Fall Bass Fishing,” 29/1 (S/O ’20): 24
Smith, Chris, “Kayaking for Delta Bass,” 28/4 (M/A ’20): 22
Smith, Chris, “Swinging Soft Hackles for Trout plus Thoughts on Spey Rods,” 28/5 (M/J ’20): 22
Various, “Russell Remembered,” 28/3 (J/F ’20): 35
Zech, Jim, “A Song about Dry-Fly Fishing,” 29/1 (S/O ’20): 31
Zech, Jim, “Sac the Goose,” 29/2 (N/D ’20): 27
BY TITLE
A Journey to the Mother Lode of Golden Trout, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 24
A Letter to the Editor, with Flies, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 33
A Song about Dry-Fly Fishing, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 31
A Summertime Option: Topwater Bass in the Southeastern Delta, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 20
Bird’s Nest, The, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 26
Butte County: Three Streams from My Childhood, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 28
California Fly Fisher’s 2019 Index of Articles, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 38
Caribou Wilderness, The, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 22
Central Valley Rivers: Year Round Fishing, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Chatham’s Comet, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 34
Creating a Portable, Simple Fly-Tying Kit, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 28
Designing Flies and Tweaking or Crossing Fly Patterns, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 28
Eastern Sierra’s Trout in Autumn, The, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
Fall Bass Fishing, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 24
Fishing the October Caddis: Insights and Techniques, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 26
Frankisms, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 32
From West to East: A Tenkara Journey, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 28
Hackle Stacker BWO, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 27
Hale Bopp Leech, The, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 21
Home Water: The Sierra Nevada, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 24
Hooks: A Brief History, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 31
Kayaking for Delta Bass, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 22
Lower Sacramento: My Home Water, The, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 24
Making Lemonade from Lemons in the Sea of Cortez: The Cortez Flapper, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 26
One River, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 19
Organizing for Success, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 31
Outside Lands, The, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 26
Q’s Betta Bendback, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 28
Royal Coachman, The, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 19
Russell Chatham, 1939-2019, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 30
Russell Remembered, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 35
Sac the Goose, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 27
Skunked Again, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 20
Skwala Primer for 2021: Lessons
Learned, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 22
Snapshot: The Klamath, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 30
Snapshot: Lake Davis, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 26
Snapshot: The Middle Fork of the San
Joaquin River, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 30
Swinging Soft Hackles for Trout plus
Thoughts on Spey Rods, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 22
Tactical Tips for Springtime Trout, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 32
Ties that Bind, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 23
Trout Bum Redux, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 19
West Fork of the San Gabriel, The, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 28
Wild Trout Waters: The Bridgeport
Region, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
FISHING WATERS BY COUNTY
Alpine
Heenan Lake, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Butte
Big Chico Creek, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 28
Butte Creek, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 28
Feather River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
West Branch Feather River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 28
Calaveras
North Fork Stanislaus River, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 24
Colusa
Sacramento River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Contra Costa
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 22
Glenn
Sacramento River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Inyo
Bishop Creek, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
Owens River, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
Lassen
Caribou Wilderness (multiple lakes): 28/6, (J/A ’20): 22
Los Angeles
West Fork of the San Gabriel River, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 28
Madera
Middle Fork San Joaquin, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 30, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
Mono
Big Virginia Lake, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Bridgeport Reservoir, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Buckeye Creek, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
East Fork Walker River, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 19
Green Creek 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Hot Creek, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
Kirman Lake, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Little Walker River, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Lower Twin Lake, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Lower Virginia Lake, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Molybdenite Creek, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Owens River, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
Robinson Creek, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Rush Creek, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 24, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
West Fork Walker River, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 22
Upper Twin Lake, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Virginia Creek, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 24
Plumas
Caribou Wilderness (multiple lakes), 28/6, (J/A ’20): 22
Lake Davis, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 26
San Joaquin
Mokelumne River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 22, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 20
Sacramento
American River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Shasta
Sacramento River, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 24, (N/D ’20): 24
Siskiyou
Klamath River, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 30
Stanislaus
Stanislaus River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Tuolumne River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Sutter
Feather River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Tehama
Sacramento River, 28/6 (J/A ’20): , 29/2 (N/D ’20): 24
Tulare
Golden Trout Creek, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 24
Johnson Creek, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 24
South Fork Kern River, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 24
Volcano Creek, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 24
Tuolumne
North Fork Stanislaus River, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 24
Tuolumne River, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 24
Yuba
Yuba River, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 22
Out of State: Mexico
Sea of Cortez, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 26
FLY PATTERNS
Bird’s Nest, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 26
Brian Clemens’s Skwala Nymph, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 22
Bud Heintz’s Rough Water Adult Skwala Female, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 22
Chatham’s Comet, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 34
Cortez Flapper, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 26
Fluke Fly, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 30
Hackle Stacker BWO, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 27
Hale Bopp Leech, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 21
Light Cahill Wet Fly, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 16
Micro Leech, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 28
Nelson’s Caddis, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 26
Neo-Freschi Bulldog, 28/6 (J/A ’20): 16
October Caddis Sparkle Pupa, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 26
Pat’s Rubberlegs Stone, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 22
Perdigon, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 17
Purple Soft Hackle, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 22
Q’s Betta Bendback, 28/5 (M/J ’20): 28
Rusty Rat, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 15
Sakasa Kebari, 28/4 (M/A ’20): 28
Simple Dace Streamer, 29/1 (S/O ’20): 21
Simple Striper Streamer, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 21
Surf Shrimp, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 15
Unit Skwala, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 22
Woolly Buggers, 28/3 (J/F ’20): 18
Zug Bug, 29/2 (N/D ’20): 16
