TRUCKEE TRIVIA #28

Question:

Where is this?

Snow, rain, sun and snow...

A BELATED REPORT:

BEEN REALLY BUSY SHOVELING AND PUSHING SNOW ...sometimes wet and other times fluffy..OFF THE BACK DECK...RUNNING OUT OF STORAGE/STACKING AREAS...I'M GUESSING A MINIMUM  6' AT OUR HOME AT 6500' IN TRUCKEE SINCE THE START OF THESE CONTINUING SNOWS.

Well thus far it has been an interesting New Year, geographically, socially and weather-wise.

We both attended our very first New Year's Eve wedding. The son of a fraternity brother got married during a religious ceremony, followed by dinner, drinking , dancing, fireworks (filtered)along the SF waterfront......and two nights in my boyhood room in North Beach.

 Outdoor Deck...cocktails...before, during and after food

Dancing Music 

Happy New Year!!

SF Bay...and Bay Bridge

On Jan 2 we headed back "up the mountain" into a low snow-line at Colfax at mid-day and happy and comfy at home awaiting the weather. Its been snow, rain, sun, blue skies, snow, slush on and off for the last two weeks...with a series of snow or another week. Bring it on, nature needs all of it.

Settled In...Our north windows diorama

mostly grey skies, white-outs with continued snows....and brief periods of sun and blue skis and wispy clouds

...Almost a black/white image via natural light

Black-outs, Brown-outs, no WiFi, phones (used our old land line connection), TV...lots of candles and LED solar and battery-powered lanterns. Been fun and I'm getting my exercise shoveling...I'm running out of space where to put snow off my back-deck. Fortunately we have snow-removal service for the front drive-way.

Sage Words from the Icons #8

Catch and Release

"The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish caught isn't someone else's gift to you?"

LEE  WULFF

Sage Words from the Icons #7

Competitive Fly Fishing:

"It is quite easy to debase the sport, change its values, dilute its ethics and destroy its traditional associations with quietness, relaxation and the opportunity to think. Angling is not a competitive sport. The fisherman's only real competition is with his quarry and his only real challenge is the challenge to himself. Nothing can add to this, but the blight of inter-human competition can certainly detract from it."

Roderick Haig-Brown

The Quiver

Put in writing folder....11/12/2016

 There has been a continuing debate amongst fly anglers since the advent of indicator use over a decade ago whether using indicators is a legit method of fly angling....Well it is undisputable  effective method of hooking trout when none are showing at/near the surface.

Sage Words from the Icons #6

Let-em Breathe!

Topic: Winter Angling*

"...any stream you might want to fish in the winter. Envision its flows and think about..."soft spots", where the water is relatively deep but the current is gentle...eddies...edges...pools or in deep runs. Wherever it happens, and the trout are not forced to fight constant current, that is where you find fish in the winter".

David Hughs

Fishing the Four Seasons

*Although it is early spring I feel that the below advise is still appropriate because of the existing snow-pack and its anticipated melt...resulting in high and cold water flows.

CyberFly! is Alive #6... and Breathing!

Let'em Breath!

Yes, it has been awhile. My excuses being:

1---Karen, my partner, had major open-heart surgery last November; it has been a year. She is fully recovered and is now back to her 3-5 mile hikes with her hiking buddies. I was the essential in-house, care-giver for the first few months; that kept me busy. A big shout-out to several of her devoted friends who were really helpful; I thank them.

2---During the month of February I prepared for and manned my annual booth at the Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show and refreshing my PowerPoint presentation for the show's Destination Theater. I love doing the show because it is an opportunity to catch-up with a lot of friends and clients....plus meeting some new and enthusiastic fly anglers.

3---In April, my guiding and scheduled school clinics' season commenced, although I selectively guided; mostly long-time clients.

4---In June, thinking I should join the 21st century, I decided to update my antique web-site that I put-up in 1996! Since there has been little changes, except for my annual tweaking of the homepage and inserting pertinent rates & dates for my guiding, clinics and Native Sons Tours. So I then engaged the services of  a professional web-design firm. It has been a lot of work and hopefully it will be launched by the new year.

5---During late August we visited family in Seattle. I also had the opportunity to drift-fish the Methow River for two days. There I netted my first Bull Trout.

A bull trout, one of five; steelhead-smolts, cut-bows, bull trout, whitefish and rainbows

 6---During September I made a trek to Twin Bridges Montana. From there we drift-fished the Big Hole and Madison rivers once each, and two days floating on the Jefferson. We experienced productive angling; most especially on the lesser-known Jefferson.  

"da Professor"  and guide Greg Smith on the Big Hole

7---Admittedly, during the last 6-7 months I was enthralled and fascinated by entertaining theatrics and "nasty" campaign of the presidential elections. The country has spoken...or at least the electoral college has...so be it. Let's all move-on; having a feeling the theatrics of the run-up to the 2018 will be intriguing...

PS...The only political discussion and opinions that will occur on this blog is fishery politics..most especially as it may pertain to the two below imaged moving waters...that I'm likely to do.                                                                                  

 

 Little Truckee...Middle Meadow

 

 Truckee...Glenshire Section