I have been fly fishing and fly tying since 1978, so the list is naturally extensive. We are mainly stillwater specialists, so a lot of the rivers were fished enroute to stillwater destinations. If I were to pick a favorite area, not necessarily just for the fishing, it would be the North Umpqua River in Oregon, along Steamboat Creek. Absolutely gorgeous river and scenery, though camping is a lot more restricted then it was in our traveling days.
Although we have always been a low-budget fishing family (i.e. no big trips to the Bahamas or Alaska), we had the opportunity due to my being a college faculty member, to travel in a camper van for 2-1/2 months in the summer for over 13 summers. My spouse Linda and I consider this period a huge highlight of our lives. We couldn't do the same thing now, as it would be prohibitively expensive. I can remember gas at $1.23/gal. and campgrounds at $3 per night. Days long gone. CO: Eagle, Colorado, Fryingpan, Arkansas, Taylor, Dolores, Rio Grande, Upper S. Platte ID: North Fork SF and mainstem Snake, and numerous feeder streams MT: NF of the Snake, Firehole, Yellowstone, Big Hole, Bighorn OR: Clackamas, Sandy, Upper Middle and Lower Deschutes, Crooked, Fall, Rogue, Williamson, NF Willamette, Donner und Blitzen, N Umpqua, Spring CA: Scott, Upper Sacramento NV: Truckee WY: N. Platte below Grey Reef, N. Platte Miracle Mile, Green, Madison, Sweetwater Wes Wada Bend, Oregon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
