American Shad are entering the Sacramento drainage, fish were caught at Howe avenue saturday. Shad fishing is always memorable, what with the warm temperature, balmy weather and screaming joggers. Keep an eye on your backcast - as fishing in a urban setting means onlookers behind you that don’t announce themselves.

Tom Chandler of the TroutUnderground took me on a whirlwind tour of the Upper McCloud river. Not much catching but the scenery was inspirational as the river is swollen with snow melt and the falls are in full plumage.

Gunfire Lake was a coffee colored bust - so I leveraged some of that Internet research and got in tune with my feminine side. The valley next to the lake is famous for it’s spring display of wildflowers, and as I lacked fish porn to display, I’m going to make you suffer along with me.

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I managed to sneak up to the lake for some additional recon, taking advantage of the lack of wind to get a better feel for what’s offered. I took the hip boots with me so I could wander around without regard for mud and marsh.
In the Central Valley, March is traditionally the month where […]

That ain’t necessarily a compliment either, but with a gale howling outside and the promise of something never seen - it was enough to get my brother off the couch and into his waders.
The last trip had been interrupted by the pager, far enough in to think I was going to find something special, but […]

I figure Indian Valley Reservoir must hold monster fish that commit suicide for flies - because my aggregate Karma prevented me from ever seeing this pristine beauty, either that or Brownliners ain’t allowed.
It was a heck of an adventure but was cut short before I reached paydirt, it still holds promise but now we’re captive […]