We'll get right to it. Why waste time on a beautiful Friday -- especially when more fly fishing might await me at the end of the day?
The Fishing's Good... For Now
The "always-dripping-with-information" Fly Fishing in Yellowstone blog (Caddis gone wild!) echoes a Sierra Times fishing report about the Truckee River -- and both sound eerily similar to the Upper Sacramento reports I've been providing.
The dry fly fishing has been great because the water's so low, and good-sized fish are being caught -- probably due to the mild winter.
That's the good news. The bad news is the we're probably going to pay for all this dry fly fishing success later in the summer in fall. Let's hope the cost isn't too high.
The Future of Fly Fishing Footwear? (Let's Hope Not.)
"Five Finger" Shoes now available for $70 - $100. Add a little felt, and...
It's no secret I spend most of my wading life on the knife edge of disaster, clinging to underwater rocks by the skin of my toenails. That's why the Five Finger footwear (found on Spluch) seemed like a natural fit for a wading shoe.
Alas, no felt-bottomed version is available (the things are made from a thin, flexible Vibram rubber), so my hopes of being the first fly fisher on the Upper Sacramento to wear these things have been dashed. Damn.
Then, the TVA Angler highlights some Tabi "marine wading socks he bought in Hawaii. They're essentially wading socks attached to rubber and felt soles.
Interestingly, he suggests they fish well on small streams, but are pretty hard on the ankles in deeper water with bigger rocks. The cost? $10. Sure, they look dorky as hell (Ninja Angler, anyone), but I caught myself wondering if they wouldn't be a smart alternative to my four-pound wading boots on one of my backpack trips.
So what's the verdict of the Undergrounders: Five Finger and Tabi boots -- dorky or dude-like?
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