The L&T Nancy and I headed for the high country again on Sunday - this time a short hike to tiny, jewel-like Heart Lake (above Castle Lake). Castle is a beautiful lake - and a fun float tube destination - that can be overrun by visitors on weekends. Still, a short hike leaves the crowds […]

Fishing the local lake from a float tube is never a hard sell; you’re basically fishing from an inflatable easy chair for agressive smallmouth bass and the odd trout. Sure, it’s hard work and all, but there are benefits beyond the fish:

Dave Edmondson fishing “hard” from the equivalent of an easy chair.

We got on the […]

Every once in a while I stumble across a site that represents so many hours of work that I wonder at the sanity of the builder.
The Troutnut is just such a site - a compilation of a mind-boggling 2392 stunning photographs of trout food (bugs), and truckloads of information about those same critters. The builder’s […]

We recently pointed you towards a Blogfish post about the Toxic Green Sludge currently hammering the Klamath. I talked to people in town who had gotten sick on the Klamath because of the toxin, and it looks like a disaster in the making.
Barely had the ink dried on that post than up pops another Blogfish […]

It’s growing dark and your dry fly is getting very hard to see. But there’s one good fish rising in that far seam.
Under these conditions, even setting the hook is difficult - but you won’t get the chance until you get the drift right. And the odds of that are pretty slim if you can’t […]

Let’s face it: summer fly fishing isn’t typically the wide-open “quality fly fishing experience” that we enjoy in the spring. My recent experience suggests good fishing exists, but there’s a lot less of it, so you really need to pick your spots.
You might assume that’s what we’re here for, but sadly (for our readers), we’re […]

It’s Thursday. Do you know where your trout are?
We kick off this edition of Thursday’s Underground Entertainment with a visit to the Yellowstone Fly Fishing blog, only this time for an interesting “mini-rant” comparing hot rods and fly fishing. Short, and a good read.
Then we move onto toxic green sludge on the Klamath River, courtesy […]

The parade of brook trout continues on the Upper Sacramento; after Chris Raine and I each caught one, last night Dave Roberts stepped up to the plate with his own dry-fly brookie.

“Vampire Alien Brookies Invade the Upper Sac!” I’m optioning the movie rights…
Their origin isn’t really that mysterious - they likely washed over (or through) […]

It’s Tuesday at the Underground, where instead of burdening you with useful, life-altering Paris Hilton news, we throw a few selected Underground-related news bones to you. Have fun!
First, the Underground’s California readers should be interested in the ongoing movement to drain and reclaim Hetch Hetchy - the valley that’s currently providing water to San Francisco, […]

When the warm weather comes, it’s time to fish mornings and evenings - but it’s not time to give up on good fishing. This morning - with Dave Roberts in town and Steve Bertrand looking to fish - we ran downriver to a couple of secret big fish spots that we guard jealously enough to […]

The Trout Underground’s Traffic drops significantly over the weekend, but since I’m going fishing early Monday with Dave Roberts (right here on the Upper Sac), I thought I’d throw together a post now.
Kent’s Most Excellent Yellowstone Adventure
First, regular Undergrounders will recall our wall-to-wall coverage of Chris Raine’s Road Trip with his son Jack. Now, Regular […]

The century weekend aside, I’ve been fishing a fair amount the last month, but rarely with Chris Raine. Sometimes it just happens - you end up not fishing with a good friend for a while - but once you notice, it requires some attention before it becomes the norm.
There’s nothing like a quick fix, so […]