Headed up to Mammoth a few weeks ago right after the almost 3 meter dump of snow for some R&R and gear testing, although a lot of people don't consider post-holing miles in the snow as Rest or Relaxation. Dragged the fly rods along as usual, and found the usual suspects in the usual places. It was a cold one that weekend, but as the saying goes, "There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad gear."

And great views.







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Hot Creek fished, and looked as well as I’d ever seen or fished it, but I chalked that up to the fact these fish probably hadn’t seen a sport in the past couple of days. It's a brisk 2 mile hike in snow drifts. That helps keep the chusma out.









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OVERLOOKING THE OWENS VALLEY





THE LOCAL ART INSTALLATION





MONO LAKE: