One of the real pleasures of repeat visits to your own local streams is getting to know these “home waters” personally, developing an actual relationship with them and getting to know their moods from one season to the next. There is one small stream near Truckee that fits this bill for me, and it’s always nice to get there early in the season to see how she endured any given Sierra winter. Was very pleasantly surprised this year to see that the creek had fared quite well and was, in fact, appearing healthier than during the past two or three years…

Lots of hungry little brookies were the norm for the day, with one nice rainbow joining in the fun early on…

Beautiful stroll through a mixture of meadow grass and small pines under a bright and cloudless Tahoe-blue sky! Wonderful morning spent with old friends…