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Going fishing in the fall
I can hardly believe the calender! Summer is rapidly coming to a close and fall fishing is right around the corner. I do not know if it is me or if time just seems to be passing by very quickly these days.
As I sit here at my computer writing this, I am a week away from another milestone in my life. After working for 34 and a half years, the last 29 here for Placer County, I am retiring from my real job. On Friday, September 1st, I will be walking out of an office that has been my workplace since I moved up here in 1977. It will seem strange and I certainly will miss my co-workers whom I also consider good friends.
I wonder just how much my life will change without my regular job. There will be a little more time for fishing and a little golf. Perhaps a part-time job doing something that I like or that would get me some golfing or skiing privileges might be something that I will do.
Cyber-trip pioneer towns and mountains in southeast Idaho
You could be sitting in a boat right now, trying to outwit a trophy-size cutthroat trout or just relaxing and enjoying the scenery surrounding mile-high Bear Lake in Idaho's southeast corner. It's just one of the many attractions in an area that some travelers might overlook on their dash to more northerly parts.
Bear Lake www.bearlake.org offers a little of everything from fishing and sailing in the summer to skiing in the winter. Click on "Spring/Summer/Fall Activities" to look up fishing and see just how big those trout can get, and check out hiking trails, caves, camping and water sports. We're too late for Raspberry Days, Aug. 3-5, but you could file it away for next summer. And whether you travel with a tent and sleeping bag, a camper trailer or just suitcases, there are plenty of places around the lake to spend your nights.
Fishing: Grafham led then others took the bait
IT IS 40 years ago this summer since Grafham Water, in Cambridgeshire, opened as a trout fishery. It is 50 years this summer since Chew Valley Lake, in the West Country, did likewise. Together, they launched a movement that has changed the face of British fly fishing. Grafham proved much the stronger influence. Neither Grafham nor Chew was the first supply reservoir to be stocked with trout and made available to the public. Blagdon, in the West Country, had become that in 1901. Much smaller reservoirs notably two in Northamptonshire had also opened earlier. What made Grafham, near Buckden, so special was its size and location, the quality of the fishing it offered and the timing. .
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