It had been a couple of weeks since the last Delta venture and the itch was getting pretty bad. The weather forecast called for low to no wind for the 2 days before Christmas and the water temperatures had reportedly even come up into the low 50’s over the past week. …continue reading Delta Solo 12/23/05
Despite dropping water temps already down to the mid 50’s, the first solo trip since the boat restoration was surprisingly successful. …continue reading Delta Solo 12/9/05
My brother flew down from Seattle for 4 days over the Thanksgiving weekend to fish the Delta with me. …continue reading Delta with Brandon 11/29/05
Trey Combs, in his book Steelhead Fly Fishing, mentions a game John Farrar introduced him to. “The rules are simple. If you had money and time in equal abundance, and could pick one different river each month, anywhere in the world, to provide the very best fishing for Salmo and Oncorhynchus in its most glamorous sea-run forms, Atlantic salmon, sea trout, steelhead, and sea-run cutthroat, what would be your twelve choices?
The rivers of Norway, Scotland, Canada, and the United States get the imagination rolling. Including Argentina, with its opposite seasons, puts a nice spin on the game. Given these deceptively simple parameters, I hold that only one river stands singly and unassailably for a given month. This is the river, the month is November, and the fish, of course, is the steelhead. Ragging debates attend nearly every other choice”.
“Let the abuse begin”, was his declaration as he tossed a Sage gear bag and 2 dozen high-end fly rods into the back of the truck. …continue reading Delta with Al 11/7/05
“Ok Dave, the sun is set to rise at 6:33am. That means we need to be in the water by 6:00. …continue reading Delta with Dave 11/1/2005
We Done Gone Fishin This One Day by Erica …continue reading Delta with Erica 10/27/05
