Where the spirit leads the feet will follow.
Down distant paths for unmapped miles.
Heads forget but hearts remember:
The art of living knows no bounds.

"The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn't even think to ask." - Jeff Johnson, 180 Degrees South

"The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way". - Marcus Aurelius

Friday, November 21, 2025

Trees of Mystery

Along Highway 101 in Del Norte County, Northern Califorina Coast.












































Sunday, November 9, 2025

Eagle Lake - November 2025

A couple days fishing from shore at Eagle Lake in Lassen County, Northern California.
 
I didn't take any pictures, but using this post as a place to log information for now.
 
Two fish caught fly fishing using a balanced Crowley Perch pattern under a slip bobber. Both released alive. The big one was approximately 24 inches long and estimated to weigh 5lbs. Thinking back, this is the biggest trout I've caught at Eagle Lake.
 
- Fishing along shore in the Osprey Overlook area 
- 9 foot 5 weight rod and a WF floating fly line with a slip bobber on a 9 foot leader. Crowley Perch balanced fly.
- Also stripped patterns with a Type II sinking tip.

Top: Actual Tui Chub.   Bottom: Crowley Perch Streamer.

A version of the Crowley Perch balanced fly used.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Yorty Creek Hike

Fitness hike on the ridge above Yorty Creek at Lake Sonoma.