@@highcountrychronicles just ordered 3 McDermand books. We hike the same trails. I love small creeks. Thanks for what you do and your scholarship as well.
@chili1593 Glad you could find them. They can be bit hard to find. I'm only familiar with the Water's of Golden Trout Country and Yosemite and Kings Canyon trout (which you'll love if you fish the Emigrant). What is the 3rd? (Or did you order an extra? I have two copies of each I think as backup. 😅) Thanks again for the Super and the kind words. 🙂
@@highcountrychroniclesI’m a sleuth of fishing bookstores. If you need any hints let me know. Fireside Angler in NY, Anglebooks in the UK, Abe and Biblio for searching out of print stuff. I first check with my local or Barnes & Noble as I like to support the independents
@@highcountrychronicles I believe those were what we used to call "Blue" grouse...now called Dusky grouse. I grew up in the Eastern Sierra and saw them all the time. Chuckar are far more skittish and would never let you get that close. Great channel!
Happy birthday. And thanks. We packed medium hard dryish cheeses for two weeks and more, wrapped in cheesecloth inside a freezer baggy, kept buried in a stuffsack in the shade of the pack -- medium aged goudas, Sbrinz (Mountain Swiss), parmesan, pecorino, dry Mahon (Majorca), manchengo (Spain), Coulea (Ireland -- the very best), meedium dry Bear Flag Monterey Jack, Mimolette (French), Boorenkaas (Dutch raw milk gouda), Others (less dry, softer) didn't survive as well -- Wensleydale (English), aged English cheddar, Havarti (turned into pudding). Cheese makes a great trail food -- high in fat & protein, extremely compact (parmesan, pecorino, and Sbrinz especially -- but all of them). Nuts are the same (peanuts, cashews). And dry fruit (raisins, currents, cranberries, peaches, pears, apricots, pineapple). All extremely good munchies, natural, highly nutritious, and pack well. Make great lunches and trail munchies.
Happy Birthday 🎁 Loved this video! Yes, I too have read both of John McDermond’s books, do you remember his story about discovering “steelhead” in Lake Italy ? Curios to know both the size and colors of the scuds you used. Have you tried using chironomids suspended beyond a drop off ?
Hi and thank you! Yes, I remember the story and always presumed he just ran into very large rainbows or simply meant the lake had been planted with Coastal Rainbows as opposed to McCloud rainbows, since McCloud rainbows were probably the primary stocking fish. (And I think back then the Steelhead vs Trout distinction was basically one of size as opposed to origin or habit. ) We were using quite large scuds, probably size 8 or 10 or effectively that size since I tend to use hooks that are 2X long. They were orange. If you watch Day 4 you can see them in the mouths of the fish a bit better I think. Maybe Day 3 as well. You know, I don't fish chironomids much any more. I used to back in the day and I've had good successes with them, especially on my home waters (which I don't fish anymore) and in places with silty bottoms but more and more I'm fishing impressionistic patterns, damsels, callibaetis or caddis. I think caddis, especially cased caddis are under appreciated in our high sierra waters.
If you enjoy fishing be sure to check out dat 4: ua-cam.com/video/zH3hkLStQzc/v-deo.htmlsi=gJ-4cBTmHEE7Z_Vl
Great adventure Jim.....Loved every minute of it!....Again, we live vicariously thru your video adventures!
@@mmfruitveg Thanks! Glad to hear it!
I love the golden trout wilderness.been there horse back 3 times.thanks for sharing
@@caseyhansen4567 Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
Wow! Thank you! I've never gotten one of these before! Thanks again and you are very welcome!
@@highcountrychronicles just ordered 3 McDermand books. We hike the same trails. I love small creeks. Thanks for what you do and your scholarship as well.
@chili1593 Glad you could find them. They can be bit hard to find. I'm only familiar with the Water's of Golden Trout Country and Yosemite and Kings Canyon trout (which you'll love if you fish the Emigrant). What is the 3rd? (Or did you order an extra? I have two copies of each I think as backup. 😅)
Thanks again for the Super and the kind words. 🙂
@@highcountrychroniclesI’m a sleuth of fishing bookstores. If you need any hints let me know. Fireside Angler in NY, Anglebooks in the UK, Abe and Biblio for searching out of print stuff. I first check with my local or Barnes & Noble as I like to support the independents
@@chili1593 Cool. Thanks! What was the 3rd book?
Nice one. That's a trip the birds just stood there.
Thanks! Yeah, usually they flush pretty quickly...
@@highcountrychronicles I believe those were what we used to call "Blue" grouse...now called Dusky grouse. I grew up in the Eastern Sierra and saw them all the time. Chuckar are far more skittish and would never let you get that close. Great channel!
@@szippwald thanks! Great information. I really didn't know. It didn't make sense to me that they were so "non-pulsed" to have us there. LOL.
Happy birthday. And thanks.
We packed medium hard dryish cheeses for two weeks and more, wrapped in cheesecloth inside a freezer baggy, kept buried in a stuffsack in the shade of the pack -- medium aged goudas, Sbrinz (Mountain Swiss), parmesan, pecorino, dry Mahon (Majorca), manchengo (Spain), Coulea (Ireland -- the very best), meedium dry Bear Flag Monterey Jack, Mimolette (French), Boorenkaas (Dutch raw milk gouda), Others (less dry, softer) didn't survive as well -- Wensleydale (English), aged English cheddar, Havarti (turned into pudding). Cheese makes a great trail food -- high in fat & protein, extremely compact (parmesan, pecorino, and Sbrinz especially -- but all of them). Nuts are the same (peanuts, cashews). And dry fruit (raisins, currents, cranberries, peaches, pears, apricots, pineapple). All extremely good munchies, natural, highly nutritious, and pack well. Make great lunches and trail munchies.
@@jimpowell6789 Thank you!
Just bought all 3 McDermand books. Thanks for your scholarship!
Enjoy! They are great reading!
Happy Birthday 🎁 Loved this video! Yes, I too have read both of John McDermond’s books, do you remember his story about discovering “steelhead” in Lake Italy ? Curios to know both the size and colors of the scuds you used. Have you tried using chironomids suspended beyond a drop off ?
Hi and thank you! Yes, I remember the story and always presumed he just ran into very large rainbows or simply meant the lake had been planted with Coastal Rainbows as opposed to McCloud rainbows, since McCloud rainbows were probably the primary stocking fish. (And I think back then the Steelhead vs Trout distinction was basically one of size as opposed to origin or habit. )
We were using quite large scuds, probably size 8 or 10 or effectively that size since I tend to use hooks that are 2X long. They were orange. If you watch Day 4 you can see them in the mouths of the fish a bit better I think. Maybe Day 3 as well.
You know, I don't fish chironomids much any more. I used to back in the day and I've had good successes with them, especially on my home waters (which I don't fish anymore) and in places with silty bottoms but more and more I'm fishing impressionistic patterns, damsels, callibaetis or caddis. I think caddis, especially cased caddis are under appreciated in our high sierra waters.
Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/zwt0wVu9aLc/v-deo.htmlsi=FNzwNxIkmY8L7wzX&t=686 this is the nymph.
@@highcountrychronicles Thank You ! very useful info in this video !!! Nice catches.
"So long and thanks for all the fish" - HAHA!
LOL. Yep. LOL.
Just some more "small" (lol) 12" to 14" Goldens in a 11,000'+ elevation alpine lake. Catching up on all of these videos has been great.
@@michaelb1761 Thanks. Yeah, funny how expectations change your perspective. LOL. What until you see the Kennedy Lake video. 🤣
What the heck was that little grand canyon deal??...Never seen that before??
@@mmfruitveg 😅 No idea but it was cool and not on the map. LOL.
Eat a couple trout !
🤣 I don't like the taste. 🤣🤣