BELOW HIGHWAY 20 BRIDGE
WAYNE HOFER, FISHING BUDDY
PHLY PHISHING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
ON THIS FIRST PAGE, I WILL BE COMPILING PHOTOS OF FISHING TRIPS TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. MOST OF THESE WILL BE ONE AND TWO DAY TRIPS TO WATERS WITHIN EASY DRIVING DISTANCE OF OUR HOME. SOME OF THESE WATERS OFFER OUTSTANDING FISHING AS WELL AS BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND I WILL ATTEMPT TO SHOW YOU BOTH.
YUBA RIVER
MARCH 2004
Beyond every bend in a stream lies a new fishing challenge, for no pool, riffle or rapids is just like the previous one.
Dick Sternberg
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BELOW HIGHWAY 20 BRIDGE |
WAYNE HOFER, FISHING BUDDY |
SACRAMENTO
RIVER
APRIL 2004
BELOW ARE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN APRIL 2ND ON THE LOWER SACRAMENTO RIVER NEAR REDDING, CALIFORNIA. ESPECIALLY NOTE WORTHY IS THE NEW REDDING FOOT BRIDGE CROSSING THE RIVER. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE WORKS, AND IS NOW JUST ABOUT COMPLETE. IT IS TRULY A UNIQUE DESIGN, AND GETS MORE IMPRESSIVE THE CLOSER YOU GET! LOOK AT HOW THEY INCORPORATED GREEN TINTED GLASS PANELS IN THE TREAD, BEAUTIFUL FROM BOTH ABOVE AND BELOW.
FISHING WAS SLOW, BUT ALL CAUGHT FISH AND LOST MORE.
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| KIT KOHLER AT LAUNCH | JOHN BARRY AND KIT | JOHN, ME AND RAINBOW |
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| JOHN'S DRIFT BOAT | THE NEW REDDING FOOTBRIDGE | NOTE GLASS UNDERSIDE OF WALKWAY |
FISHING IS MORE THAN A SPORT. IT IS A WAY OF THINKING AND DOING, A WAY OF REVIVING THE MIND AND BODY. Roderick Haig-Brown |
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A GOOD GAME FISH IS TOO VALUABLE TO BE CAUGHT ONLY ONCE. Lee Wulff |
McCLOUD RIVER NATURE CONSERVANCY WORK PARTY
WHILE THE FOLLOWING ISN'T FISHING, IT DOES PERTAIN TO THE SPORT. EACH YEAR OUR CLUB, THE DIABLO VALLEY FLY FISHERMEN, HAS A WORK PARTY ON THE NATURE CONSERVANCY'S PRESERVE ON THE McCLOUD RIVER ABOVE LAKE SHASTA. DVFF HAS SUPPORTED THE PRESERVE BOTH FINANCIALLY AND THROUGH VOLUNTEER WORK EFFORTS SINCE IT'S INCEPTION. THIS YEAR OR LABOR WAS USED TO, RELOCATED SIGNAGE, TRAILS AND FENCING, AS WELL AS HAULING OUT RESIDUAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FROM THE RECENT REMODELING OF THE ASSOCIATES CABIN.
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| CONSCRIPTED LABOR | FRED PETERSON & JIM McCOMBS | MARC ERICKSEN | POINTING TO DVFF ON SIGN |
SHAD FISHING THE SACRAMENTO RIVER
MAY 2004
WHEN THE SHAD ARE RUNNING IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER, YOU KNOW IT HAS TO BE MAY! NO OTHER MONTH, HAS AS MANY OF THESE ANADROMOUS BEAUTIES EAGER TO TAKE A FLY.
FISHING APPROXIMATELY A MILE NORTH OF PRINCETON, FISHING BUDDY WAYNE HOFER, HIS FRIEND T.R. KONCHER AND I WERE IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF FISHING GUIDE ED MARCILLAC, WHO PUT US ON A GRAVEL BAR ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER WHERE WE ALL CAUGHT A FAIR NUMBER OF THESE FEISTY SILVER FISH.
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| T.R. AND A SERIOUS WARNING | WAYNE BRINGING ONE IN |
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| PRETTY SHAD | BENDING THE ROD | NICE HEN SHAD |
"THE TROUT DO NOT RISE IN THE CEMETERY, SO YOU BETTER DO YOUR FISHING WHILE YOUR ABLE." Sparse Grey Hackle |
SIERRA NEVADA TRIP
JUNE 2004
FOR THREE DAYS IN EARLY JUNE, WAYNE HOFER AND I EXPLORED A NUMBER OF STREAMS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS. WE BEGAN OUR TRIP ON YELLOW CREEK IN PLUMAS COUNTY, THEN MOVED ON TO INDIAN CREEK, THE FEATHER AND TRUCKEE RIVERS AND FINALLY ENDED UP ON (get a load of this mouthful) THE EAST FORK OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER.
YELLOW CREEK IS FIRST MAJOR CONSERVATION AND REHABILITATION PROJECT OF CALIFORNIA TROUT. THEIR WORK ON THIS FINE SPRING CREEK IN THE EARLY 70'S, IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW WATERS CAN RECOVER IF GIVEN HALF A CHANCE!
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| LOWER YELLOW CREEK | WAYNE ON YELLOW CREEK | FISHING AT DUSK |
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| TRUCKEE RIVER | AMERICAN RIVER RAINBOW | EAST FORK OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER |
DVFF FISH & CHIP OUTING
JUNE 2004
EACH YEAR OUR CLUB THE DIABLO VALLEY FLY FISHERMEN, HAS A COMBINATION, FISHING AND GOLF OUTING. THIS YEAR IT WAS IN A NEW VENUE, THE GRAEAGLE/FEATHER RIVER AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 89 NORTH OF TAHOE. THE OUTING WAS PUT TOGETHER BY JOHN BARRY WHO GREW UP ON THESE WATERS. OUR GROUP OF 17 INCLUDED 11 FROM DVFF.
WE FISHED DAVIS LAKE AND THE FEATHER RIVER, BOTH YIELDED FEW FISH. THE DAMSEL FLIES WERE JUST BEGINNING TO BECOME ACTIVE ON THE LAKE AND FISHING SHOULD BE BETTER QUICKLY.
GOLF TOOK PLACE ON THREE COURSES, ONE OF WHICH IS FAMED "DRAGON" COURSE AT GOLD MOUNTAIN PURPORTED TO BE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST COURSES IN CALIFORNIA. FROM THE NUMBER OF LOST BALLS AND HIGH SCORES, IT SURELY WAS UP TO IT'S REPUTATION! WE ALSO PLAYED PLUMAS PINES AND GRAEAGLE MEADOWS, BOTH ARE LOVELY COURSES.
BELOW ARE A FEW PHOTOS FROM THE TRIP. NO FISH PICTURES.
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| ANDY DIXON, ME, ED RABINOWE & ALAN RAY | ANDY DIXON | DON ANDERSON, JOHN & MARY BARRY |
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| KIT KOHLER ON DAVIS LAKE | RUSTY MCBRIDE ON THE FEATHER | STORY TIME |
JUNE 14,2004
