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Nice to see his genuine enthusiasm after so many fish.

Bill, click the little filmstrip icon and paste in the youtube url. Then watch the magic happen.

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I fish the Catskills as I now live in NYC. My favourite stop in Roscoe is Dette's fly shop - the oldest family-run fly shop in the country.

Walter Dette's obituary:...

Not that it matters to me either way, but a tenkara rod, line, tippet seems a lot cheaper than the equivalent traditional rig.

I use both; the tenkara less often. On small streams with a 7'6" 2wt...

Steelhead:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU4BsDkplkU

Tenkara and salmon:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G11kBwGQhvo

A 14" rainbow was the largest; 5" brown the smallest. I moved a lot and fished mostly nymphs. Had a small rod with me otherwise I would have tried a streamer through some of the larger holes and...

The kid (nephew) decided to go skiing instead so that left me to fish alone.

Hit the UO for a few hours. Pretty spot. 9 fish on, 6 to the net. Three of those were on dry flies as there was an...

Thanks for that, stickboy.

Thanks, stickboy. That's the Lower Owens? Will check it out.

Thanks for the tips. Never fished the gorge - could I do so by rock hopping? Pain in the ass to fly waders and boots in for one day. Maybe I can rent at troutfitter.

Thanks, Larry.

So it look like the only open water is Hot Creek and certain sections of the U Owens. Is the L Owens is closed? The Gorge? Never fished the latter.

It's been awhile since I've...

I know there are a few rivers or sections open, but is there any point in bringing a rod?

I'll be with a 10-year-old and would love to help him get his first trout.

Thanks.

The water above SC is fairly untouched. None of the 12" monsters you find downstream, but there are fish in every place you think they should be. Haypress Creek which flows through the Wild Plum...

Agreed about the solid staff. I stopped in a hardware store in Burney and grabbed a broom stick and some paracord. They drilled a hole for me and I was good to go.

The thing about the Pitt is that...

Thanks, for responding, Bill. Does that mean the Eastern Sierras? I'm leaning that way. I'd do the Pit if I had someone with me, but it seems like it could be a slog.

Looks like I'm in the same boat. Now have Fri to Mon and a little camper, so the Yuba (parking issues aside) will wait for another time.

Talked to Bob at the TFay fly shop and he said the U Sac...

I have guys stand there and look at my car as I was gearing up. Guys with meth lesions up and down their bodies. I waited them out until they got bored and moved on. Then there was quad guy.

I'll...

Thanks. Real shame.

May have a chance to head up there for a day next weekend. Haven't fished there in a few years and the last few times have been pretty sketchy for parking - had a bunch of people check out my car - a...

Yeah, but that one hot fish lives in a river of tears.

Thanks.

The Truckee broke my heart a few times so I guess I should give it another shot. If the Yosemite passes are closed I need to go up that direction anyway. And I'd love to try the ML area...

Hi - I may take a trip to SF and can tack on a few days to fish.

I have fished the NF Yuba, Yuba, Up Sac & Low Sac, Truckee and the Mammoth Lakes streams: Hot Creek, Up & Low Owens and I love to...

That must be the guy who drive his quad down to where I was standing in the water and turned it around at the river's edge, then gunned it sending a spray of gravel and water over me.

I just spent 10 days on the west coast in San Juan del Sur. Beautiful country, but no ff opportunity that I could see. There is a guide in SJ that focuses on deep sea or inshore trolling. I guess you...

Once this season. Maybe twice.

The certain one was on a river with a lot of floating algae. Once I hooked up the algae snagged on the line at the hook and a 14" brown suddenly weighed 5 lbs. I got...