Coffee in hand, headed to the El Dorado National Forest. Cat Creek Road is just inside the forest boundary. Make a sharp left and it's 8 miles to the creek.
At 4 miles in I hit a little snow left over from the last storm.
A little on the side, no problem. |
Snow as far as the eye can see. |
Yesterday Yuki and his Brother took a drive to South Lake Tahoe up Highway 88 and reported that Silver and Caples Lakes were both iced over. He did mention that the West Fork of the Carson was open, but I didn't want to go that far and will explain that below also.
The only open water left was Bear River Reservoir. Hasn't been stellar as of late, in fact it hasn't been anything as of late, but it was open water and the gate was open so one wouldn't have to walk very far to fish.
Bear River, the dam |
Across the lake |
Down the side from where I was. |
Snow high up |
The first dam at BR |
As the day wore on, more clouds came.
More clouds |
Still more clouds. |
I did try PB with Sweet Corn and PB with Garlic along with silver, gold, and pink Kastmasters, but I was somewhat hurried when the thunder started. Maybe next time.
OK, why not fish next week? Friday the 13th (Yes we are brave) we are heading for Yosemite National Park for three nights. I will spend most of next week getting the Clipper ready for the trip. We haven't been out since the trip to Hope Valley last August. We don't have reservations in the park, but at an RV resort just outside the gate. The Clipper will have water and electricity and I have the Geezer Pass that let's us into the park for free. I plan on trying my luck on the Merced River (artificial & barbless).
Oh yeah, the West Fork of the Carson. Did I mention that the "Fish to extinction" crowd got skunked on opening day on the West Fork? Made my day.
Stay tuned.
Not a great outing and typical unsettled Sierra weather, but the snow is nice to see. It'd be better to see it in person but there's no certainty if and when I'll make it up the hill. Good luck on the Merced; fishing it in the part or outside?
ReplyDeleteIn the park as best as I can.
DeleteWeather can be cruel sometimes. That said, I totally lost concentration once you said Yosemite -- awesome! Can't wait to see a few pics from there!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Mike, I've never seen Yosemite and look forward to lots of pictures.
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ReplyDeleteLot of snow on that road, what was the elevation there? The wife and I were in Yellowstone last summer, didn't get to fish, but saw some awesome looking streams. Looking forward to a report.
Hi Bill. The road at that point is about 5500 feet. A lot of it has to do with shade on the road. Snow on this road is not all that unusual at this time of year. I was just hoping.
DeleteWhen I was growing up I'm CA... My family would take vacations to Yosemite. Lots of good memories... Half dome, bears, and a scooped out watermelon on the riverbank that Grandpa left out to get cold... Ha!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up I'm CA... My family would take vacations to Yosemite. Lots of good memories... Half dome, bears, and a scooped out watermelon on the riverbank that Grandpa left out to get cold... Ha!
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