wanting to leave early, constantly complaining about being hot/cold/tired/hungry/going too far/etc man up! 8-) That's my list. complaining about anything period. wanting to quit before its too dangerous (dark, flood, lightning, etc...) to continue. I don't like to hear anything negative on the wate...

Good news indeed. Nice work.

Knowing that steelhead are rainbow are steelhead, the only difference being the presence of an anadromous gene which givees the fish a tendency to seek the ocean, I wonder if the coastal rainbow is simply the anadronous rainbow (steelhead). Or maybe I missed something reading through all this and t...

someone told me that it had to be from water that was historically connected to the ocean and within a certain distance of the coastline. for instance, wild rainbows from the san gabriel's count but wild rainbows from the owens do not. I think you're right because the Owens isn't part of the histor...

That's scary, but I fear its the reality - big, high profile busts, at the risk of leaving the public at risk while they build their case. On the other hand, go in with too little info, too little intelligence, and not get arrests or have them fall through in court - and the same scumbags are back i...

Happy Birthday FB - here's a trout for you:

Just wanted to check in and say hi - I'm familiar with most of you already...

Thanks Gabe,

Ray