I went back to an old favorite - Piru Creek, Frenchman's Flat and fished at Concrete Falls.  This place isn't a favorite because it's beautiful - although it's prettier than my office - and certainly not for the size of fish - I have caught a few nice ones though - nope, it's just because it's where I started.  The falls remind me of when even a single catch with a fly rod eluded me time after time.  Now it's only sometimes, and I'm glad for it.

My report and a short low-quality video follow.

I went back to an old favorite - Piru Creek, Frenchman's Flat and fished at Concrete Falls.  This place isn't a favorite because it's beautiful - although it's prettier than my office - and certainly not for the size of fish - I have caught a few nice ones though - nope, it's just because it's where I started.  The falls remind me of when even a single catch with a fly rod eluded me time after time.  Now it's only sometimes, and I'm glad for it.

My report and a short low-quality video follow.

The water is very skinny and most of the decent pools that I am used to fishing on Upper Piru Creek are nothing more than puddles.

The water is very skinny and most of the decent pools that I am used to fishing on Upper Piru Creek are nothing more than puddles.

I spent about 10 days in beautiful country between Kernsville and Johnsondale fishing a small spring creek near the north fork of the Kern River.  Although the Brown Trout that share the stream are usually bigger than the goldens, they can't begin to match the beauty of a Golden or Kern Golden Trout.

I went searching for a new body of water to wave my 3wt at last weekend.  My search started at Elizabeth Lake in Green Valley.  The view from the road looked fairly tempting, but my hopes were quickly dashed when I wandered down to the shoreline.  There is a flithy algae/slime along most of the shore, tons of people - some swimming in the murky brownish colored water - and a stiff head-wind.

I went to check out another local stream - Bouquet Canyon Creek with my daughter today.  She took most of the pictures while I had fun trying to fish the tiny creek.

It was a tough weekend for your faithful newbie.  Massive back pain, a horrible sunburn, and a sharp learning curve.

It began with an innocent trip to Piru Creek for some fly-fishing with Hank (my Golden Retriever).