WON STAFFER BOB SEMERAU tossed out a sardinia pattern fly to fool a near 20-pound dodo on the 10-wt. fly rod.
Calm waters and dramatic colors can take your breath away
Members of the Johanson family summited Mount Diablo together on a cloudy but happy day.
With fish boiling around the boat a quick toss of the hand-tied sardinia pattern got hit and hit hard. The 17-pound forkie ran and tore off line heading for open sea.
35-inch rainbow from Conway Pond, 2013. Photo by Yvonne Gaines.
OWAC members enjoying the Big Bear Off-Road Experience – Off-Road / Rock Crawling activity at our Spring 2015 conference
Male and female Northern Shoveler
Lake Chabot. Photo: Matt Johanson
General meeting and workshops were held in Sonora's historic Opera Hall.
The Upper House (a.k.a. Moonviewing House) sits on the slope of the Moon Viewing Hill as a place of quiet retreat.
Who's that masked man? Osceola Refetoff.
Paintbrush and lakes were abundant on the descent from Red Peak Pass
Saratoga Oaks Lodge
Shades of pink and red; and California live oaks turn a golden amber color mid-October to November
Snow Goose
Relax and enjoy the views.
Ducks swimminmg
MAYFLY PROJECT MENTORS FOSTER KIDS with a holistic approach to fly fishing covering environment, conservation, and skills, to develop a broad appreciation for the outdoors.
Kampot fish market, Southern Cambodia: Candid images of people going about every-day life arouses emotional curiosity, prompting the viewer to mentally feel, smell, and absorb a given environment. Utilizing one of the icebreaker techniques helps put your subjects at ease.
Cycling towards the Cliffs of Moher, there is a sense something great lies ahead.
Elliot McGucken
Fatbiking Sand Canyon, Bishop, CA
SEA ADVENTURE 80 CREW, left-to-right, Chad, Gavin, Captain Rob, Conner, with the day’s catch off Santa Catalina Island.
The 35 x 23-inch rainbow about to be released at Conway Pond, 2013. Photo by Yvonne Gaines.
Burrowing Owl. Photo: Tammy Kokjohn. Winner California Watchable Wildlife Photo of the Year 2020.
The vehicle you use to begin overland fishing doesn't need much modification to get started. Photo: Damon Bungard
BLUEFIN & DORADO LIMITS for Andrew Ratzky of Calabasas. Andy was always pulling on fish using jigs and live bait.
Ku Stevens led Minden siren opponents on a challenging eight-mile run.
Ever diligent, Risa Wyatt takes notes at Indigeny cidery.
Shootin' shenanigans. Laurie Morrison and Barry Senescu practice pointers from John Poimiroo.
Snow geese take flight Credit: Mike Nellor
And the winner is....
Sunset over the Docks
We watched each other for twenty minutes before she got bored, stood up, and silently vanishing into the brush, as one would expect from a ghost cat. Image taken in Northern California
Summer and fall means getting in the hunt offshore for tuna. Finding willing biters makes it well worth the effort.
McCloud Fall, Shasta County, California
Mass Ascension. Photo: John Poimiroo. Winner EIC 2020.
Snow geese overhead
Hitchin' a ride. On a sunrise hike at Lily Lake near South Lake Tahoe, I happened on this Common Merganser family unexpectedly. The female called to her ducklings and they all hopped on as she moved away. I only had a few seconds to try to capture a photo, and then they were gone.
The 35 x 23-inch rainbow caught at Conway Pond in 2013. Photo by Yvonne Gaines.
Women, local to their towns, often for generations, are Irish hospitality professionals with high standards of service, cleanliness and authentic Irish cooking.
California Newt in Napa County. Photo Heather Bird
Young girl with wildflowers in the Eastern Sierra. Photo: Julie Faber
THE MARTENS FAMILY celebrates Aaron’s taking the trophy for the 2015 Bassmaster Angler of the Year, the third time he earned that coveted title.
When the rain stops, it's a good time to go fishing with a fly rod. Photo: Tom Martens
Cocktails at Spring Conference in Siskiyou County. Photo: Gigi de Jong
Aspen, Hope Valley, 9/19/21, Philip Reedy
TORONADO DECKHAND FATIMA lends a hand with a beauty sculpin boated by Army veteran Rueben Elias.
Aaron Martens with the final bass of his well-lived life.
Jamie Hsu, California Academy of Math and Science, 2022 Photography Winner
Lower Ottoway Lake (Inga Aksamit)
Short cut to ... nowhere?
VOLUNTEER GIOVANNI PEREZ spent his day helping, hooking, and handing, but managed to land a nice whitefish and a limit of sculpin.
THREE BIG SA80 BLUEFIN, 90-pounder for staffer Bob Semerau, left, with a hand displaying from extraordinary deckhand Chad Tyrolt, 125-pound bf for Jose Rios, and a 115-pounder for Robert Whitman, right.
Photography requires patience
Black Tailed Jackrabbit. Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Larry Whiting
Unnatural cones dotted the streets of Mariposa
Duck and shorebird
Author Matt Johanson and his dog, Sam.
Road Cycling in Round Valley near Bishop. Photo: Michael McDermott courtesy Bishop Visitor
Buck Island. Photo: Bob Semerau
Irish master craftsman Tomas O'Cadhain hammers silver jewelry at the entrance to a 5,000 year old mini Stonehenge
Sunset Over the Mountain Forest
Serious 4x4 trails require modifications to stock vehicles
A taste of what was to come
So many choices. What to do?
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2021 Winner. Feature Image. "The Night is Young" Phil Reedy
Cottages and their ruins are common everywhere you pedal on a cycling tour through Ireland
Tux and other villages in Tyrol provide services to visitors.
Morning fog at the boat landing at Baum Lake. Photo: Tom Martens
Santa Barbara harbor
Onion Valley road. Considered one of the toughest rides in the country. Photo: Gigi de Jong
A night dive in the Red Sea near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, caught this guy hiding in some Acropora coral
Mount Diablo: Mount Diablo and other public lands provided relief for many after the pandemic arrived
Photographer: Michele Dodge - Gray Fox Near Placerville F8.0, 1/1250, ISO 1250
Extensive Zen gardens are designed to encourage you to embrace nature’s beauty in quietude.
Old tram tracks at Pine Creek Mine. Photo: Gigi de Jong
20-YEAR MARINE VETERAN, Adrianne, enjoyed the fishing and sharing time with folks that shared his experience in military service while fishing the Toronado Veterans Fishing day.
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Red Lake Creek Cabin, Hope Valley, CA-88, 9/19/21, Philip Reedy
Japanese Teahouse in Piedmont Park
Sunset on White Mountains in winter. Photo: Gigi de Jong
Overland camping means having lots of "stuff." The author pulls a trailer on some adventures.
CAPTAIN RAY LAGMAY, right, worked the Cortes Bank for mossbacks like angler John JT Torres boated on WON-Toronado Charter
Marina at Twilight
RARIFIED AIR – Aaron Martens is all smiles after claiming the second of back-to-back WON BASS U.S. Open victories in 2005. He would later go on to win his third U.S. Open title in 2011, something only two other anglers — Mike Folkstead and Clifford Pirch — have ever accomplished.
Photographer: Wendy Sparks - American Badger Point Reyes National Seashore Canon 5D Mark IV, 800mm lens, 1/1600, f/9, ISO 3200
A fog cover bridge is nearly lost in the evening sky
ASPEN ANGLER BILL FONTANA, right, with his first-ever dorado gaffed by Captain Ricky Perez, left, aboard the Sea Adventure 80.
Lone Buffalo on the Yellowstone Plateau
Photographer: Douglas Croft Images - Transient Orca "Louise" bending water on Monterey Bay Nikon D500, Tamron 18-400, 1/2500, ISO 500, f6
Snow Geese
Point Lobos along the Big Sur coast
Morro Bay
Los Bagels are the best! The colorful decor is a bonus
Austrian climbers have placed crosses atop the summits of many Alpen mountains.
Where beloved spirits run free for eternity.
The monster’s maw or mother nature’s art?
Camera Phone Primer and Composing Better Pictures. Photo: John Poimiroo
Locating the perfect stream-side picnic spot requires diligence. We are experts.
CHAMPIONSHIP IMAGINATION – Creativity, imagination and an uncanny ability to put the puzzle pieces together on the water were attributes at the forefront of Aaron Marten’s bass fishing success. This was perhaps on display more than ever at the 2015 Bassmaster Elite Lake Havasu event, where he noticed a largemouth eating a baby blackbird and shifted gears to throwing a black frog deep in the tules to imitate the bird. Sure enough it worked, well enough to win the tournament.
Cyclists cross the River Cong, passing an ancient Irish monastery's fisherman's hut
Photographer: Cindy Croissant - Male Dielis Wasp Batiquitos Lagoon Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM f/6.3, 1/500 second, ISO 1250
Blue Heron
Dawn, Virginia Lakes, 9/19/21, Clayton Peoples
Dasha: Dasa Yurkevich celebrates reaching New York and the end of a long journey.
Ruins of old charcoal kilns near Lone Pine.
Cyclists stop along the Bog Road between Clifden and Carna to view the Twelve Bens.
Slim Princess at Laws Depot. Photo: Gigi de Jong
Vermilion Grove, East Shore, Caples Lake, CA-88, 9/19/21, Philip Reedy
PAIR OF SCULPIN displayed by Toronado deckhand, Fatima, for Army vets Carmen Estrada, left and Paul Hernandez, right.
Get your tickets here!
The author with an "average size" trout from Alpers' Pond in 2006. Photo by Bill Beecher.
Double-crested cormorants fighting for breakfast on the Lower American River in Sacramento.
Nature Ice Palace includes a small pond which visitors can raft across or even swim, if properly dressed and prepared.
No one makes a more realistic fly than Mr. Blackstone.
Drew Paxman, Castro Valley High School, 2022 Photography Winner
Lyle Lovett at The Mountain Winery Courtesy The Mountain Winery
Show Them the Money: OWAC Excellence-in-Craft Winners Receive Cash Awards
Half Dome, Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls (Inga Aksamit)
New York: Four California cyclists pedaled 52 days to cross the Brooklyn Bridge and reach the Atlantic Ocean.
Witches Moon
Big Bear Off-Roading Experience (Pictured: Greg Niemann, Betsy and Barry Senescu, Carrie Wilson and Vickie Gardner )
Trash, like shotgun shells needs to be packed out -- leave the outback better than you found it.
Photo taken on the traditional territory of the Ohlone. Photo: Robin Agarwal
Cyclists ride into the picturesque town of Doolin, a ferry stop on the way to the Aran Islands
Big Bear Lake Conference Attendees
Mobius Arch frames Mt. Whitney. Photo: Gigi de Jong
A trip up or down this old wagon road took all day 150 years ago.
Tiffany Vuong, Novato High School. 2022 Photography Winner
Shelf roads in states like Colorado are perfect for 4x4 vehicles.
This 25-year-old image is still current today
Red Lake Creek Cabin. Photo: John Poimiroo
Cyclists travel an ancient forest road that fairies and leprechauns have inhabited for centuries
Wildlife surrounds you at Big Bear Lake.
Siamese twin lambs born circa 1940 now on display at Laws Railroad Museum. Photo: @terdfergus0n
Mission Bay Park, San Diego. Photo: Gigi de Jong
Chris Tziu Aban, Novato High School
Works of chocolate art are almost too beautiful to eat.
Leopard Rocks in Ansel Adams Wilderness (Inga Aksamit)
Helping inner city and minority youth/ young adults become interested in nature through the immersive experience of bird watching. John Robinson.
