Over the years, you learn that you should fish when the fishing is good and you should still fish when the fishing is bad. This week the fishing has been good at the racks . Having fished it three times in the last 5 days, I am especially grateful to the DWR for leaving…
After the great day we had at the racks last tuesday, I got a report from a friend about some big fish being caught at the racks and wednesday. Once in awhile a school of really big fish move into the racks and feed at a reasonable fly fishing depth. RIchard and I headed for…
I sometimes think of the Trash Racks as 4 giant teeth in need of flossing. Finally with a windless day in the forecast, I had a chance to make good on my promise to take Richard to the Trash Racks for a real “session”. My fellow veteran boat buddies, Tim and Brian, had…
Brian got his personal best striper on the Lake on Wednesday fishing a calm wind day on the racks. Brian had an epic day catching 45 good fish at the racks including the big one that he measured and weighed . According to Brian the fish was 39 inches and weighed 28 lbs. The fish…
Saturday June 11, 2022 – How about those Warriors beating the Celtics in Boston in Game 4 or the NBA Finals. Attending a Warriors Game party yesterday, I ran into my good friend Steve Sakamaki. Steve and I fished Jurasik Lake in 2018 and we really had not seen each other since before Covid. I…
Pleasure, Happiness, and a Seized Spark Plug What do neuroscience, Buddhism, Taoism, and Stoicism have in common? Turns out, quite a bit. They’ve all reached the same quiet truth: pleasure is not happiness. Fly fishing brings me tremendous joy, but yesterday I discovered a curious thing—I was just as happy extracting a seized spark plug…