Month: December 2019

I had a nice holiday over on the coast with my kids and my ex-wife (ex). I stayed at her boyfriend’s place and cat sit an absolutely wonder cat, but never took his picture aarrgghh. The cat above is Oliver, a six month old kitten taking permanent residence at my ex’s place. I met him…

Evidently, at some time in the past I decided to tie up many variations of size 16 Pheasant Tail and Hare’s Ear nymphs. For some reason I tied some of them in groups of 9 instead of 12. I have no idea why, probably to get them done faster and having something to fish with….

I bought a Direct Drive motor system for my recumbent bike. I had planned on purchasing it after the holidays but Luna Cycles was having a $300 off a package deal for Black Friday Week. I jumped at the opportunity. I’ve watched online videos about installing the kit and read lots of blogs about installing…

Don and Alan came over from Redding to fish the lake. They got on the water at 10:30. Don hooked one large trout that jumped and ran all around his boat. Alas, the fish broke off with both of his flies. I got on the water at 1:00. It was very slow for the three…

Two more days and no steelhead fishing. I got up late yesterday and had to run into town for food, so I didn’t get on the water. Today I got up at 8:00 AM as my bike motor was to arrive today and I needed to be present. However, after dinner I checked online and…

I didn’t fish for Steelhead in December last year because I was just getting used to living at Lewiston and still moving and organizing stuff in my place. However, this year the weather is great and fish have moved up after the last rain. I stopped in the Trinity Fly Shop today, whining about having…

I got out today for two hours. I was skunked: Not even one take. I trolled up to the rock pile and back, only to be deterred by a flow sending clumps of grass downstream like hidden mines in Minesweeper. I ended up fishing an indicator with a zebra midge and a Higa’s SOS nymph…

I could have been on the water a couple of days ago but I kept getting up late and it was cold outside lol. Winter has arrived at the lake. That means fly tying weather. I stumbled along the Internet and found the pattern above: Higa’s SOS. It is very pretty, with a collection of…

It snowed one week ago and pretty much took over the week. It took only two days for the roads to clear. However, it still was a little sketchy to drive into Weaverville for food. I am all stored up on food now so all is well. I haven’t gotten out on the water in…