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

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.




 

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

October 20-22 - Eastern Sierra Shore Fishing

A few days of shore fishing at Twin Lakes, Lundy Lake, and Convict Lake, and camping along the way.
 
Twin Lakes


 
I don't often use bait while shore fishing, but when I do, it's Berkeley Gulp! pinched crawlers. :)
 



 
Lundy Lake Trout


Dispersed Camping On Pumice Mine Road


Convict Lake


Sunday, October 19, 2025

October 19 - Chemung Mine, Masonic Mine, and Fall Foliage

Exploring the abandoned Chemung Mine, the Masonic Mine, and Fall foliage on Masonic Mountain above Bridgeport Valley in California.