fly fishing bucket list/ What is yours?

by **garypullings** » May 28th, 2012, 10:55 am

So I am sitting here at work thinking of anything but work. I am thinking that today would be a great day to go fishing, and I am stuck here at work. So I am thinking if I could go fishing, where would I go?

So I decided to think of a bucket list of sorts for California. If I could go fishing anywhere in California, where would I go? Therefore I decided to make a list of the top 10 places I want to fish in California. These are not in any particular order

Post your top 10 bucket list places for California.

1. McArthur-Burney Falls
2. Hot creek
3. Upper Sacramento
4. Eel river – when the salmon/ steelhead are running
5. Trinity
6. Feather
7. Klamath
8. Pit River
9. Russian
10. LA River

by **Rasputinj** » May 28th, 2012, 12:45 pm

I am basing this off a bucket list so it is places I have not fished yet.

1 GTW
2 Hat Creek
3 feather river
4. East Walker
5. Upper South Fork Kern
6. Indian Creek in Los Padres east of Santa Barbara
7 hot creek ranch
8 cottonwood creek
9 eel river
10 blue lines on maps

by **Bernard** » May 28th, 2012, 1:39 pm

Rasputinj wrote:10 blue lines on maps

by **fly addict** » May 29th, 2012, 9:05 am

Here’s mine,
1. Fall River
2. Hat Creek
3. Burney Creek
4. McCloud River
5. Pit River
6. Yellow Creek
7. Yuba River
8. East Fork Carson River
9. The pack trip section of the Upper Kern River (with Guy)
10. The Lower Sac near Redding

by **Fishfreak911** » May 29th, 2012, 11:17 am

Gosh, I have fished most everywhere on the other lists, but, here are a few I have not and some I really want to return to before I croak:

Never been:
1.McCloud
2.Pitt
3.Burney
4. Fall
5. GTW Hike in
6. Kennedy Meadows
7. Manache Meadows
8. Hat Creek
9. EVERY HIKE-IN LAKE IN THE SIERRAS
10.Klamath River
11. Russian River
12.Crowley (Next Month BABY!)

Want to return to:
1.Tuolome River below Het-Hetchy (Blue Ribbon Fishery!)
2. Trinity (Stilll haven't caught a Steelie
3. South Sac for salmon and trout
5. Upper Sac
6. East Walker

by **silverlaker** » May 29th, 2012, 12:14 pm

I'm not likely to get out much this year. Might as well dream...
1. McCloud @ nature conservancy
2. upper sac
3. Kern @ funston (backpack)
4. deep into kings canyon (backpack)
5. San Joaquin from the west side (backpack)
6. the gorge
7. some nameless alpine likes (backpack)
8. socal surf
return visits:
9. Fall river
10. Pitt river

by **WanderingBlues** » May 29th, 2012, 3:08 pm

Santa Ana River Lakes
Irvine lakes
Corona Lakes
Lake Gregory
Green Valley Lake
The Aquaduct in Hesperia
Santa Ana River at the 60 Freeway (my honey hole)
All American Aquaduct in Imperial County
Salton Sea
Mono Lake

Hopefully my mentioning these spots won't ruined them for the extremely hot bites that occur.

by **1mocast** » May 29th, 2012, 9:08 pm

I gotta build me a 0000000000wt rod for those huge brine shrimp in Mono.... :funnyup:

by **Artin** » May 30th, 2012, 8:18 am

This is a tough one!

I think that list would fill a book! But I am good with the blue squiggly lines on maps. Just shoot a dart and see where it takes you for me.

Golden Dorado fishing in South America. Pic a country!

Artin

by **Fishfreak911** » June 9th, 2012, 9:49 am

WanderingBlues wrote:Santa Ana River Lakes
Irvine lakes
Corona Lakes
Lake Gregory
Green Valley Lake
The Aquaduct in Hesperia
Santa Ana River at the 60 Freeway (my honey hole)
All American Aquaduct in Imperial County
Salton Sea
Mono Lake

Hopefully my mentioning these spots won't ruined them for the extremely hot bites that occur.

Nice WB! I almost forgot about those spots! I change my list to yours with the adddition of:

Diaz Lake In August
The LA River in Compton
Mile Square Park (No FF allowed tho

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Artin wrote:This is a tough one!

I think that list would fill a book! But I am good with the blue squiggly lines on maps. Just shoot a dart and see where it takes you for me.

Golden Dorado fishing in South America. Pic a country!

Artin

Artin, I haven't heard of "South America, California". Whereabouts is that???

by **Sasha** » June 9th, 2012, 2:13 pm

I was thinking that getting a BJ while fighting a steelhead on a spey rod in the fall might be interesting :lol:

by **garypullings** » June 9th, 2012, 5:42 pm

Sasha wrote:I was thinking that getting a BJ while fighting a steelhead on a spey rod in the fall might be interesting

This is California and LGBT month. So I guess you should be fine. :booty:

by **Sasha** » June 9th, 2012, 6:38 pm

garypullings wrote:
Sasha wrote:I was thinking that getting a BJ while fighting a steelhead on a spey rod in the fall might be interesting

This is California and LGBT month. So I guess you should be fine.

That's ok I'll take your word for it :booty:

I was just thinking of inviting my wife to go with me on my next steelhead trip :bananadance:

by **Dry Fly Rie** » June 9th, 2012, 10:03 pm

In no particular order:

1. Hot Creek Ranch
2. East Walker
3. MF San Joaquin River headwaters
4. Socal Surf
5. Barrett Reservoir
6. Stanberry's Big Brookie Lake
7. The Gorge
8. GTW
9. Socal Mountain Creeks
10. Yosemite Creeks

by **tenandtwo** » June 10th, 2012, 9:23 am

Sasha wrote:I was thinking that getting a BJ while fighting a steelhead on a spey rod in the fall might be interesting

That is a report I would like to see, real potential for an awesome hero shot!