[pct-l] Fishing along the trail

[Tom Simon]

Just a note to Keith and others who were interested in fishing along the 
trail. . .
I learnt a modified way of fly fishing of sorts that works. Until I learnt 
it, I was fishing with small lures and getting nowhere with the fish in the 
Sierras who do not know what to do with a lure - they just follow it to 
shore and stay about 2 feet behind it. So a couple young guys taught me a 
very effective way to fish. You get a very light collapsible rod and a small 
reel - together they weigh less than a pound. Then you tie a clear spherical 
bobber that splits in half about a few feet from the end of the line, 
filling it half way with water for weight. At the end of the line, tie your 
fly on. Throw it all out and the bobber looks like a bubble to fish. I can 
easily catch several trout for dinner in less than fifteen minutes.
Only thing is, you have to end up in the right camping spot near a lake at 
the end of a days hike and have the energy left to fish. I found that this 
did not work out too often if trying to walk 20 plus miles per day. There 
are not many opportunities to fish before the Sierras, so you might want to 
get your gear at Kennedy Meadows or so.
Good luck and good eating,
Tom