Fishing Throwbacks

since she knew that I knew that there had been cell coverage on this stretch of river (A few years back, we’d gotten a memorable call from our son while fishing.) Clearly, that coverage had disappeared.

So what could she have done differently, to prevent us from spending the day searching for her? She should have written a note to say where she’d gone and left it on rock pyramid in a conspicuous place on the main trail.

All’s well that ends well

The good news in all of this is that having spoken with Kirston, I’m no longer thinking I’ve spent my last day on the Beardsley. Neither is Wendy. But you can bet we’ll be a lot more careful, conservative and respectful of this rugged stretch of river the next time around.

This month’s fishing throwback is taken from the the August 27th Issue of Punch, or the London Charivari.

Though, we can certainly attest to being swarmed by midges, flies, mayflies, caddis flies, and so on, the last two panels we have yet to find the mythical place where the fish are bold enough to get at us like that!

Image from Archive.org

Jeff Miller & the Friends of Alameda Creek

Jeff Miller is the founder of the Alameda Creek Alliance and has served as Executive Director since 1997. Jeff also works with the Center for Biological Diversity on media, outreach, writing endangered species listing petitions, and working on biodiversity issues and endangered species protection throughout California.

Alameda Creek Alliance challenged Caltrans in late 2017 over its approval and environmental review for the Alameda Creek Bridge by nothing Caltrans had improperly deferred steps identifying it would take to replace trees affected by construction.

Volunteers with the organization also have helped fish biologists from EBRPD tag steelhead entering the creek to track their upstream migration. Steelhead have been observed spawning with native rainbow trout.