Comments on: The Underground’s SoCal Saltwater Correspondent Fly Fishes Crowley

By: dick dahlgren

dick dahlgren — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:10:48 +0000

When I was a boy and fished Crowley with Doc Randol, Jim Bartling, and Willie “The Fire Chief” Bauer,…and when the Trout fitter-Trout fly was owned by Jim & Marie Filson and it was called Filson’s Sports…the bows were REALLY big.

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:00:09 +0000

You’re good people Dave.

By: Dave Neal

Dave Neal — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:38:45 +0000

Ah yes, the famous slaw dogs…if you are going to be “hard-coring it” like Jim (camping near the lake) a true connoisseur, of course, would “BYOSD”. However, you could make the quick run into town (Mammoth Lakes) during lunchtime and chase down good ol’ “Reds”. He be the dude with red hair, driving a red truck and pulling a red dog cart. He usually parks in the Footloose parking lot. He has a good variety of the nitrate sicles…Bratwurst, Polish dogs and lots of other good tubed up processed meats with lotsa slaw!

But hey, some great capitolist entrepreneur could approach LADWP and get a concessionaire’s permit to run a slaw dog outfit on the shore of Crowley…a floating slaw dog barge out on the lake…hmmmmm…

By: Tom Chandler

Tom Chandler — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:12:51 +0000

Dave: Epic fishing? Who the hell cares?! Is there a source of slaw dogs nearby? Or will the Crowley-fishing angler be forced to rely on his own cooking skills to manufacture Slaw Dogs -- The Most Critical of Fishing Fuels?

We await your answer like children awaiting Christmas...

By: Dave Neal

Dave Neal — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:06:35 +0000

Crowley = Awesome! Sounds like you got dialed in pretty quickly and had a great time.

Crowley lake has been pretty epic almost every day this season. Next year should be even more off-the-hook as several factors will contribute to another amazing season. Make plans to fish it; I promise your head will explode.