Category: Fishing

I was treated favorably and rewarded on my second cast. For the rest of the trip, the Fall River was true to its nature, beautiful and reluctant to give up treasure. Perhaps because you must invest time and of yourself in order to partake, you appreciate it even more.

Yep, the Four Pound Fishing Trip has come and gone for 2010. Pretty much the same crew. But what a difference a week makes. We were at Digger Creek Ranch on May 21 to 23 and there was rain, hail, and snow. Low temperatures were in the 20’s and the highs weren’t much above the low 40’s. But we caught fish… and had fun.

Just returned from, as Tom Hobday describes it, “The Four Pound Fishing Trip.” And, that isn’t the size of the fish; although it could be. Tom’s moniker is attributed to the amount of weight Tom has to lose after the trip to get in “fighting shape” again. So we eat well, socialize, nap, and….catch fish. Oh, this takes place at Digger Creek Ranch just above Manton, Ca. No picture from this year. Too busy cooking, eating, napping and fishing. But have included a fish picture from years gone by.

Trout season in California starts on the last Saturday of April. It is not the catching that ends up as the most important aspect. It is the places where we fish and people we fish with that become paramount. Catching a few nice fish, of course, never harms the experience.