Favorite places:

Hot Creek

This beautiful trout stream originates from Mammoth Creek along with the area's natural hot springs.  DFG has turned this stream into one of the country's best wild trout resources.  The fish are smart and wary and fight like mad. 

Ethan's first trip

Fishing with Cliff and cousin Kevin    

The Lower Owens River

The Lower Owens has several sections.  We enjoy all of them.  At the northern most end just below Crowley, is what is known as the Gorge.  It's often a treacherous hike to our favorite spots, but it's well worth braving the steep descent and rattle snakes.  The wild browns are small, but take dry flies quite readily.  Below that is the Reservoir area with a short stream section which leads into the Pleasant Valley Reservoir.  This area is well stocked, but you can also fool some of the wild browns in the area.  Below that is the famous Wild Trout Section filled with wild browns.  Finally, below that is the section of river that flows just east of the town of Bishop.  This section features the chance to hook the larger holdover fish.  Scott once hooked and landed a 22-inch rainbow.  Scott's dad once caught a fish with guide, Tom Loe, which made the cover of Western Outdoor News. 

The San Joaquin River

Located high up above the Mammoth Lakes area is one of the area's most beautiful streams.  The San Joaquin flows through beautiful stretches of forests, past the famous Devil's Postpile Monument, and eventually flows over Rainbow Falls.  The fish are both stocked and wild, and there are lots of them.  This is one of the few places where an angler can get a "Sierra Slam," hooking rainbows, browns, brooks, and golden hybrids.  Scott recently had a 30 fish morning where he caught fish on every fly in his box. 

New from July, 2003!  We had an amazing morning fishing with Cliff.  The water was perfect, the weather was perfect.  Geri caught and released 15 fish.  The best part was no kids!  Grandma and Grandpa O watched the kids all morning.  Yipee!

Cliff stalks a bank                       

  Geri releases a whopper!

Kern River, 2003

We fished the Kern River above Lake Isabella for the first time in October.  We've been missing out on a great place to flyfish!  We caught lots of fish in the little time we got to fish.  We'll be going back soon for sure.

   Geri works a riffle  Fish on!

To the net

Other waters

We also like fishing the lakes using float tubes, and especially like the Rock Creek Lake area, although more for it's scenery than its fishing.  The lake has lots of fish and the tiny streams are teeming with wild brooks, browns, rainbows and golden hybrids.