tie once, pay twice
I’m not the best fly tier. Most of my creations might be ranked as mediocre. I can tie decent flies — some have fooled some pretty crafty wild trout, though hunger might factor into this more than I...
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Opening day of the general trout season in California is this Saturday. But I won’t be on the water. I will instead sacrifice the first opportunity to be skunked on my favorite stream for the greater...
View Articlefirst time fly fishing with the wife (or, rolling the dice on being out-fished)
I never pushed fly fishing on my wife, but she’s always supported my pursuit of the sport and listens attentively to accounts of all my adventures. She usually believes the fish are as big as I say....
View Articlean annual one-day tour; many waters fished, some not
The Oldest Son and I kept tradition alive with the Annual One-Day Tioga/Sonora Pass Tour last week and found a few Sierra Nevada rivers and streams running a bit too high for easy fishing, despite the...
View Articlecoyote, rattlesnake and turkey, oh my! (wild trout too.)
When it comes to the oldest son, the easiest way to level the playing field is to chase wild trout. While there may be some claim that genetics would ensure that he’d be at least half as good a fly …...
View Articlethe conundrum of working-class guy’s fly fishing vehicle
Ask around, do a little research and you’ll likely find that the question “what’s the best vehicle for fly fishing” is often answered “truck.” But I’m still paying into social security so others can...
View Articlethink not, do (and why I think one can trust their feelings…after a bit of...
I don’t remember how it was learned. There has been a lot of trail and error, fishing trips and advice from guides and fly fishing friends. It certainly wasn’t during my first year of fly fishing, when...
View Articlewith the proper attitude fly fishing keeps one young (or, once I was but the...
If the headline got you here, great. But let’s first clear the air… I’m not the master; I’m more of a jack of all trades and master of none. My last trip of this trout season to the foothills of the...
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what to do when someone whispers “gumball”
It’s likely that many of you have never seen “The Gumball Rally.” I have. I’m likely one of the few to see it on the silver screen (as a kid). This weekend, I’ll have my own little Gumball Rally. I...
View Articledusting off good memories
Just about two weeks ago I awoke to two unfamiliar sights that dusted off old memories. Bright sunshine, a cloudless sky and startlingly green lawns made possible by man’s influence on the course of...
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respite from curveballs
Sometimes life just throws a curveball. Two weeks ago it felt like every curveball was followed by another. So, I abandoned the original plans to sandwich a cabin visit with the sister and family...
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maybe you’d better fish those Sierra lakes while you can
The good news is that the clarity of Lake Tahoe improved last year. The bad news is the whys. Precipitation in 2012 was only 71% of average and there was a lack of “deep mixing” during the winter....
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you may have to carry a fire extinguisher to hike high enough to find Sierra...
Following up its good news/bad news report on Lake Tahoe, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment paints a bleaker picture in its August 2013 Indicators of Climate Change in...
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hiking through history
We snuck out of the Bay Area on the Thursday a week ago for long weekend, planning to cram a bit of everything into the time we had. Railroad ties at the West Side Rail Grade trail head.In a new spirit...
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on the Rim Fire (and why it might be better find other places to fish, for...
It was long ago decided that this blog was to be guided by a few simple rules; that it would be family focused and friendly, devoid of rants or advice, and mostly my space to write about the...
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Hard to accept that killing any trout can be a good thing; but if it means better things for natives, just might be. http://t.co/ZDUVBZoS0t — Patrick Konoske (@pkonoske) September 3, 2013
View Articledon’t know what to expect this trip
It’s been a bad year for water in California. The April opener was one of the best in years thanks to low water levels. Next week we’ll see for ourselves what Eastern Sierra rivers and lakes look like...
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a confession
To be honest, I left home yesterday (actually left from the office) not as fired up as usual about the annual club fishing trip to the Eastern Sierra. Now that I’ve been on “the Eastside” for about 16...
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the outdoor apocalypse: boobies everywhere
Settle down, it’s not what you think. Blue-footed boobies have apparently adapted decided to move north, showing up north of San Francisco for the first time in almost 30 years. From the Los Angeles...
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the 2013 Eastern Sierra Expeditionary Force
Ask anyone who attended my club’s Eastern Sierra trip about the fish that made it to the net, and he’s likely to tell you it was about 18 inches. And that will be the truth. For some of our group that...
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