EASTERN SIERRA – REGION 4 FLY FISHER’S PARADISE
In June we are delighted to welcome back local expert Steve Schalla with another in depth and off the beaten path presentation on his beloved Eastern Sierra. In his own words.
The topic I will present, “Eastern Sierra Region 4 – a fly fishers paradise” will be familiar to all of us. I doubt that I’ll cover anything new, no secret locations or special techniques to divulge. But it should be an enjoyable evening to just go over the many sites where this region offers superb fishing.
For most anglers, we have a favorite stream or lake to revisit each year. We might even get to know an area through the change of seasons. However, no angler has covered all this region, through all seasons, and that is where the interest will lie.
We will cover Mammoth Lakes and Backcountry, Hot Creek, Upper Owens, Crowley Lake, McGee Canyon, Fish Creek/Cascade Valley, Rock Creek Lake, Little Lakes Valley, and Pine Creek. There is so much to touch upon that we will have to hit the highlights of each area.
My background was a Cal Forester out of UC Berkeley so I would like to bring together geologic and naturalistic attributes of these areas that may be concepts not covered by others. I also studied Botany at UC Santa Barbara which led me to a career in establishing reforestation nurseries in California, Oregon, and Washington. During my tenure as a reforestation specialist, I grew about 45 million tree seedlings.
We will point out great areas to fish but will also look at the natural features of the region from the impacts from glaciation and volcanoes, fish migration, introduction of fish species, and how fish populations adapt to their watershed. From the cultural side, we will look at how timber, mining, fishery management, and water interests have impacted this region.
By the end of the presentation, my goal is to have club members walk away with the sense that this region of the Sierra Nevada is very special and that it is truly a fly fisher’s paradise.
Sierra Pacific Fly Fishers' monthly dinner meetings are held at the Monterey at Encino. This is a dinner/meeting venue attached to the Sepulveda Golf Complex at 16821 Burbank Blvd, Encino, California 91436. We meet in the room next to the bar by the golf course.
- 6:30PM:- No-host cocktail hour. Dinner may be ordered any time. Some social business is conducted, before including tall tale fishing stories and general announcements, and then there is a chance to purchase some raffle tickets for some very nice prizes.
- 7:00PM:- Dinner
- 8:00PM: Speaker Presentation
