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In the past 50 years, access to rivers, streams, and lakes has been going away.




Up in the mountains you used to be able to drive into many lakes where there was good access.

Some had...

Thanks John H,

I like that sparce Clouser.

Yes, Joshua, many are excited to get out after those Shad too.

Early and late is better, especially if you are new to it.



If you can afford it, try to get out with a good Shad guide like...

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I have always promoted early retirement and "travel big" as soon as you can.

John H is already "living the life".

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He can take you out on the beautiful lower Yuba River for Shad, Stripers, Steelhead, and wild Rainbow trout.

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9'6"#6 line rod in 4 pc is one of my favorite size fly rods.

Great for half-pounders and Steelhead.

Good Shad rod too.

Good for a heavier float tubing rod.


The #6 weight fly fishing...

It is "Big Sugar" for sure.

They run their toxic affluence into the massive Lake Okeechobee.

When the lake gets too high from rain, they let this nasty water go in huge canals in both...

Call and talk with Matt who has been there for over 30 years and knows fly fishing well.

This trip would be good for single anglers, couples, or families. $599.00 per angler.
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The River Dee was a famous river for Atlantic salmon and now it is being repaired with this dam removal.

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Thanks Smitty

Thanks, Dave......great news.

Is it Richard Anderson?

Are there any lakes in Desolation that still have Golden trout?

Someone contacted me with this question.

How would a July backpacking trip in there be this year?



Thanks for any help.

It is hard to find two-piece fly rods now.

I am assuming it is 9 feet long?

Greg said he was with Andy on Folsom Lake about two weeks ago.

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Greg and I go way back and he knows the entire State of California better than anyone I know.

This is because he had a business that allowed him to call on every retail store that sold fly fishing...

We used to fish McCumber and Manzanita on the same weekend.

Manzanita Lake is one of the most unique lakes in Nor Cal.

We fished there in the 1970s and '80s but have not been there since they...

Yes, Gordon, we were very fortunate to be able to spend some time with those men of the Great Generation.

They are all gone now, so I guess we are the old-timers now.


Al Perryman named them...

George Innes and I fly-fished it in the 1970s, near the Hwy 1 bridge.

There is very little access to this river and it has no dams.

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Yes, Now I remember some of those other fly reels that were copies of the Hardy Lightweight series, made in Japan.

They were kind of nice little inexpensive reels.

Thanks again Rich for your...