![6/18/06: Where it all started - South Yuba River, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_01.jpg?h=230)
6/18/06: Where it all started - South Yuba River, CA
![8/12/06: Dad fishing at dusk on a backpacking trip to Pioneer Basin, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_02.jpg?h=230)
8/12/06: Dad fishing at dusk on a backpacking trip to Pioneer Basin, CA
![8/13/06: Colin with a few nice ones](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_03.jpg?h=230)
8/13/06: Colin with a few nice ones
![8/13/06: Colin chasing fish in the high country](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_04.jpg?h=230)
8/13/06: Colin chasing fish in the high country
![8/13/06: Dad fishing below the shoulders of giant peaks](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_05.jpg?h=230)
8/13/06: Dad fishing below the shoulders of giant peaks
![8/22/06: Tim on an excursion to Rocky Lakes Basin, CA](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_06.jpg?h=230)
8/22/06: Tim on an excursion to Rocky Lakes Basin, CA
![8/23/06: Golden trout, native to the high Sierra](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_07.jpg?h=230)
8/23/06: Golden trout, native to the high Sierra
![8/24/06: Casting from a high place in scenic Miter Basin. Sky Blue Lake, CA](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_08.jpg?h=230)
8/24/06: Casting from a high place in scenic Miter Basin. Sky Blue Lake, CA
![8/24/06: Big golden trout on big grasshopper pattern](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_09.jpg?h=230)
8/24/06: Big golden trout on big grasshopper pattern
![8/24/06: Dad with a nice golden](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_10.jpg?h=230)
8/24/06: Dad with a nice golden
![8/24/06: This is the site of a family legend, where Tim hooked a huge golden trout that got away. Iridescent Lake, CA](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_11.jpg?h=230)
8/24/06: This is the site of a family legend, where Tim hooked a huge golden trout that got away. Iridescent Lake, CA
![9/6/07: Brook trout caught on Chad’s trip to Banner Peak via the Sierra High Route. Minaret Lake, CA](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_12.jpg?h=230)
9/6/07: Brook trout caught on Chad’s trip to Banner Peak via the Sierra High Route. Minaret Lake, CA
![9/10/07: Joel’s take of rainbow trout](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_13.jpg?h=230)
9/10/07: Joel’s take of rainbow trout
![9/10/07: Quite a passel of trout. From left to right: Joel, Ian, me, and Chad](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_14.jpg?h=230)
9/10/07: Quite a passel of trout. From left to right: Joel, Ian, me, and Chad
![8/25/08: Colin’s big cutthroat trout. Summit Lake, WY](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_15.jpg?h=230)
8/25/08: Colin’s big cutthroat trout. Summit Lake, WY
![8/26/08: Colin fishing with his pack on near the outlet of Island Lake](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_16.jpg?h=230)
8/26/08: Colin fishing with his pack on near the outlet of Island Lake
![8/26/08: Dad with a nice cutthroat. Titcomb Basin, WY](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_17.jpg?h=230)
8/26/08: Dad with a nice cutthroat. Titcomb Basin, WY
![8/26/08: Colin and me at the inlet of Island Lake](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_18.jpg?h=230)
8/26/08: Colin and me at the inlet of Island Lake
![8/26/08: Colin with a nice rainbow](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_19.jpg?h=230)
8/26/08: Colin with a nice rainbow
![8/26/08: Trout for dinnner at Island Lake. From left: me, Aaron, Pete, Ian, Colin, and Tim](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_20.jpg?h=230)
8/26/08: Trout for dinnner at Island Lake. From left: me, Aaron, Pete, Ian, Colin, and Tim
![8/28/08: Dad lands a healthy cutthroat. North Fork Lake, WY](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_21.jpg?h=230)
8/28/08: Dad lands a healthy cutthroat. North Fork Lake, WY
![8/28/08: Tim fooled this huge cutthroat with a tiny dry fly](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_22.jpg?h=230)
8/28/08: Tim fooled this huge cutthroat with a tiny dry fly
![8/28/08: Fishing with dry flies at sunset](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_23.jpg?h=230)
8/28/08: Fishing with dry flies at sunset
![8/28/08: It’s a grayling!](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_24.jpg?h=230)
8/28/08: It’s a grayling!
![6/18/09: Dad exhibits the joy of hooking a trout. Indian Creek Reservoir, CA](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_25.jpg?h=230)
6/18/09: Dad exhibits the joy of hooking a trout. Indian Creek Reservoir, CA
![8/23/09: Colin with a lunker. Salmon River, Frank Church Wilderness, ID](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_26.jpg?h=230)
8/23/09: Colin with a lunker. Salmon River, Frank Church Wilderness, ID
![8/25/09: Joel knocks ‘em dead](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_27.jpg?h=230)
8/25/09: Joel knocks ‘em dead
![8/25/09: Colin with a pair of Idaho cutthroats](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_28.jpg?h=230)
8/25/09: Colin with a pair of Idaho cutthroats
![8/25/09: Dad casting in the shallows](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_29.jpg?h=230)
8/25/09: Dad casting in the shallows
![8/26/09: Ian with a fine fishy friend](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_30.jpg?h=230)
8/26/09: Ian with a fine fishy friend
![11/26/09: Late-season trout fishing with Tim. North Fork of Middle Fork American River, CA](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_31.jpg?h=230)
11/26/09: Late-season trout fishing with Tim. North Fork of Middle Fork American River, CA
![8/25/10: Dad with a fine Yellowstone brown trout. Madison River, WY](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_32.jpg?h=230)
8/25/10: Dad with a fine Yellowstone brown trout. Madison River, WY
![2/13/11: Tim with a smelt, in an early attempt at steelhead fishing. Russian River, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_33.jpg?h=230)
2/13/11: Tim with a smelt, in an early attempt at steelhead fishing. Russian River, CA
![7/30/11: Tim on the chase. Upper Sacramento River, CA](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_34.jpg?h=230)
7/30/11: Tim on the chase. Upper Sacramento River, CA
![7/30/11: Much of fly fishing depends on imitating bugs like this caddis larvae](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_35.jpg?h=230)
7/30/11: Much of fly fishing depends on imitating bugs like this caddis larvae
![7/30/11: Tim brings one to the net](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_36.jpg?h=230)
7/30/11: Tim brings one to the net
![7/30/11: Crawdads are food for big brown trout](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_37.jpg?h=230)
7/30/11: Crawdads are food for big brown trout
![8/1/11: Wading is often required where the bank is brushy. Pit River, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_38.jpg?h=230)
8/1/11: Wading is often required where the bank is brushy. Pit River, CA
![8/1/11: Practicing catch-and-release keeps the fish around for the next time](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_39.jpg?h=230)
8/1/11: Practicing catch-and-release keeps the fish around for the next time
![11/18/11: Steelhead trip to Trinity River, CA. Left to right: me, Tim, Bill, and Stacey](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_40.jpg?h=230)
11/18/11: Steelhead trip to Trinity River, CA. Left to right: me, Tim, Bill, and Stacey
![11/19/11: Colin snagged this spawned-out salmon while trying for steelhead. Trinity River, CA](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_41.jpg?h=230)
11/19/11: Colin snagged this spawned-out salmon while trying for steelhead. Trinity River, CA
![11/20/11: Burton goes after rainbows above Lewiston Lake](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_42.jpg?h=230)
11/20/11: Burton goes after rainbows above Lewiston Lake
![11/20/11: Colin after he went swimming for a giant rainbow. There’s a great video of this moment, too.](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_43.jpg?h=230)
11/20/11: Colin after he went swimming for a giant rainbow. There’s a great video of this moment, too.
![6/10/12: Releasing a nice rainbow](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_44.jpg?h=230)
6/10/12: Releasing a nice rainbow
![6/14/12: A lifetime rainbow trout. Upper Sacramento River, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_45.jpg?h=230)
6/14/12: A lifetime rainbow trout. Upper Sacramento River, CA
![6/14/12: That’s a big one, guys](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_46.jpg?h=230)
6/14/12: That’s a big one, guys
![8/24/12: Notice Colin’s wet clothes - he went swimming after this one. Canyon Creek Lakes, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_47.jpg?h=230)
8/24/12: Notice Colin’s wet clothes - he went swimming after this one. Canyon Creek Lakes, CA
![8/24/12: Catching grasshoppers for bait](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_48.jpg?h=230)
8/24/12: Catching grasshoppers for bait
![11/23/12: Tim with a nice brown. Little Truckee River, CA](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_51.jpg?h=230)
11/23/12: Tim with a nice brown. Little Truckee River, CA
![11/23/12: Dad and Stacey reading the water](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_52.jpg?h=230)
11/23/12: Dad and Stacey reading the water
![12/29/12: Water was freezing to our rods, but the fish were biting. East Walker River, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_53.jpg?h=230)
12/29/12: Water was freezing to our rods, but the fish were biting. East Walker River, CA
![12/29/12: Dad with a beautiful brown](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_54-e1414954113482.jpg?h=230)
12/29/12: Dad with a beautiful brown
![12/29/12: Cold water, big browns](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_55.jpg?h=230)
12/29/12: Cold water, big browns
![12/29/12: Tim and a burly brown trout](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_56.jpg?h=230)
12/29/12: Tim and a burly brown trout
![12/29/12: Fishing in the snow](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_57.jpg?h=230)
12/29/12: Fishing in the snow
![4/28/13: Dad on the sublime McCloud River for opening day of trout season](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_58.jpg?h=230)
4/28/13: Dad on the sublime McCloud River for opening day of trout season
![4/29/13: McCloud River brown](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_59.jpg?h=230)
4/29/13: McCloud River brown
![4/29/13: Burto and Trupti scoping the drift](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_60.jpg?h=230)
4/29/13: Burto and Trupti scoping the drift
![8/10/13: Chasing fish under East Temple Peak](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_61.jpg?h=230)
8/10/13: Chasing fish under East Temple Peak
![8/10/13: Colin below Temple Peak](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_62.jpg?h=230)
8/10/13: Colin below Temple Peak
![8/11/13: Landing a cutthroat in a homemade net. Black Joe Lake, WY](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_63.jpg?h=230)
8/11/13: Landing a cutthroat in a homemade net. Black Joe Lake, WY
![8/11/13: Chad with a pair of big ones](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_64.jpg?h=230)
8/11/13: Chad with a pair of big ones
![12/8/13: Burton releases a stout rainbow. Putah Creek, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_65.jpg?h=230)
12/8/13: Burton releases a stout rainbow. Putah Creek, CA
![12/28/13: Bright colors on this rainbow. East Walker River, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_66.jpg?h=230)
12/28/13: Bright colors on this rainbow. East Walker River, CA
![1/19/14: Taking the van out for a spin. Truckee River, NV](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_67.jpg?h=230)
1/19/14: Taking the van out for a spin. Truckee River, NV
![1/19/14: Burton with a hefty Truckee River rainbow](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_68.jpg?h=230)
1/19/14: Burton with a hefty Truckee River rainbow
![1/19/14: Burton scouted this spot and let me fish it](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_69.jpg?h=230)
1/19/14: Burton scouted this spot and let me fish it
![1/19/14: Another lifetime rainbow](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_70.jpg?h=230)
1/19/14: Another lifetime rainbow
![1/19/14: Casting at dusk](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_71.jpg?h=230)
1/19/14: Casting at dusk
![1/20/14: The will to live is strong in every trout](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_72.jpg?h=230)
1/20/14: The will to live is strong in every trout
![1/20/14: I thought this carp was a huge brown trout when I first hooked it. Dissapointment and humor are friends in fishing.](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_73.jpg?h=230)
1/20/14: I thought this carp was a huge brown trout when I first hooked it. Dissapointment and humor are friends in fishing.
![3/2/14: Tim lands the elusive steelhead, or sea-going rainbow trout. Trinity River, CA](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_74.jpg?h=230)
3/2/14: Tim lands the elusive steelhead, or sea-going rainbow trout. Trinity River, CA
![3/8/14: Brie drifting a fast eddy](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_75.jpg?h=230)
3/8/14: Brie drifting a fast eddy
![3/9/14: My first steelhead brought to the net. Trinity River, CA](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_76.jpg?h=230)
3/9/14: My first steelhead brought to the net. Trinity River, CA
![4/26/14: Dad on the McCloud River](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_77.jpg?h=230)
4/26/14: Dad on the McCloud River
![7/25/14: Tim and a summer rainbow. Upper Sacramento River, CA](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_78.jpg?h=230)
7/25/14: Tim and a summer rainbow. Upper Sacramento River, CA
![7/26/14: Wading on the Pit River, CA](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_79.jpg?h=230)
7/26/14: Wading on the Pit River, CA
![8/20/14: Upper Sacramento River, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_80.jpg?h=230)
8/20/14: Upper Sacramento River, CA
![10/22/14: Putah Creek, CA](https://i0.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_81.jpg?h=230)
10/22/14: Putah Creek, CA
![10/22/14: She doesn’t do more than 65, but the rods fit](https://i1.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_82.jpg?h=230)
10/22/14: She doesn’t do more than 65, but the rods fit
![10/22/14: Burton nymphing a fast run](https://i2.wp.com/alexnitta.com/adventure/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fishing_retro_83.jpg?h=230)
10/22/14: Burton nymphing a fast run