Even though all the rivers had been dammed up by then the fishing was still wonderful.



In the Spring we had big runs of Spring King salmon, Spring Half-pounders, Stripers and Shad.

In the Fall we had Fall King salmon and Fall Steelhead runs.

In the Winter we had Winter-run Eel river strain Steelhead.

We had good Smallmouth bass fishing in many rivers and creeks.

I can only imagine the LMB in the Delta back then?


I was introduced to all this good fishing by a group of old time Sacramento fly fishers.

These members of the Greatest Generation took us Baby Boomers with them.

They were also the founding members of the California Fly Fishers Unlimited.

Most of them were involved in World War II and/or the Korean War.

I can only image the fishing and hunting they had growing up in America in the 1920s and 1930s?


Slowly all this fishing and hunting has slipped away.....




* I worked in a big sporting goods store 50 years ago and the week before the Pheasant season opener they had to bring in a bunch

of people to sell hunting licenses, tags and shotgun shells to the massive amount of hunters.


There were camp grounds between Sacramento and Redding where hundreds of people came for these huge runs of fish.