"Tom Nakashima" wrote


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.




So as to not give there rest of the world the wrong impression.
California contains some of Nature's very best efforts, including fishing
holes. But, in early December it's hard to point to any fishing that I
thought might appeal to rw.

Actually, I 'think' the upper Sac is now open year round? Once you're
away from I-5 and the railroad it's lovely and can be very good fishing.

As an ex-mountaineer let me point out that the Sierra is probably THE most
off-trail friendly mountain range in the world. With good topos and some
route finding skills nearly anyplace is accessible without such pleasure
robbing features as huge talus fields, scree, miles of downed forest etc,
often nearly pavement like routes on exposed, smooth, granite can be found.

We have lots of people ( send your money to Planned Parenthood ... less
people is the only hope for the future and I like prevention better than
Bush and Ben Laden control tactics ) and that means crowds exist. I've
been lucky in that I've always worked weekends ( my clients time off for
them to visit their mutts ) and hunted and fished mid-week when solitude can
be found even close to big cities.


Opps, getting sidetracked ( retired guy hazard ) .... anyway, world, ....
California has much great natural beauty to offer, come visit, leave your
money .... and, ah, leave G