Winter issue on stands now.
Look for Spring issue mid-March.
STOCK PHOTOTHE BIRDS AND BEES OF BROWNS
WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT, trout aren’t all that different from people—especially when it comes to the way we reproduce. They do, after all, call pictures of anglers holding trout “fish porn.”
;)
By Mike McKenna
FROM THE WATERY PERSPECTIVE of the trout, a fly fisher is really just someone standing above the water waving a stick.
THE RESILIENT EAST WALKER RIVER
THERE WAS A TIME—more than one time in fact—when the East Walker River stopped running. Didn’t even crawl. It simply ceased to be.
Where once a river full of trophy trout trickled by Sweetwater Road (Highway 182), a silty arroyo of rotting rainbows and browns could be found.
But despite running dry twice, the East Walker River is alive and as well (if not better) than ever.
CONFESSIONS OF A WINTER ANGLER
By Monica Prelle
THE SEASONS HAVE CHANGED and it is winter again. Most of my friends have unpacked their skis and snowboards from storage and are praying for snow, myself included. But I can’t wait for the snow to fall so I can find solitude in fishing.
A PEAK AT THE BIOLOGY BENEATH CROWLEY LAKE
In the watery world of Eastern Sierra angling, Crowley Lake has long been considered the granddaddy of them all.
The reason for this nickname is simple, as Tom Loe, the owner of Sierra Drifters Guide Service explained, “Some years, Crowley Lake is the best fishery in California and if you were looking for the perfect trophy trout template, Crowley has all the right stuff.”
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