“Pilots” – the largest growing trout native to North America also known as the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout once thought extinct but resurrected in the last decade. In 1995 a genetic reservoir of the Lahontan Cutthroat was discovered near Pilot Peak Utah. Known as “Pilots”, monster catches in the last couple years point to the unprecedented…
Two years ago at the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show, I decided to upgrade my float tube. Convinced by Don Cheserek that the ultimate tube was a Dave Scaddon Zonker, I bought one and mounted a Bixby Jet on it to fish Henderson Springs last year which got cancelled. This year’s Henderson Springs trip…
I hope that after I die, a small group of friends might meet every year after my death and have a good time in my memory Two of the group are gone now, 8 remain and all are pushing 80 or more. Sometimes I feel like the historian for this event being the youngest at…
I left the house optimistic that the wind would finally die down so I could fish the Racks. Like last year this month, this is the time when the water starts to warm and big stripers start getting aggressive as they begin to spawn. Full moons, wind currents and warmer water (around 60) makes those…
My memories of the first time I ever fished Pyramid lake are bit fuzzy. It was on a fishout with the San Jose Flycasters around 1973. The 5 hour drive from San Jose made me think that it was on another planet at the time. The stories I had heard about easily catching fish…
I had to look back nearly two years to find out when I last caught a trout. Half the equipment I own is geared towards trout fishing and this last weekend I was ready to start a new love affair with this fish. My cousin Wayne’s invitation, we decided to fish the Yuba…
Friday March 5 2021 – Fishing has definitely picked up on the forebay today. Catching 25 is always better than catching 2. The water temp is up to 59 degrees but the visibility is still about three feet. Last night there was a big moon and the solunar table was pretty pessimistic today. The weather…
Monday February 22, 2021 – After scouting the Forebay on Friday, I was about to cancel Monday with Don on the Forebay. It’s getting hard to catch fish and I had my doubts about being able to catch fish basically blind casting from a chair. But as it turns out, I got out-fished by…
February 19, 2021 – The difference between a really bad day and 21 fish can be the last couple hours of the day as it was today. I remember many “magic hour” sessions on trout streams when the whole day boils down to half an hour of crazy fishing. It felt like that…
Valentines Day – Feb 14, 2021 – I didn’t really massacre the fish today but it was better than Minimum Wage. Just one of those titles that makes you read the post. Fishing from 11:00-4:00, I hooked over 20 fish and landed 18. It was definitely an improvement over my last trip to the…
Sunday Feb 7, 2021 -After a pretty good day Friday on the Forebay and some good report on Saturday from the lake, I decided to go check out the lake to see if its turning on. Tim had a decent minimum wage day at the lake and the water has been reported to be…
Friday Feb 5, 2021 I really enjoyed fishing the forebay today. Today I had the honor and pleasure of fishing around Brian, Vaughn and Dan most of the day. We even cornered some stripers between the boats like we use to years ago. Yesterday Vaughn told me Bryce Tedford was going to be at…
Sunday January 31, 2021 – The last day of January 2021 was a beautiful day. I caught 12 stripers, I fished with Brian, Vaughn and Dan Blanton and met some new fly fishermen. I’ve decided to call a day that I catch only 1 or 2 fish an hour a “minimum wage” day. It was…
Friday Jan 29, 2021 – The seemingly longest week of work always falls after a great day of fishing. This week was especially long with the first big chain of rain storms that drenched the bay area all week. I was aiming at Saturday to get back out but the storms cleared up a…
I’ve been a gear head for most of my fly fishing years, always looking for the better rod or flies, the newest lines, the best boat I could afford and electronics -lots of electronics. The first fish finder I ever owned was a Fish Lo K Tor flasher (the little green box). One of…
Saturday Jan 23, 2021 -For most of the week, it looked like the weather would prevent me from fishing Friday through Monday. It seemed like everyone was fishing the Forebay with some success on my work days this week. Friday was blown out and it looked like rain and wind from Saturday to Monday. The…
Perhaps the most memorable clip of film and music I have ever heard, that brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear it, especially in these dark days, is from Richard Harris at the end of the movie Camelot (1967). Arthur stumbles across a young boy who begs to fight in the “last” battle and become a…
Sunday January 17, 2020 Perhaps the best January Forebay Trip ever, yesterday Ken Oda and I fished O’neill Forebay and found large schools of good fish cruising the shallow depths of the Forebay. I was very excited to have Ken in the boat yesterday. It is not often enough for me after knowing him…
Sunday Jan 10, 2021 – I’m beginning to think that 10 days into 2021, this year is going to be crappier than last year but not so the fishing at O’neill Forebay. I dont remember a past January day on O’Neill Forebay that was as fun as today with my good friend Don. It didn’t…
Friday January 8, 2021 – The first work week of the year flew by for me in anticipation of fishing the lake this weekend. Even though the reports as of yesterday suggested I should go to the Forebay instead, I decided to see if I could go back a week later and duplicate my…
Friday Jan 1, 2021 – The Season of Covid continues into a brand new year. This year on the lake has been a unique experience for me. I owe the lake my sanity. Fishing alone on the lake is probably the safest place I could be both physically and mentally and for that I am…
Saturday December 26, 2020 – Don and I managed to get out on San Luis Reservoir before the rains. It started out pretty bumpy in the morning and we both knew the cold weather might make it tough to catch fish but we were both optimistic and managed to catch a coupled nice fish. We…
Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at more than 2,100 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad. To honor Nicholas Gray , we celebrate the placing of a…
Friday December 19, 2020 – Last week on the forebay with Tony Yap was a pretty fantastic as December days go. I thought that it was perhaps an accident that things went so well and I was anxious to get back to forebay to test some things we discovered on our last trip. The day…
Friday Dec 11, 2020 -I have known of Tony Yap for many years but today I had the pleasure of fishing with him for the first time on O’neill Forebay. It was a day to remember. We had a great day on the water today despite heading to the lake at 7:00 with wind…
