by Glen Ozawa | Nov 4, 2019 | Other Topics
Eleven OCCers had a fantastic time exploring the waters and landscape of the Eastern Sierra from September 5 to September 9, 2019. Members tried their hands at brookies and rainbows at 10,000+ feet on both Lee Vining and Rock Creeks; rainbows, browns and cutthroats in...
by Glen Ozawa | Mar 20, 2019 | Other Topics
The weather was great! The company was even better. The bass were biting! Vlad caught fish! Sometimes, the cuss words were bigger than the fish, and sometimes, the fish were bigger than the smiles. It was an epic day, whether you caught fish or not! Fun was had by...
by Glen Ozawa | Feb 27, 2019 | Other Topics
Despite the weather forecast, The OCC went to Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes! Although water clarity wasn’t optimal, we still caught fish! Check out the photos. And guess what? The weather was pretty good. Our next trip will be to Kistler Ranch for bass…...
by Glen Ozawa | Dec 18, 2018 | Other Topics
Ken Brunskill is planning to purchase a watercraft that is rowable, frameless, and inflatable. In this process, Ken compiled a sheet characterizing his options. If you are interested, you can download his specification sheet comparing them. It sounds like Ken is...
by Glen Ozawa | Dec 18, 2018 | Conservation
On Tuesday, December 12, 2018, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(Agencies) unveiled a proposal to significantly narrow the scope of protections for our nation’s waters. The proposal would replace a 2015 rule designed to...
by Glen Ozawa | Nov 10, 2018 | Casting, Casting Tips
A common problem in fly casts is the line slapping the water behind the caster. It’s a problem that once plagued me, too. There may be fish behind us, but that’s not where we are fishing. Once you understand how timing of the rod’s acceleration during a back...
by Glen Ozawa | Oct 19, 2018 | Casting, Community, News
For those of you who missed it, Dan Noyes from ABC7 did a story on Maxine McCormick, Teen Who Honed Skills in San Francisco Becomes Fly Casting...
by Glen Ozawa | Jun 19, 2018 | Trip Reports
JK. There were tons of fish in the Hat River, and they were constantly rising in the evenings when we visited the fishery. Thanks to Luong, the Tenkara Tanuki, we were introduced to some new stretches. Some of us were lucky enough to see a bald eagle bring a trout to...
by Glen Ozawa | May 16, 2018 | Events, Fishing, Trip Reports
Luong Tam hosted a On-The-Water Tenkara workshop for The Oakland Casting Club in the Eastern Sierras on May 12. Watch the video!
by Glen Ozawa | Feb 14, 2018 | Events, Fishing, Trip Reports
What a trip! It’s not often that EVERYONE on an outing catches a fish, but it happened on this one! As always, the fish were big! The fish were too heavy to hold out towards the camera to make them look bigger… and besides, they didn’t need to look...