Category: Worth a thousand words…

Pictures

Quick Mends: Tales of the ‘tijuana trout’

Lariverflyfishing rings in New Year with 20,000th visit

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Graphic depicts the life cycle of steelhead and rainbows in Southern California

This chart graphically explains the lives of both rainbow and steelhead trout. (Courtesy Arroyo Seco Foundation)

Winter fishing’s fine in So. Cal’s San Gabriel Mountains

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2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

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A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.

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Summer’s end: Fly fishing in the San Gabriel Mountains

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Dateline: Oso, Wash. Hot tub in progress

TRUCKIN': A group of Oso, Wash., locals get innovative. Note the rerouted exhaust to "heat" the hot tub water! (Will Burns)

One of the joys of fishing new places is meeting the locals. While chasing the dream in Oso, Wash., earlier this week, my son and I were hailed by this hearty group at the town gas pump/lunch stop/tavern.

“Ever seen a hot tub in the back of a pickup?” one 20-something shouted from his seat in the water.

The answer to that was a definite “no.”

These boys had rerouted the exhaust pipe with PVC to pour the hot fumes into the truck bed. It didn’t do much to heat the chilly water, but it did make for a crazy time (and a lot of carbon monoxide!).

See you on the river, Jim Burns

Quick mends: Plastics make the world go ’round

(Courtesy Reusethisbag.com)

Waitin’ for the fishin’ to get better …

From top left, clockwise, the tranquility of carp-filled pools, at the beginning of Glendale Narrows. Once you get past the city locks, you can see self-shadows and nifty bridge architecture. (Jim Burns)

Running on empty …

Few things are sadder than an empty tube, where once were stacked the magnificent Fish Pimp indicators. (Jim Burns)