By Tom Chandler on Dec 4, 2007 in Underground Entertainment | 0 Comments
Trout Underground Alert Reader and Saltwater/Baja/Cerveza Correspondent Jim Troyer is like our version of Zelig; he shows up at the damndest places, including the Patagonia booth at the Marriots Fly Shop fly fishing fair.
There, Troyer and Bennett of Moldy Chum undoubtedly had a great time telling each other what a great guy I am. At […]
By Tom Chandler on Dec 3, 2007 in Upper Sacramento | 8 Comments
It’s about time. A good six inches of snow — and some seriously high winds — fell upon Trout Underground World Headquarters yesterday (Sunday), though if you lived farther down the Upper Sacramento River canyon it was raining instead of snowing.
A half-foot of snow and gusts to 35 mph made it a good day to […]
By Tom Chandler on Dec 3, 2007 in Environment | 0 Comments
In 2006, a levee broke on Prospect Island (I used to fish there quite often when I was hitting the California Delta with some regularity), and fish populated the newly flooded “lake.” Given their deep concern for fisheries, the Bureau simply patched the levees and pumped the “lake” dry, killing tens of thousands of delta fish.