Quantcast
Channel: outdoors – fishing for words
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 22 View Live

is one California too much, or how do you feel about buying multiple fishing...

Though it’s a remote possibility that the proposal by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper to divide California into six states would make it over the many required hurdles — from gathering...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

how to be a hero (or, hey, leave those fish alone)

It’s clear that nature’s dewatering of California this year will leave the trout that can be found skittish and stressed. I suppose that only the most thoughtful fishermen will leave them well enough...

View Article

my opening day…five weeks late

January’s promise to get out and fish earlier, more often and in different places now echoes with so much emptiness that the unthinkable is the only resolution. Yes, I will be chasing trout this...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

getting out and up in the Sierras (and personal accomplishment)

My family spent many summer vacations in Tuolumne Meadows. These trips were a family affair and in the interest of keeping everyone engaged, it was more than fishing. We’d spend the days hiking to...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

higher and higher (or, personal accomplishment, part two)

The second day of my Memorial Day trip was undecided until I rolled out of bed that morning. A lot of the time, my angling is a solo affair. There was initial hope that Sean might join me — hitting the...

View Article


quick note (or, yes, I haven’t been fishing)

I sit down tentatively in front of the keyboard, the one-eyed monster stares back, unblinking. The view out the window reminds me that midsummer has passed and for the first time in a month I’m fully...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

reining in water use

It’s been raining here in California; something much appreciated after three years of so little. Watching the drops dance on our patio, admiring our revamped back yard, I know it’s not yet the habitat...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

winter walkabout, part one – fueled by doughnuts

Fueling up on doughnuts before hiking the hidden stairways of San Francisco. Continue reading →

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

following no plan

Unhurried, we turned what could have been a three-hour drive into an easy-going, day-long expedition. Hours were spent exploring thin blue lines on maps and the unfamiliar dirt roads that would get us...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

up close with the WP&YR, Skagway, Alaska

View Article
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 22 View Live




Latest Images