PHISHING CALIFORNIA    

STANISLAUS RIVER-MARCH

A HURRIED ONE DAY TRIP TO THE STANISLAUS, AFTER OUR PLANNED TRIP TO THE YUBA WAS BLOWN OUT DUE TO HIGH FLOWS.

THE LOWER STANISLAUS RIVER	JAN HORN	KIT KOHLER HAS ONE ON
TO THE NET	CAUGHT SOMETHING ELSE	STATE FLOWER, THE GOLDEN POPPY

SACRAMENTO RIVER-APRIL

THIS WAS A MID-APRIL TRIP TO THE LOWER SACRAMENTO RIVER WITH MEMBERS OF THE DIABLO VALLEY FLY FISHERMEN. FISHING WITH MY GOOD BUDDY KIT KOHLER, WE FIRST FLOATED THE RIVER WITH GUIDE JOHN BARRY ON FRIDAY AND WADE FISHED SATURDAY, ACCESSING THE RIVER NEAR THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE USED THIS ACCESS BEFORE, IT IS NOW "CONTROLLED AND SECURE" NECESSITATING A VISIT TO THE TREATMENT PLANTS OFFICE TO SIGN A WAIVER AND UNLOCKING THE GATE.

GEARING TO GO	JOHN BARRY AND KIT	MIKE SCHNEIDER
CITY OF REDDING'S NEW JETCRAFT	OUR GROUP DINNER	LATE ARRIVALS WAYNE HOFER & JOHN BARRY

  McCLOUD RIVER-MAY

THE  DVFF ANNUAL OUTING, TO THE McCLOUD RIVER AND THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IS ALWAYS OVER-SUBSCRIBED AND NECESSITATES A LOTTERY FOR SPOTS. SOME STAYED IN THE CONSERVANCY CABIN, WHILE KIT AND I CAMPED AT AH-DI-NAH, MUCH TO OUR DISLIKE AS IT RAINED BUCKETS OFF AND ON FOR THE THREE DAYS.

WELCOME	THE CONSERVANCY GROUNDS	KIT KOHLER	KELLY NG & MATT HOLMES
MARC ERICKSEN	AH-DI-NAH CAMPING	PART OF THE GROUP	BBQ IN THE RAIN

FISH AND CHIPS-JUNE

THIS ANNUAL OUTING OF DVFF MEMBERS, IS A FOUR DAY TRIP TO THE FEATHER RIVER COUNTRY AROUND DAVIS LAKE AND GRAEAGLE, CALIFORNIA. WE SPLIT THE DAYS INTO FISHING AND GOLF. THIS YEAR WE FISHED IN THE AM AND GOLFED IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH THE HIGH WATER CONDITIONS, FROM RUN-OFF OF THE WINTERS HUGE SNOW PACK, THE FISHING VENUES WERE LIMITED THE FEATHER ITS SELF WAS BLOWN OUT AND MANY OF THE NEARBY CREEKS WERE UNFISHABLE. THE GOLF COURSES WERE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, EVEN IF SOME OF OUR GAMES WERE NOT.

RED CLOVER CREEK	SNOW FLOWER	FEATHER RIVER INN	SQUIRREL CREEK
BEAVER POND	PROSSER CREEK	YOURS TRULY	KIT KOHLER & JAN HORN

IN LATE JUNE I TOOK MY GRANDSON, BENJAMIN AND MY SON-IN LAW, ADAM CAMPING AT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SMALL STREAMS NEAR TAHOE. THIS IS AN ANNUAL TRIP WE MAKE, GOING TO A DIFFERENT SPOT EACH YEAR. BENJAMIN LOVES TO FISH, AND HAVING CAUGHT HIS FIRST TROUT AT TWO YEARS OF AGE, HE NOW HAS FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND IS DEVELOPING INTO QUITE A LITTLE ANGLER. THIS PHOTO SHOWS HIM PROUDLY SHOWING OFF A NICE BROWN TROUT WHICH HE RELEASED RIGHT AFTER THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN. THIS UNDOUBTEDLY WAS MY MOST IMPORTANT TRIP OF THE YEAR!

MCCLOUD RIVER WORK PARTY-JUNE 29-JULY1

EACH YEAR A GROUP FROM DVFF UNDERTAKE A WORK PROJECT AT THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ON THE MCCLOUD RIVER. THIS YEAR THERE WERE TWO MAIN TASKS, FIRST HAULING IN AND INSTALLING A NEW 36" PROPANE GAS RANGE IN THE GUEST CABIN. SECOND WAS TO HAUL OUT THE OLD RANGE, AN OLD REFRIGERATOR AND GENERATOR, AS WELL AS MUCH ASSORTED SCRAP AND JUNK. THE PICTURES BELOW PRIMARILY DEAL WITH THE NEW STOVE AND THE DIFFICULT TASK OF MOVING DOWN THE HALF MILE NARROW, ROCKY TRAIL TO THE CABIN. WHILE MOST OF THE TIME WAS SPENT WORKING, THERE WAS A FEW HOURS EACH DAY FOR FISHING.

DOWN THE TRAIL	TIGHT SPOT	MAKING PROGRESS	GETTING CLOSE

ARRIVING AT THE CABIN	INSTALLED AND WORKING!	MARC ERICKSEN LETTING ONE GO

SAN JOAQUIN RIVER-AUGUST 22-27

DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW-PACK THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS A JULY CONFLICT, WE SCHEDULED OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO THIS RIVER FOR ABOUT A MONTH LATER THEN USUAL. WE WERE NOT DISAPPOINTED, THE RIVER CONDITIONS WERE IDEAL!  FISHING WAS GOOD, AND THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT.

THIS JOURNAL IS A DEPARTURE FROM MY OTHERS, AS MANY OF THESE PHOTOS ARE NOT MINE. THEY WERE CONTRIBUTED BY WAYNE HOFER AND JOYCE HOFFMAN.

THE BEAUTIFUL SAN JOAQUIN	THE CANYON SECTION	WADING THE CANYON
OUR CAMP KITCHEN	EARLY MORNING CHILL	KIT & I IN THE CANYON

GREG REIMERS	JIM MCCOMBS	JOYCE HOFFMAN	WAYNE HOFER

ON THE RIVER TRAIL	BROWN TROUT	GOLDEN/RAINBOW HYBRID

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