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HERE WE GO AGAIN, ANOTHER YEAR FISHING SOME OF OUR FAVORITE WATERS WITH MANY OF MY OLD FISHING FRIENDS. A DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR, IS THAT I'M GOING TO BE LEARNING AND USING A FLY FISHING TECHNIQUE. THAT IS IT IS NEW TO ME, BUT HAS BEEN USED IN JAPAN FOR CENTURIES....IT'S CALLED TENKARA. AFTER I GET SOME EXPERIENCE WITH TENKARA, I WILL POST A PAGE ABOUT THOSE EXPERIENCES AND THE TECHNIQUE. AS I START THIS YEARS PAGE, MY FIRST PLANNED TRIP IS TO BE A RETURN TO CHRISTMAS ISLAND. I WAS LAST THERE IN 2007 AND HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME I AM GOING BACK WITH THREE FRIENDS WHO WILL BE EXPERIENCING THE GREAT BONEFISHING FOR THEIR FIRST TIME. AND OF COURSE WE WILL AGAIN BE GOING BACK TO THE GREEN RIVER IN UTAH. ANOTHER PLANNED ADVENTURE IS TAKING A NUMBER OF MEMBERS FROM DIABLO VALLEY FLY FISHERMEN VIA HORSEBACK DEEP INTO THE HIGH SIERRAS TO THE MONO CREEK AREA. IN SEPTEMBER I WILL BE RETURNING TO BRITISH COLUMBIA TO FISH FOR STEELHEAD ON THE SUSTUT RIVER. AN ADDED HIGHLIGHT IN 2010 WILL BE TAKING MY ELEVEN YEAR OLD GRANDSON TO FLY FISH CAMP IN JUNE. ALTHOUGH HE HAS FISHED SINCE HE WAS THREE, THIS WILL BE A REAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR BENJAMIN. IT SHOULD BE
ANOTHER WONDERFUL YEAR ! ! !
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