[pct-l] Fishing in the Sierras and beyond

[tomsimon at cogeco.ca (Tom Simon)]

Hi Eric Yakel. I've spent five of my past seven summers wandering the
Sierras, and eventually have become an efficient fisher person. Of course,
being from Canada, I spent big bucks for a license to fish each year. Here
are a few comments.
First of all, a serious through hiker cannot fish very often, if at all.
This is all because of timing. The only easy fishing is in the morning
before the wind picks up. Will you carry those fish all day or have Sushi
for breakfast? I have pulled fish out of First Recess Lake on every cast at
dawn, only to watch a handful of hikers catch nothing from the same spot 30
minutes later, after the wind picked up.
I have seen trout in most lakes along Steve Roper's High Route and along the
John Muir highway of a trail. So stocked or not, they're there.But you'll
have no time or inclination to stop in the middle of the day at trout filled
lakes like Rae Lakes, when you should be putting on the miles.