Thank you all for the kind thoughts and words. When I got home and read this, it moved me to tears. I appreciate the friendship and kindness you all have shown me. I am a very lucky man.

Thank you to everyone who called or stopped by. I almost had more fly fishing folks stop in then I had family! Mike came in the morning after the first long night and was a sight for sore eyes. I developed pretty intense chest pain and called our local paramedics who immediately told me what I had t...

Reads just like Mike talks. Well written, interesting and as always, informative. Mike is a wealth of fly fishing information and man, can that fella fish.

Reads just like Mike talks. Well written, interesting and as always, informative. Mike is a wealth of fly fishing information and man, can that fella fish.

Can you ride a bike up that far?

You saw a "air show" that was for a Veteran's Day Program. It was a fly over of military planes including the new stealth bomber.

As most of you know, Zee will be heading back to Czech Republic in January sometime to resume his life there. His ability, enthusiasm and genuine friendship have touched a lot of people throughout the Sierra Nevada. We are gathering photos of Zee on his many fishing trips and adventures over the yea...

Happy Birthday, Chuck! Really enjoyed meeting you and learning from you this past weekend. Hope you got what you were hoping for and if not....just go fishing anyway!

Jim

No for a couple of reasons. First, to operate commerically, you have to be licensed by the Forest Service and carry a bunch of insurance. Second, when you do it for money, it becomes a job. These folks make their living showing people their section of the Sierras and it wouldn't be ethical to take p...

As someone who meets the criteria set out by Benny and someone who has spent a day or two at the front and back end of a mule, packing is a way of moving a great deal of equipment to remote locations. Sure makes a nice camp when the ice chest is full of beer and steaks. All of the packers in the Sie...

How true....how true.

My "kids" are 35 and 32 and still evoke those wonderful feelings when are schedules allow us to get together. Savor each moment and make the time to spend the time with them.

Read this 1997 article about the Law Enforcement folks on the Angeles National Forest to get a glimpse at what they are up against. It will give eye opening insight in the cultural and social issues that continue to vex efforts to curtail them. The difference between then and now is that they have l...

I can't speak to the specific tactics and stratagy in these cases. I know several of the LEO's on different Forests but we don't discuss shop when we get together to ride horses or do projects together. I do know that Law Enforcement frequently will allow a case to build (car thieves...Sting Fence s...

Good advice from Anacrime on connecting to download pictures. Sounds like you were plugging your card into the slot on the printer. HP or Epson both make excellent printers that do a lot of things. I would suggest that you get a printer that has the capability of printing on DVD's or CD's. They come...

This was the 33rd Pot Farm bust on the the San Bernardino National Forest this year alone. Trying to keep find...track...coordinate with local law enforcement and bust these cretins is an overwhelming job and the Forest Service just got allocated an additional 40 million (from Sen. Diane Feinsten, I...