[pct-l] fishing in the Sierras?

[cmkudija at ca.rr.com]

In 2005 I met a couple from Seattle who were fly-fishing the JMT, and using
either this book
http://www.amazon.com/Trout-Fishing-John-Muir-Trail/dp/1571881883/ref=sr_1_1
/002-9722796-4872822?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180854007&sr=8-1 or this one
http://www.amazon.com/Fishing-Sierra-Nevada-Bill-Sunderland/dp/096525660X/re
f=sr_1_4/002-9722796-4872822?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180853966&sr=8-4  .
Either way, they were successful in early September with catching dinner
and/or breakfast.  Made me a bit jealous, actually...as I ate my mac n
cheese or whatever it was that evening!

There's lots of hungry fish out there.  Go have fun.  No breading
necessary - a bit of wild onion, ghee/butter or olive oil, salt/pepper -
heaven.

Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
PCT partially '94

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Ceanothus (see-ah-no-thus) or California lilac:  Shrubs or small trees,
often with divaricate, sometimes spiny, twigs...[flowers] small but showy,
white to blue or purplish, sometimes lavender or pinkish, borne in terminal
or lateral panicles or umbellike cymes.
                                                               Philip A.
Munz
                                                               A California
Flora, U.C. Press, 1973


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Subject: [pct-l] fishing in the Sierras?

Ponch queried:
My husband and I are starting a SOBO JMT thruhike in mid-July, and he is
interested in fishing along the way.  He asked me to ask the list a few
things:  (1) have folks had success with fishing in the Sierras? (2)
what sort of tackle has worked? We're going pretty lightweight, so...
(3) any permits required?  And so forth...
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In addition to AYCE's excellent article suggested by Len -

1)  YES!!

2)  Lightweight spinning 'pack' rod, small spin reel, bubbles, and assorted
flies and lures...
See http://www.rockcreeklake.com/fishing/spinfish.htm for 'bubble'
explanation and a
listing of some flies and lures...
I get bubbles from Cabela's online http://tinyurl.com/39kq62 (can't find
locally here in central PA)...
Flies best for streams, lures for lakes ('most' of the time)...
Lake fishing usually best very early morning and in the evening...

3)  CA fishing license - $33.35 for a 10-day nonresident license...
See http://www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/fishing/sportfishingfees.html ...
Also look over the regulations at
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/regulations/07-08-inland-fish-regs.pdf ...

Be sure to take along a small baggie of flour/spice mix for frying, and a
'light' olive oil works fine...  ;-)

Hope that's helpful...  Have a great trek!
Happy trails!!!
Jim
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