INTO SPRING…

These are a few more fly patterns that I have been working on for this Springs’ fly fishing in the Eastern Sierras and, hopefully – beyond…
This would be one of my ( and the kids) favorite spots to pull into, fishing upstream or downstream from this point…

“No more pictures…let’s get on it, DAD!!!”
HOT GO 2 [...]

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TOWARDS A NEW YEAR…

Three things are on my wish list, well… the one I am writing up for Santa:
1. I’d like a trip up and over here to look for little black, pointy thingees with Ally….
That’s ANGELO, playing with a pine cone in the snow, just off the main road in the White Mountains that leads from Big [...]

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LAVORI IN CORSO…

Works in progress… Some variations on Jeremy Davies’ “Evil Weevil”, Walter Wiese’s ” Turkey Vac”, “Hula Princess”, ” Deep Super Softy”, “Glass Caddis” and “Neu Cowdung” and ,some ideas of my own on – attractor patterns for Spring and Summer…

Michael slurps his approval prior to hitting the road…
NEU COWDUNG…
TURKEY VAC…
BLACK WEEVIL…
KF WEEVIL…
These two guys [...]

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MICHAEL AND PT – gone FLY FISHIN’…

The first time I introduced my son to Fly Fishing was on Father’s Day weekend in June, 1987. Jean and I went to Bridgeport, CA to try our luck at Virginia Lakes, the East Walker River and Green Creek. Michael was four at the time and was required to put on an overly large [...]

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BREAK TIME…

I love cooking for my kids. This is what I did on my Veteran’s Day…

Ally…

Ally’s BF, Josh…
And, took a BREAK from these MIDGE recipes which are almost done…

Here: are some MIDGE PATTERNS that I put up last Fall…For Midge Maniacs, here is an interesting article on “How to hook fish on tiny flies”…
PT/TB

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New Baetis Patterns and MICHAEL…

In the next week or so (Sat. 10.10 or Sun 10.11), I will post new Baetis/BWO patterns and the story of how my son Michael was introduced to Fly Fishing and how he now outperforms his Pop …(sometimes)…

Ally and Michael at the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery on Oak Creek just North of Independence, CA…
This is [...]

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ALLY and PT, GONE (FLY) FISHIN’…

From the time Ally was a very little girl, she went (FLY) fishing with her Dad. Here are just a few of the places we have been….

Ally at 5 , East Walker River, Bridgeport, CA..4th of July, 1994…

Ally’s first BIG fish, Trumbull Lake, 1995 (Yeah-POWER BAIT) …

How to clean Trout, Lone Pine, Sandtrap, 1993…Ally, [...]

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Photos from the Owens (and, some before….)

Here are some photos I found while waiting for my brother and Ally to get me the other ones I’m waiting for. They cover a lot of years , a lot of winter activities we pursue- photography, exploring, arrowhead hunting, target shooting and a lot of territory. AND, in no particular order…

Ally Barker, [...]

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The Owens Valley ( some background)….

As I mentioned in my previous post about the Mt, Whitney fish hatchery, my first visit to the Owens Valley came in 1951 when my Dad, Brother and I drove up in my Dad’s 1949 powder blue, Buick convertible to visit with my Mother while she was shooting a film on location outside of Lone [...]

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Adding some family photos…. (NEW FLIES BELOW THIS!!!)

Here they are…DOGS COUNT TOO!!!

Ally gives shooting instructions to my mentor, Sal A. (guess she wants to do some writing…like I have to do)

Ally at the campsite with Angelo, Hogback Creek, 2002 Winter

This was a GREAT steakhouse that burned to the ground in 1993 on Hwy. 178 between Ridgecrest and Kernville. I tipped more than [...]

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