The 395 and Owens Valley-Eastern Sierra Region

I imagine puckering for sure, but I've only seen the trail on Youboob. If you think I can handle it without damage, I'm in.
You would be the ultimate guide as far as I'm concerned. I better get this garage dialed pronto.

 

Be careful....some ultimate guides get drunk,get their feelings hurt then throw hands around the campfire.

edit: I thought of this one all by myself

 

This sounds awesome. I will try to be ready in August.

 

You did? Gold star. Still esoteric as fuck. Unless you want to tell the story?

Fuck it. I'll let @tetten and @Mike likes Tacos tell the story. lol

 

Looks like a fun trip! Catch anything?

I was in the Sierras for fathers day and again for the 4th, casting lures day after day, and have yet to figure out anything that works. But it's always fun trying, and plenty else to do up there.

 

Min-jigs. Shameless plug for my buddy Jared at Parchers Resort out of South Lake. I fish them 94% of the time and catch fish 90% of the time.

https://www.sierraslammers.com/

 

Thanks! I will give these a try!

 

I agree they work really good for trout. I like AeroJigs and even basic hackle style crappie jigs work.
https://hawkenfishing.com/collections/aerojig/aerojig-hackle-jigs?sort_by=title-ascending

 

my favorite photo of Kahlo.

 

Fridonna. Kahlo died in 1954 at 47. Not quite the style at the time.

 

you’re absolutely right; I should have caught that. Face is totally wrong.

 

Nice chatting with you above Green Lake on Saturday. Glad you made it back safe.

 

You too. Next time you end up out this way shoot me a PM.

 

We caught 4 trout at Convict from the shore. Carolina rig on salmon eggs with some stinky stuff rubbed on. We tried to land them right before the drop-off. Then sit back at wait. The other lakes we didn't have good luck. Crowley was like a washing machine on the boat. Way too windy.

My son learned the virtue of patience on this trip. Usually he's wanting to cast all day and doesn't have much luck. And he got some reading in...

 

Saw Frida on The Simpsons last night:

 

One of the cool things about the 395 corridor is all the history out there, and the abandoned structures from a forgotten age. I wonder what life was like way back then...

 

Instead of sifting through gravel for purple glass we can look for blue lights…

 

Happy hour at the Monte Cristo Mine

 

So, in researching a future trip, I stumbled on this photo that someone had pinned to their pinterest. That means there's no real info about it except for the note they'd left on it, along the lines of beinga shot of the Sierra's (obviously from the east, perhaps from the White Mountains). And an implication (perhaps) that it was accessed from Nevada? Anyone recognize the angle and can help me with an ID? PM is totally fine, and I'm happy to not mention locations in any write-up if I find it.

 

Looks like ... Chemung Mine?

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/san-francisco/14-incredible-abandoned-places-in-california

Haven't been there.