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Glad to hear your friend had a good day. It's days like that that we can look back on to brighten the tough times in years to come.

I haven't visited this board for quite a while, sad to see the...

Thanks El Ray, I'll check out Diamond Lake.

Thanks for the report guys. Our family is going camping tomorrow, heading up to Crater Lake, then across to the coast and back down to Sacramento. I have young kids and was wondering if you could...

I had the good fortune to be able to take one of my kids out with Charlie again this year for shad fishing. Charlie worked his magic again and Cooper and I had slam bang fun. We landed about 15...

It turned out that my 6 year old and I fished the Lower Sac on April 1st. It kind of happened back-handed, with my buddy initially booking the trip and later asking if I wanted to split the day/cost...

Shigpspeed,
I find the polarization function of these Smiths to be VERY good. I took them right down to my pond Christmas morning and could see underwater structure better than with my...

Thanks for all the input guys. I think the idea of going when it's not too chilly is good for when Cooper goes along. The one time I floated the LS was in late February and it WAS a bit chilly for...

I fished the Lower Sac a few winters ago and had a good day. I hear certain times of the year it can be 'epic.' My son is getting old enough that he could spend a day in a drift boat and I am...

Smith Optics replied very promptly and recommended using a post-it note to cover part of the lens, similar to Jbird's suggestion. The test showed a dramatic density difference between the covered...

SHig,
Yes, the lenses are copper colored and mirrored. I hadn't thought to search the Smith site to see if they offer non-polarchromic copper colored mirror lenses. That's a great way to know if...

Those are exactly the glasses I got (Passage tortoise shell frame with copper polarchromic mirrored lenses). I suspect someone changed the lenses on them and I guess I'll have to ask my wife if she...

Yeah, they do, but that's because I didn't move the camera between shots. I wish I had put my wristwatch in the frame so you could see that time had, in fact, passed between the shots. You'll just...

Does anyone have the "polarchromic" sunglasses from Smith? I was excited to get them for Christmas and they are great in every way, except I can't detect ANY color change between dim conditions and...

Jigger, congratulations on your hook ups. Strong work for the Yuba.

If that's your first jaunt upstream of the bridge, be sure to check the flows before you go again. That last crossing you...

I went upstream of the HWY 20 bridge on Thursday. Tried swinging, indicator nymphing (including the San Juan) and some searching dry fly action. I MAY have had a bump swinging, but that was it. ...

For what it is worth, the few times I have had success with the bead technique (for trout/steelhead) I had gone through several color changes without getting a single fish, then when I found the...

Jeannie,
Very nice pictures. Thanks for posting them, keep more coming.
Kurt

Peter, good to hear it's clear. And thanks for the tips about the flies. Very generous of you. Love the sparkle dun. I've yet to catch a fish with the San Juan, but I'll be sure to give it...

It's about a 2 hour drive for me to fish the lower Yuba. I am hoping to head up there soon and am wondering if the recent rain would have muddied the water too much. I see that the Deer Creek flow...

My daughter was 9 when she started using a kid's pair of Cabela's waders. They were a bit baggy the first year, even though she's always been kind of big for her age, but she had no problem and they...

Probably best suited for lakes? I am kind of in the market for river-capable pontoon.

I was lucky enough to get in on Ryan Miller and Adrian Psuty's riverside workshop covering all things spey last Sunday. Prior to the class, I'd only held a two handed rod once before and was...

Ryan Miller guided me for a great day on the Yuba. I'd posted a detailed account with photos to give his business a plug, but now he's booked up.
I couldn't figure out how to just delete the...

Thanks, everyone for the great advice. I got home pretty late from work tonight, so I'll do more research on the various brands that were recommended tomorrow. Any further input would be...

I'm interested in getting a pontoon, but don't know much about them. I am hoping some board members can give me some recommendations regarding good ones to look at.
Mostly I will be using it for...