Being A California "Old-Timer" Fly Angler

You know you're an "Old Time" California fly angler when:

1---You fished  the Upper Sac starting in  '70 way before "the '91 spill"

2---You fished  Martis Lake at its "Wild Trout" opening in '79 and  it's hey-day of the '80's

3---Your first flyrod was a fiberglass 8' 6-weight...'70

4---Your first graphite rod was the industry's first production rod by Fenwick...'74

5---Fished  the Truckee River before there were special regulations...'70's

6---Fishing the McCloud River before at the arrival of the Nature Conservancy...'70-'73

7---The nostalgia of "Opening Day" in California; when there was no winter trout stream angling

8---Being one of only three (3) fly fishing guides in the Tahoe/Truckee area...'84...currently a joke!

9---Reserving a cabin and fished Hot Creek as early as '72...using the hot springs before its closure

10-Fishing the Merced River in winter; outside western entry to Yosemite, highway 120...mid '70's