A&E

This has been, without a doubt, the most difficult steelhead season I have ever experienced. Usually, I am good for 20 or more fish landed and often released in a year and I am just a part-timer. Guys in the know, who have the time, should be able to land 30 or more fish in a season. One experienced angler I know named Robbie is usually good for 50 fish in a good season, but this year he has managed only five. I tend to fish around Healdsburg and so I have missed out on a lot of the action below Guerneville, but a quick check with Scott at Kings has pretty much confirmed that they are experiencing the same kind of thing down there. Fish are moving but not holding. Guys are getting fish when a pod moves through and if they are lucky enough to be where they are at that moment. This is a far cry from last year when the water was clear and the fish had to hold up.

The Western Regional Barista Championships is

The Play’s the Thing (or things)

Happy Holidays

A disaster benefit of a different kind will take place at

Art enthusiasts are invited to take a peak inside the workspaces of some of Sonoma County’s most creative people during ARTrails, a free, two-weekend event consisting of self-guided tours leading to artists’ studios – and what lies within.

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