The coming weekend is the last full weekend of California’s trout season, and with the McCloud falling back into shape, we’ll likely see a fair number of anglers over there.
The weather is warming a bit after yesterday’s snowstorm and freezing temps (there’s still snow on the ground at TU/Man Cave World Headquarters), though rain is forecast for Saturday and the mid-40s are as warm as it should get.
In the past we’ve enjoyed shirtsleeve-level end-of-season weather, but rest assured, this won’t be one of those weekends. Dig out the cold weather/rain gear, and yes, a thermos of hot tea/hot chocolate/Irish de-icer (Irish Whiskey) isn’t a bad idea either.
The fishing? The Upper Sac flows are falling slowly back to normal and sit well within the fishable range, and the McCloud could be epic after its sustained high flows (or it could suck, but don’t blame me if it does).
It’s the time of year that BWOs can come off pretty much any time of day, and when they’re not, you can have a hell of a lot of fun with a “dead” October Caddis dry.
Any more than that I’m not saying.
The Ultimate Fly Fishing Ride
Sure, the press release doesn’t even mention fly fishing, but one company is hoping to fly tourists over San Francisco in a zeppelin.
In their limited vision, they only see tourists, but at the Underground – the Visionary Center of the Fly Fishing Universe – we see Fly Fishing’s Ultimate Ride:
Imagine cruising to the Upper Sac or McCloud in this baby while the fly fishing proletariat remains snarled in getaway traffic a thousand feet below.
Now imagine the faces of those other anglers as they round a bend after a long hike up the river – only to find this baby gently lowering you into their favorite dry fly run on a rope ladder.
Wouldn’t that be worth $450/hour?
It would to us, but then, we haven’t taken all our medication today.
See you in a zeppelin, Tom Chandler.
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You know Tom, this little fella isn’t even really a ‘true’ Zepplin, it’s only a semi-rigid airship. Even worse, it’s tiny…the infamous Hindenburg – a true ‘rigid airship’ – was almost four times as long as this puny thing and could take 72 passengers (with full accommodations, a smoking room, bar, dining room, and a lounge with a GRAND PIANO…) across the Atlantic at a cruising speed just under 80 miles an hour. Now, reference that against this new ‘Zeppelin’ which takes twelve passengers and flies at 30mph…it’s like a child’s toy. I think the Undergrounders deserve something better, like this: http://www.dezeen.com/2007/10/08/strato-cruiser-airship-concept-by-tino-schaedler-and-michael-j-brown/
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