Another great day on the Walker!

Tanner and I took off to the Walker again yesterday, and once again, we killed'em. The fishing was so good! I landed between 50 and 70 fish including two big ones. It was so great, I was able to anticipate hits before the fish even took the fly. Here are a few of the photos from our trip.

Tanner with a beautiful wild brown.

Bigfoot print?

Tanner and I fished Caples creek today and came across this very interesting footprint. At first I thought that it was from a large hiking boot but then I noticed faint toe prints. If you look closely to the left of the print, you may be able to see a couple of impressions that, to me, look like toes. The print was in an area where the ground was slightly softer than the surrounding soil. My guess is that the area had a lasting patch of snow that was slowly melting over the last couple of months which made the ground wet. The area of the print where it shows the sole of the foot was slightly lower than the area of the toes. The toe area was drier while it was obvious that muddy water had settled in the sole area and then dried. The print measured 15.5 in length and 5 inches wide. I know that it's really hard to make out the toe prints from the photo but up close in person, it was much more clear. I'm thinking of going back to make a plaster cast of the print. It's a remote place and very rugged though, i'm not looking forward to the hike back in. About an hour after seeing the print, Tanner heard some loud wood knocking near by which is is a way that some primates communicate with each other. Unfortunately, I did not hear what Tanner heard as I was a few dozen yards away playing with Foxy.
As for the fishing, it was tough. They are emptying Caples lake which meant that the creek was raging high and fast. I did manage to catch four wild Rainbow trout while Tanner landed a wild Brown trout.




One of the photos of the print.



Tanner on top of the mountain on the hike back to the car.
I found the print down in that first canyon right behind Tanner.



Me and Foxy.

Burney falls

Some photos of the last year

While going through my photos, I realized that there were some that I had forgotten about that really should have been posted. The first two photos are from an afternoon that we spent at the American river, the last two are from Maya's first Halloween.

Fishing with Tanner

Well, it's that time of year again, fishing season. For those of you who even casually know me, you know that I am a complete fishing addict. And, of all the different times of year to fish, my favorite is summer fishing for trout in the Eastern Sierra's. The Sierra trout are not the biggest fish, but there is something so special about being on a cool mountain stream and fly casting for beautiful trout.


This year, I have picked up a new fishing partner, my cousin Tanner. We have gone fishing on Truckee river for beautiful wild trout as well as the East Carson and West Walker rivers. We just came back from a two day trip on the West Walker. The fishing was AMAZING! We had hundreds of hook-ups and many dozen fish each. Here are a few of the photos taken over the last couple of days.

Tanner on the East Carson.


This is a photo of one of the bigger fish that I caught on the
West Walker, a 16 inch rainbow trout.

Tanner with a nice fish.

We had several double hook-ups!

Tanner with a real nice fish.

Sorry it's been so long!

Several fans of the blog have been emailing me with complaints about updating the blog. Im sorry but I have been so busy the last two or three months. I am now the the department chair for the Social Science department. That little development towards the end of the school year added quite a bit of work for me as the semester came to an end. I have also been fishing my tail off ever since the end of school. Raquel, Maya, Foxy, and I have all been busy on our usual adventures since the last posting. I will try to get into each one of them when I can. For now, here are some photos from the last couple of months.




Maya's first Easter egg hunt


Maya and Dad on a hike.


Maya and Mom in the rose garden in Golden Gate park.


Maya getting ready for her first swim.


Maya's first time in a pool.