When Exploring Fails |
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Articles - Fly-Fishing Places
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 |
When Exploring Fails - Castaic Lake Feed Streams Last week i posted about a successful exploration trip. Today I am posting about a failed trip. I have seen the feed streams for Castaic Lake in the winter, and they look wonderful. Once on a trip to Piru Creek with a friend, we were detoured off of the 5 freeway and had to go around Castaic. It was winter - there was a lot of water - and I mentally bookmarked the location to explore later. Today was later. 
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Newbie Tips for Dry Fly Fishing |
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Articles - Tips in Article Format
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Saturday, 19 July 2008 |
Tips for Dry Fly Fishing - Learning the Basics One of the harder things to do in fly-fishing is to successfully fish a dry fly. I am certainly not an expert, but I have spoken to many of them, read their books and attended the occasional seminar. What I have put down here is my top 5 list of things that have helped me. If you too are trying to learn the art - I hope this helps. 
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Exploring Piru Creek |
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Articles - Fly-Fishing Places
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
Exploring Piru Creek Near Blue Point from Frenchman's Flat. Sometimes you just gotta get out and explore. 
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Piru Creek Spring Fishing |
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Articles - Fly-Fishing Places
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
Piru Creek Spring 2008 - Wild Trout and Low Flows at Frenchman's FlatThis might be my last Piru Creek update for a while. The flows are way down, algae is covering the streambed like a
shag carpet, and the fish are much tougher to find. I'm not saying that I wont go to Frenchman's Flat this summer, but I wil probably break out the float tube and go after
Bass more than anything else. 
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Nymphing for Beginners |
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Articles - Tips in Article Format
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
Tandem Nymph Rigging - Nymphing for Beginners Part 1This is the first installment of what I hope becomes a mostly-complete nymphing guide for beginners. I am
probably jumping ahead by starting with tandem rigs, but it's the first thing that really stumped me when
I was first trying to catch on a nymph. It is a compilation of techniques that I have picked up from guides, books and seminars. Since it's refined to include only the methods that seem beginner specific (based on my newbie-ness), it's almost
impossible to give credit to those who probably deserve it. Certainly Ed Engle, Jim Reid and Dave Whitlock inspired me in their own ways. I will cover alternate tandem rigs, strike indicators, weight, high-sticking and nymphing without an indicator in future
installments. 
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Owens, Kern and Walker River |
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Articles - Fly-Fishing Places
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
Photos of Upper and Lower Owens River and the East Walker River Ok, and one picture of Mono Lake... 
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Fishing Trip - Cachuma Lake |
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Articles - Fly-Fishing Places
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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
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Fishing Trip - Cachuma Lake The first stop of our trip was Cachuma Lake. It's my daughters' favorite place to camp and my wife and I decided to bring her for the first leg of our trip. Even though I was skunked (after fishing for maybe an hour), I was glad we went. Lake Cachuma is no longer "dirt camping". It is plush and green there, and the lake is up about 8 feet. Seriously.  |
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East Walker River |
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Articles - Fly-Fishing Places
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Wednesday, 02 April 2008 |
East Walker River I started fishing around 2pm on Tuesday and didn't stop until sunset. I threw nymphs of all shapes, colors and sizes – then I threw dries. Big Rainbows were sipping the surface all over the pool I was standing near. It was frustrating.
The next day, I got up and went to the local fly shop – Ken's Sporting Goods – and got some advice and supplies. Jim Reid is the local Walker River guru, and he was very forthcoming with the suggestions. The most useful of the advice (that I don't think he would mind me repeating) was to keep the nymphs small. Size 18 to 20... small. Also, he said they aren't leader shy, so I used 4X tippet, and it was a good thing. If you want more details, be sure to go by his shop in Bridgeport about 3 miles from the E. Walker River. |
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