I'm headed up in 2 weeks... planning to fish somewhere between the South Umpqua and the upper Suislaw for several days. Bringing our raft so we will have some flexibility. Last year we R2'd some...
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I'm headed up in 2 weeks... planning to fish somewhere between the South Umpqua and the upper Suislaw for several days. Bringing our raft so we will have some flexibility. Last year we R2'd some...
Saw a couple redds on the South Fork near Coloma in December before the highwater. They are in there!
This is HUGE... been waiting 20+ years for this project to start!
Jon Baiocchi used to say that when fishing dry flies, you need to think like a hockey coach. Would you keep the same hockey player on the ice for 30 minutes? Of course not... as soon as a fly is...
Anyone been to Kirman Lake past couple years? My understanding is that DFG started stocking brookies and cutts again around 2019. If so, that lake will have grown some nice fish by now. Planning...
That’s a nice raft and a very good value for someone... I would buy it but I just bought a top-shelf 14.5 Wing, new frame, new trailer, the works!
Are you upgrading or getting out of float trips?
Ha, good one! No one will ever find that spotted carp honey hole.
John
sixrivers... let me know if you want to go whitewater boating sometime... I just got back from the Smith (BoatSmith 2022), and live in the Gold County about a mile from the South Fork American River....
I literally just ordered three 10-foot Sawyer MXS oars and three Dynalite blades last week, new, from Sawyer... $1,280 including shipping.
I wish you posted these last week... are you upgrading,...
Moving water is a different beast. What is "safe" depends on your skills at rowing, self rescue, swiftwater rescue, and risk awareness and aversion, etc... that craft is not something I think of as...
I rowed a private trip on the Middle Fork Salmon in 2021 with an August 22 launch date. Because of the fire at the Boundary Creek put-in, and the historically low water, we flew all our gear into...
Found this 1/8th oz. crystalline nugget on the Chili Bar section of the South Fork of the American river a couple years ago.
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That still happens. :) The evidence disappears quicker due to the increasing population of GWS.
My first trip ever on the MF Salmon is this year in August. Private trip. My wife will be in a hard shell kayak, and I will split between kayaking and rowing a gear raft. Bunch of fishermen (and...
Massive heart attack while guiding clients on MF Feather. He was 54 and in great shape. Amazing impact he had on so many people.
My wife and I are crushed... we fished with him just two weeks ago, with plans to see him again soon. I only fished with him once but we had a ton in common, we are the same age, and he seemed like...
Just sent you an email... In for May 8.
John
I am so sick of the vermin destroying California. Really takes the fun out of fishing when you have to worry all day if your truck is going to get broken into or stolen while on the water. Is...
My next trip is planned for the last week of May (2021)... to Savannah, GA for redfish. Fingers crossed this doesn't get cancelled like my other out-of-state trips last year.
John
Did they appear to be Latin American? 15 years ago a house across the street (in Redwood City) was raided by ATF/DEA/FBI and in summary, the occupants turned out to be high level El Salvadoran drug...
But gill netting at the river mouths is still OK, right? Asking for a friend.
Grrrr....
The wife-unit and I have a date with Lance on June 26, 2020 for the Hex Tour on Lake Almanor... we can't wait!
John
John, do you mostly fish while sitting, or do you feel comfortable standing in that Hobie?
I have a Browning Maxus that has been flawless. Light 2.75” dove loads up to 3.5” geese artillery, all function great. Not for sale, but wouldn’t hesitate to recommend. Can’t go wrong with a Rem...
I use them inside a conventional wading boot when I am wading without waders. They are a sock, not a slip on shoe-sock with a sole.
John