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As shown above, at least the picture of my bike is better. I drove to the Sundial Bridge in Redding yesterday and headed out on the trail for the first time. Things started out badly without my knowing it, as I left my two water bottles on the rear bumper. Heading out in 80 degrees…

Okay. For those of you who don’t know, my ebike trip across America has been postponed for two summers due to Covid. I have exercised and lost 20 pounds since the New Year. I worked my way up to riding a recumbent exercise bike for one hour continuous each day, and doing DDPYoga a couple…

I am excited to find Western Screech Owl habitat just across the lake from my home. The first thing to discover is if Screech Owls are present. So, the easiest method is to use a speaker to broadcast Screech Owl calls along a set path and consistent distances apart to see and monitor any Screech…

Well, all the hype about my study about PT nymphs and flashback material is over. I posted a link to the paper in the Facebook Nor Coast Flyfishing and got some good, positive responses. Of course a friend made some comments and I took them as attacking my study, replied personally, and thankfully my friend…

This “paper” is non-peer reviewed and published at the lowest level of scientific literature: A Blog. However, being able to fish almost every day, sometimes questions about what we are doing and why can add to the excitement  of fishing. The answer to the question above is somewhere in this “paper”. Feel free to jump…

So, I’m back. The picture above is an 18 inch rainbow I caught a couple of days ago on a size 16 modified PT Nymph on Lewiston Lake. Lots of stuff happened in 18 months, for everyone. Timeline: Took a job teaching 8th grade science in Redding at Sequoia Middle School in January, 2020. Covid…

Sometimes I’m not sure I know why I do what I do. Saturday: I saw an online job for an 8th grade science teacher job in Redding at Sequoia Middle School. Sunday: I send an email to the contact person to see if the job is filled. Monday: I put in an application, not fully…

I got out on the lake yesterday after checking the ramp parking lot to see how many people were on the water. I saw the rig of the best fisherman on the lake and headed towards the dam to see if he was upstream. I left the marina at 2:00 so it was a great…

Evidently I was quite a productive tier when I couldn’t fish due to time, work, and heart problems (all in the past!). I found a box of black and blackberry mohair leeches, some damsel flies some ants, 3 worms, and a bunch of “leeches” with sparkle and multicolors. Several years ago I read a blog…

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…