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| I attended the Gold Country Fly Fishers meeting last week and learned a lot about what is going on with the Lower Yuba River. more... | |
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Who dat? They certainly don't look like the ‘Aints I grew up watching. |
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| There is a certain snarl in San Jose these days. Excuse the discontent and general air of skepticism. The natives, indeed, are restless, and their wait-and-see attitude through these dog days of hockey's winter would leave the casual fan of the San... | |
| The 2010 PGA Tour season is now in full swing (pardon the pun) and is now making its way through California. A couple weeks ago we watched the Bob Hope Desert Classic, then last week the boys played Torrey Pines in San Diego. | |
| The time has come for everyone thinking about running any of the races in this year's Gold Country Grand Prix (the fifth year) to get your calendars out to mark down the dates of the races in the series. | |
| The Lower Yuba River has been one of the better winter fisheries in the north state this year. Conditions have been quite good despite the recent heavy rains. | |
| Emptying out my notebooks, after working on my moves for Friday night's Daddy-Daughter dance, I just can't shake the fact that, apparently, there is absolutely no statute of limitations when it comes to karma in the sports world. | |
| Many matters in life are important, but we tend to put them off. We think that the process is too cumbersome or it might result in bad news. | |
| Our current weather pattern makes fishing prospects poor in the short run, but very good in the medium to long term. | |
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Like so many other young athletes I'd interviewed through the years, the 11-year-old boy boldly proclaimed that one day he would reach the ultimate level in his sport. Some say they will one day be Olympians, others stars of the NFL or NBA. |
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| Certainly, the rain is much needed. Yet, for us golfers, gazing through window panes, dripping with water, we yearn for a sunny day. | |
| My read of my favorite weather Web site portends as much as two weeks of rain headed our way. In the short run this will be inconvenient, but in the medium to long term it bodes well for our fisheries. | |
| Dave Humphers often talks about the “brotherhood” of Nevada Union football. And, as with most sports teams, the camaraderie between the Miners is evident every year. | |
| In athletics, rules are developed with the goal of establishing an equitable competition. A certain participant should not have an unfair advantage over another. If it is applied to one, it is applicable to everyone. | |
| The question often asked is “what makes us tick?” One that could be reasonably asked about runners is “who makes us run?” | |
| Bullard's Bar has been a mainstay for local kokanee anglers for decades. It is close to home and it was a dependable producer of kokanee. The nice thing about kokanee is that they start biting in May and fish well through the hot “dog days of... | |
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