"Larry L" wrote in message
...

. I've never really
had good fishing in California, so I tend to avoid it.


I've found some of the best fly fishing in California is in the Eastern
Sierras. There are a lot of beautiful streams and lakes, but you have to
hike in to get to them. Most of your average fly-fisherman are not willing
to work to get there. Some of the lakes and streams aren't marked on a Topo
map in the Eastern Sierra's so it's only by word of mouth. Some are clearly
marked on the map, but when you get there, there's nothing. Some we've
stumbled upon by accident. We have hiked into places where the fishing was
outstanding and the fish would take anything we threw at them, of course the
best thing is not another person in sight.
fwiw,
-tom