Howdy friends and Sierra Drifters. Best fishes to all for this February 2008 fish report from Siberia?Ķ I mean the Eastern High Sierra.

A seemingly never ending string of artic storms has been stomping across this area for the last two weeks making the fishing in the newly opened year around waters foolish, and vehicular transit in the high country iffy during the storms. Even the Owens Valley has been getting a fifty five gallon drum of winter poured all over it this week. It has been a long time since Hwy 395 has closed so often to travel in this region. A good phone number to keep with you when you come to the Sierras is the Cal Trans road reports...you can reach that by dialing 511 or 800-427-ROAD & keying in the highway number. The forecast predicts a much milder weather cycle to begin next week, with significant warming by the following weekend. All the recent snow is great news for the coming summer and fall season. This is what I keep telling myself after each five hour snow shoveling session!

ROAD TRIP! Tom Loe will be doing a power point presentation with other Sierra Drifters guides for the Kern River Fly Fishers on February 6th 2008. The show will be about unique methods of fly fishing the Eastern Sierras blue ribbon waters from a boat or float tube. The focus on these seminars is instruction and guide tips to better enable you to fish the waters of the Sierra. Lots of laughs, fish stories, and information are forecast. Hope to see you there. The Kern River Fly Fishers meet the first Wednesday evening of every month and Tom's presentation is to begin at 7:30PM Wednesday, February 6 in the east meeting room at the V.F.W. Hall located at 400 Norris Road, Bakersfield, CA located about 2 miles east of Highway 99. The public is invited to attend.

PYRAMID LAKE NEVADA GUIDED FLY FISHING TRIPS BOOKING NOW!!!

I am very pleased to announce that I will once again be guiding Pyramid Lake NV this spring and fall for the GIGANTIC cutts that thrive in this huge lake. I obtained permission and permits from the Piute Tribe to once again guide Pyramid from the "Fish Magnet" and shoreline.

Pyramid Lake is arguably the best large trout fishery in the contiguous USA and those who fished it with me last season have the pictures to prove it! We will be booking trips in March, April, May, and October of 2008. I am stoked to be guiding this area from my flats boat, and when you check out the pictures of the gargantuan cutts we caught last season you will see why. Click on this link for available dates, rates, and some awesome pictures: http://www.sierradrifters.com/pyramid_lake_nevada_.htm

We are also pleased to announce that our Sierra Drifters Guide Flies & Sungicators are now available at Crosby Lodge at Pyramid Lake, Nevada?Ķ www.crosbylodge.com talk to Fred or Judy?Ķ.

EAGLE LAKE CALIFORNIA GUIDED FLY FISHING PACKAGE:

This is my favorite place to fish a still water in California. The rainbows average twenty inches. AVERAGE TWENTY INCHES!!! This gorgeous lake is located in Northern CA. near Susanville and Mt. Lassen. Michele and I have been hosting and guiding groups here for five spring and fall seasons and we are booking trips for May/June 2008.

If you enjoy fly fishing for huge rainbows and being pampered in a custom lake front house, this is your dream trip. Click on this link for dates, rates and some awesome pictures please. http://www.sierradrifters.com/EagleLakeCalifornia.htm.