With snow falling once again at TU/Man Cave World Headquarters, a quick look at the local flows is probably in order – especiallyl if you were interested in hammering stonefly-eating trout this weekend.
The Upper Sacramento River is currently a touchy beast – prone to running wild (flow wise) at even the hint of precipitation.
I’m tempted to compare it to a fictional grouchy fly fishing blogger who now goes ballistic at the mere sight of more snow – the kind of guy who is deeply tempted to fire a couple shotgun blasts into the air as a warning to the weather that it had damned well better shape up, and soon.
Of course, such a comparison would be fanciful at best (if not downright frightening to our unarmed readers), and as we all know, when reality fails us, it’s time to console ourselves with cliches.
Like “When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Discover Their Friends Are Basically For Shit, Like A Certain Dunsmuir-Based Bamboo Rodmaker Who – While On A Trip To Colorado Springs – Shot and Emailed Video of Sunny Blue Skies For The Benefit Of A Certain Shasta-Based Blogger.”
Maybe it’s best if we forgo the cliches.
The good news? PG&E’s warning that McCloud flows could increase seems to have faded into the aether (along with so many other PG&E promises); flows on the McCloud’s upper stretches remain fairly stable, and well short of the 600 cfs PG&E threatened.
If you’re headed up to enjoy Memorial Weekend – and a Saturday featuring 73-degree weather (forecast) – the McCloud may be your best bet.
To me, it matters little; the Underground’s been teaching online marketing classes and engaging in his increasingly time-consuming attempts to keep the family in porridge and electricity.
Fly fishing trips have been scarce, and even when they have popped up (last weekend’s attempt at a local stream resulted in nice drive and a walk for the Wonderdog), there really hasn’t been much time to write about it later.
Which Leads Us To…
In a flash of what I’ll suggest is freakin’ brilliance, I’m tempted to simply slap a helmet cam on the Underground’s noggin, videotaping the entirety of my fishing trips, which I would then upload without editing.
That spares me the effort involved with writing a brilliant witty another fishing report, and you gain a first-person perspective on the joys of fly fishing with the World’s Most-Beloved Fly Fishing Celebrity.
In truth, I like the idea so much, I’m going to rename the site to “TheFlyFishingRealityVideoUnderground.com” (it sings!).
Stay tuned for more exciting, reality TV style content.
Right now, I’ve got a class to teach.
See you on the river, Tom Chandler.
So a prayer may be in order. Something that begins with “Ok, God, I’m really getting tired of this shit…” would no doubt turn the whole thing around.
Kentucky Jim(Quote)
Think I’m going to stick with the shotgun approach.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
…and gain a first-person perspective on the joys of fly fishing with the World’s Most-Beloved Fly Fishing Celebrity…Brilliant!
So when is Wally the Wonderdog going to be fitted with this helmet cam? I can hardly wait, it’s like a dream come true.
Don(Quote)
The Wonderdog’s original compensation demands were simply too outrageous (a percentage of the gross and fresh bacon in the trailer), but negotiations continue.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Understood.
If I could make it rain trout my demands might seem outrageous as well.
Don(Quote)
I get the impression you’re not on management’s side on this one.
The Wonderdog union must be broken…
Tom Chandler(Quote)