My annual daddy-daughter flypacking trip. This time to the wild trout designated south section of the East Fork of the Carson River. For those who haven't seen previous years flypacking trips, my daughter and I hike/wade up the rivers in full packs fishing as we go. We camp each night where ever we end up and resume the next day.

Day 1 - hiking over the saddle, leaving Wolfe Valley


Day 1 - late day fishing at Gray's Crossing


Day 1 - Jaz gets the first catch


Day 2 - morning coffee at our Gray's Crossing camp


Day 2 - headed up the East Fork Carson River


Day 2 - beautiful runs everywhere


Day 2 - Jaz's best catch of the day is an 18" (hybridized) Lahotan cuttthroat


Day 2 - lunch time


Day 2 - step in the water, catch a fish


Day 2 - fish on!


Day 2 - the pinch in Gray's Canyon


Day 2 - moving out of Gray's Canyon, into the Silver King Valley meadow


Day 2 - another hookup


Day 2 - rainbow in the net


Day 2 - brown in the net


Day 2 - bringing more fish to the net


Day 2 - fishing the Silver King Valley meadow with Gray's Canyon in background


Day 2 - another (hybridized) Lahotan cuttthroat


Day 2 - working deeper into the meadow


Day 2 - brookie takes a caddis dry fly with the Vaquero Cow Camp in background


Day 2 - broad bodied brookie in the net


Day 2 - most our catches were little guys


Day 2 - the valley & meadow extend south for miles


Day 2 - why yes, there is a fish under that boulder


Day 2 - high mountain meadow daisies


Day 2 - end of day camp explosion


Day 2 - sunset in the valley with the moon out


Day 3 - looking up at the origin of Silver King Creek in the distance


Day 3 - scouting for juicy runs


Day 3 - confluence of Silver King Creek (left) and East Fork Carson River (right)


Day 3 - following the East Fork Carson River out of the meadow, we came across a fire pit with a large reflector wall


Day 3 - another nice run, another hook up


Day 3 - river life


Day 3 - loops


Day 3 - more loops


Day 3 - humping over a ridge to bypass deep rapids


Day 3 - still finding good runs between the meadows


Day 4 - the fish were waiting for us to get back into the river


Day 4 - this aquatic plant buds and blooms flowers UNDER the water (shot underwater)


Day 4 - not so big, but pretty


Day 4 - yet another bend of the rod


Day 4 - my best brown (and there were a lot of them)


Day 4 - the last fish that was not a brown trout


Day 4 - opening to the upper end of Dumonts Meadows


Day 4 - single hauling the 0wt


Day 5 - hiking out, passing Silver King Valley meadow


Day 5 - hiking out, passing near Gray's Crossing


Day 5 - hiking out, looking back at Silver King Valley in distance

Very nice and what views ! Ah , to be young again ! May I ask what state this is in ?

Carson Iceberg Wilderness in California, about 25 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe

Wow ,that was awesome....thank you.

Of course Michigan doesn’t have real mountains. The closest thing to them is the Porcupines.

That was an enviable trip on the East Fork of the Carson River, and it must be a pretty good trick to do all that wading and fishing while hauling a full pack.

Hi,
I read your East Carson river post that you did with your daughter. Excellent! I want to do the same trip with my son in law but not sure where you started from? Would it be possible to let me know the trailhead location or the full route you took? I have fished the Carson past Markleeville and Heenan Lake before but want to go further. Thanks!