Author Archives: syntwin

We decided last minute to fish the hex hatch at Almanor. I got the word this week that the hex was going off and I had a rare weekend with no plans so off we went. For the first time … Continue reading →

Early this week the boys spent a few days at Mo and Po’s and Po took them to a local pond to bass fish. The fishing was good with matthew landing another big bass on his crawdad Texas rigged worm. … Continue reading →

Uncle Wesley joined us for a striper scouting trip at the Butte City launch ramp and it looked as though the day was going to be great. No wind, not too hot and good moon phase. Well we were wrong. … Continue reading →

The boys wanted to go fishing but it was very windy. I said lets try it and see if we can even cast. We launched at Hamilton City and headed to the gravel bar. It was a stiff SSE wind … Continue reading →

Emma gets Happy Feet…             https://vimeo.com/67441446 Mathew – Winner of the First Annual Syn Trout Fishing Tournament   Biggest Fish (12 inch Brown plus 10 inch handicap) https://vimeo.com/67449828 Michael Syn – Winner of the Second fish … Continue reading →

We have had marginal success on Lake Oroville the times we’ve been there but I wanted to shorten the learning curve. The guide was very nice and has a great personality. Some guides we have hired in the past should … Continue reading →

At 8:50 this morning, Matthew came up to me and asked if we can fish Lake Oroville before their violin recital this afternoon. I said it was going to be a very short trip and I told them it would … Continue reading →

Today (Saturday April 27th) was Emma’s first communion. She was so excited that she woke up early and was all dressed up ready to go hours before she was suppose to leave. She did a reading at the church and … Continue reading →

Notice the title did not include anything about fishing. We the truth of the matter is that we picked dates that gave us EXCELLENT weather for fishing just about everywhere else in the world… except for Pyramid Lake. The lake … Continue reading →