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Everything but what I need
I'm not sure how, but the other day I forgot that my truck would be glazed by the overnight air and thus failed to allot a few extra minutes for that segment of my morning.
Catching up with old friends but not catching fish
It was nice to finally get out and going fishing with some of my childhood friends. Of course, we're older now and don't have to worry about what time mom and dad want us home. We now have another worry - wives! I thought it was funny how we all put our cell phones in the same compartment, and I actually wondered how long it would be until one of us went looking for our ...
Of Ray Bradbury and Black Friday
I wonder if Ray Bradbury was morbidly happy. I wonder if he picked up the paper, pointed to Associated Press images sent nation-wide to readers, of Americans with shopping carts awkwardly holding 46-inch HDTVs on Black Friday and said, "See! I told you 50 years ago where we were headed." Now, I don't know if one day firemen will burn homes and people along with their books a la "Fahrenheit 451", or if people will ...
Test everything before heading out
It puzzles me sometimes how something can break without even being used. Because of a busy schedule, I was unable to get my boat out for a few months. When I had last used it, everything was working perfectly. Upon starting my boat, everything seemed to be working great, until I looked at my fuel gauge. It was stuck on empty, I tapped on it, and looked for loose wires, but nothing seemed to work. ...
Thankful for fish, family and fiberglass ax handle
I am thankful. I'm thankful for rainbow, brown, cutthroat and brook trout. I'm thankful for all five species of Pacific salmon plus cod and halibut. I'm thankful for steelhead and Dolly Varden too. I'm thankful for no-fault warranties that allow me to get my fly rods repaired and peaceful afternoons on untouched or diverted water. I'm thankful for public land, the open road and tents and waders that don't leak. I'm thankful for sun-screen, hand ...
The use of the Stetson hat
Several years ago I was fishing one of my favorite brook trout streams and began to smell smoke drifting down the stream. As I got closer, the smoke grew thicker and soon I came upon a streamside camp fire that had not been completely extinguished by the idiot who hade made the fire.
Veterans’ Day fishing trip yields striped bass and raindrops
I was finally able free up some time on Veterans' Day to go fishing. It's been a while since I've been out. Actually, since football started back in June, I've been pretty busy until now. So, I was able to convince one of my mentors, Coach Dudley Kinlaw, to get on the boat with me and go out for a few hours. What I didn't do was look at the weather forecast. As expected, it ...
No need to get snappy
I was ready for the end of trout season in October. Well, I don't think anyone is really ready, so maybe mentally prepared would be a better way to articulate the feeling. There are rivers open year-round, but the close easy trout water is shut down or snowed in. It is because of this that people like me start to get a little sad because trout time as we know it is over until 2012. ...
Giving thanks
By sundown on the third Thursday in November, Thanksgiving dinner will probably be just a memory evidenced by a bunch of leftovers in the fridge, and an extra notch let out in your belt. You may be ensconced in your recliner in front of your flat screen T.V. watching the big game while snacking on a piece of pumpkin pie.
Parting with once sought-after boat a tough sell
Years ago when I purchased my first boat it didn't take long before I wanted something a little bigger.
Making up for lost trout
I know you're not supposed to get too personal when it comes to fishing, but there was something about that silver brick flashing right before it threw the hook that made me want to go back to that trout's riffle the next morning regardless of the winter weather warning.
Hello Jack Sparrow, here’s a magazine
I don't get too worked up about things like Halloween. I like it, but I think until I have kids, I will be fairly indifferent because it costs money. As a kid, hunting season started in August, so everyone had full freezers and plenty of material to make costumes out of deer, bear or wooly mammoth for the 31st. My senior year I shot two bears, one was perfect for my costume, and the other ...
Unhealthy fish?
I got an email the other day from reader Jim Canning who had been fishing at one of the foothill area reservoirs and caught a couple trout that had some red sores on them. Jim was concerned that maybe the fish wouldn't be safe to eat. Ironically, just a few weeks earlier, I had written a column entitled "They Are What They Eat" which discussed the concept that how a wild critter tastes is a ...
Occupy Wall Street: River Edition
There are aspects of America that really put leaks in my waders. The vast majority of the seafood Americans consume comes from overseas. The top ingredient in imitation crab (not that I have ever had it) is pollock, a fish that until the 1970s, was written off by American elitism as unfit for human consumption. I mean, who would go for pollock when cod or halibut tasted so much better? Additionally, I can't afford a ...
Calm nerves and a little luck key to fishing
You just never know how your day is going to go while on the water. I've been out on the most beautiful days where everything seemed perfect and never got so much as a bite. I've also been out in some of the worst weather and experienced some of the best fishing. There are so many unknown factors out there that it's almost impossible not to think of someone being lucky. One of my most ...
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The handiest gun revisited
In my book, guns are neither good nor evil; they are simply inanimate tools that do what their owners use them to do. Over a lifetime outdoors I have come across numerous situations in which a gun has been extremely handy. I have killed coiled rattlers that were about to strike, and chased away bears that were raiding our icebox. A gun can indeed save a life.
Manteca’s ‘old dogs’ relying on youth
The gray in his stubble gives him away. Still, Manteca High defensive coordinator Rick James admits …
Stockton track honors Patterson
The 2013 local racing season will come to a close on Saturday with the 30th Annual "Tribute to Gary Patterson" event at the Stockton Dirt Track, located at the San Joaquin county fairgrounds. The program will feature championship night for the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series, a special open 360 Winged Sprint Car event and a large fireworks show.
Anglers are adjusting to fall turnover
For those of us who have been fishing a while, I'm sure we've all heard the term "turnover" used.
It’s mating time for tarantulas
This is the beginning of tarantula mating season. If you take a drive some fall evening into the hills separating California's Great Central Valley from the coastal regions, you can spot the male tarantulas crawling across the roads in search of females. If you live in Central California, take a drive up into the hills to the west of the Valley. Almost any of the main roads will do: Patterson Pass Road, Corral Hollow Road, ...
Weather can be fascinating
The first time I took my wife out fishing on the Delta she asked, "Are there always this many bugs around?"
ANYONE HOME?
Duck hunting season is open, so it's important that we stay out of each other's way.
Sharing gun safety tips
Recently I observed in this column that I thought the ideal gun to instruct a beginning shooter was the single shot 22. Although no one disagreed with my assessment, several of my readers chastised me for not talking more about gun safety.
Sharing gun safety tips
Recently I observed in this column that I thought the ideal gun to instruct a beginning shooter was the single shot 22. Although no one disagreed with my assessment, several of my readers chastised me for not talking more about gun safety.
Finding your way around the Delta
Navigating the Delta can be a little intimidating for someone who is not familiar with where they are going.
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