Carson River Drainage

Carson River Drainage The Carson River Drainage starts within the Sierra Nevada and flows for 131 miles through Nevada emptying into the Carson Sink. This article will only cover the area of the drainage within the Sierra Nevada, it’s headwaters in Alpine County.   The headwaters are the ancestral home of the Lahontan Cutthroat and…

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Formation of the Range of Light

The Sierra still retains the awesome splendor that Bierstadt encountered. We will look at Fly Fishing the Sierra from a Naturalist perspective. Not only will you appreciate the fly fishing opportunities but will get an appreciation for your surroundings, how they came to be, and where they might transform in the future. The Sierra Nevada…

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Origins of the Golden Trout

Within the Southern Sierra is a wilderness that inhabits what many consider the most beautiful trout in the world.  The main Kern River, particularly the upper regions, have a strain of rainbows that many consider a “world class” fishery for fly fishermen. The caveat is that is not easy to reach either by horse back,…

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