I think the "elitist" stereotype comes more from the fact that most fly fishermen are c+r and don't want people severely injuring and killing the fish we seek. I don't think even a snobbish fly fisherman would turn up his nose to a bait dunker taking up a fly rod on a water they share. My ...
On my favorite small streams I fish... #1 Live bait, power bait, salmon eggs... any bait. #2 Trash, beer cans, diapers, ammo casings, and with particular disgust, empty bait containers. #3 Websites that blow up spots "100 fish a day" and "wild rainbows jumping on a bare hook" The...
I was in Wyoming, YNP, this last August and yes, very crowded, that being said - I still got a lot of fish the few days I was there, although, not much bigger than what I normally get on my local day trips from home. But I never caught a cutthroat or a brookie in Southern Cal so it was still a lot o...
Just did that trip (almost) in August went to Yellowstone, I only fished in YNP and that was between all the sightseeing and family activities, quick casts here in there as I could. Did drive through some beautiful country and a lot of good looking water, Northern Utah has lots of rivers and and str...
Here is the DFG answer. http://californiaoutdoors.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/fishing-access-to-private-land/ It basically mirrors the above posts, also check the list of DFG special reg waters http://www.dfg.ca.gov/regulations/FreshFish/ccr-t14-ch3-art3.html A lot of So Cal trout and or steel head wat...