My first attempt to fish the Rubicon river didnt happen, big black oak on rd, and I didnt have a saw with me, I know right?
A couple weeks later, with 3 saws, wedges, 2 fly rods and a .44mag I attempted to get down that 5 mile long rd that takes 30-35 minutes without trees in the way...well 2 hours later and 4 trees cut up and moved I made it to the infamous Rubicon river.."the die is cast" or "beyond the point of no return"...I swear I could hear trout jumping on the way down..
First tree in rd...
2nd tree wasnt bad but the 3rd tree was big, a pondo that uprooted probably 120ft long was across the dirt rd and driven in the dirt about 3 feet deep...It was a bit nerve racking not knowing what was going to happen when I started to plunge cut this feral pig of a pine.
Im glad it was me and not someone else with there big box store saw trying to cut this up, could have been ugly, every cut I made that trunk came thundering down...goodness
A lot steeper than pic shows...
small pondo
Last section of rd a little rough...
Finally down and parked it was time for the next hurdle....blackberries, poison oak, skeets and lots of big bear scat on trail.
Very cool old suspension foot bridge that crosses river, hope its safe.
This is how I roll in remote areas...Smoke wagon or Hogs leg
The Rubicon is 60 miles of "designated Wild Trout river" no planters, with only 4 access points or so to get down to river
Using a cricket fly (terrestial) letting it drift got me into fish on, and boy do these wild trout put up a battle.
Tried to go down stream to get into some other pools but rocks were "slicker than a frogs belly"..just rained here last week with lots of moss=dangerous
could only spend a limited amount of time there but hope to be back soooon
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