By kiki
For over 50 years now, my boys and I have eagerly waited for the last April weekend to make the trek up Highway 395 and onto the Eastern Sierra for our traditional fishing trip on the opening day of the trout fishing season.
But this year, 2020, nature has thrown us a curve with the coronavirus epidemic.
My boys and I were looking forward to showing some new friends our favorite fishing holes. But a few days ago, the June Pines Cabins manager called James and told him that because of the virus, they, and most of the June Lake Loop, would not be open for the opener. She gave James a choice to get back the money that had already been paid or save it for a later date. After James talked to his fishing mates, it was decided to keep it for a later date. Now the question is when? Because nobody knows when this virus that is killing people all over the globe will itself be dead. So, for now, everything is in limbo.
The fishing tradition started in the mid-1960s by my late cousin Tony Adame will need to take a back seat to the fight against the Coronavirus. We need to win this war, but I hope we will not lose the war or any of our fishing group members in winning the battle. God willing, the tradition for the boys and friends will continue next year.
I decided late last year that I had made my final trip to the Sierra because of age and health issues. However, I do have one last hope, and that is to end: where it all started, my participation in the trout fishing tradition, with a few mid-summer days in the Independence and Lone Pine area. The Independence and Lone Pine area fishing is mostly creek and stream fishing. That was my favorite type of fishing in my younger days, but my legs haven't cooperated for about the last 15 years; they just won't walk me up and down the creeks anymore. So I have had to settle for lake fishing, which is okay, but I miss looking for the pools in the streams.
My boys and I were looking forward to showing some new friends our favorite fishing holes. But a few days ago, the June Pines Cabins manager called James and told him that because of the virus, they, and most of the June Lake Loop, would not be open for the opener. She gave James a choice to get back the money that had already been paid or save it for a later date. After James talked to his fishing mates, it was decided to keep it for a later date. Now the question is when? Because nobody knows when this virus that is killing people all over the globe will itself be dead. So, for now, everything is in limbo.
The fishing tradition started in the mid-1960s by my late cousin Tony Adame will need to take a back seat to the fight against the Coronavirus. We need to win this war, but I hope we will not lose the war or any of our fishing group members in winning the battle. God willing, the tradition for the boys and friends will continue next year.
I decided late last year that I had made my final trip to the Sierra because of age and health issues. However, I do have one last hope, and that is to end: where it all started, my participation in the trout fishing tradition, with a few mid-summer days in the Independence and Lone Pine area. The Independence and Lone Pine area fishing is mostly creek and stream fishing. That was my favorite type of fishing in my younger days, but my legs haven't cooperated for about the last 15 years; they just won't walk me up and down the creeks anymore. So I have had to settle for lake fishing, which is okay, but I miss looking for the pools in the streams.
Hopefully, if I spend a few days in the area, my legs will become young again. I'll settle for just a few days.
