The holidays were awesome. But even with all the great parties, food, friends, music and conversation I'm feeling a bit antsy. I want to get out and fish.

It's the 5th day of the new year and I don't even have my new license yet.

Most of the rivers here are closed or in winter rules. Winter rules are fine (barbless hooks, catch and release, no bait, not treble hooks) because they fit a fly fishing sensibility. But I have to find rivers that are legal.

I've fished the North fork of the American and have never caught, hooked, or even seen a fish. The middle fork is open and it's suppose to have good fishing so I may have to drive there. The Yuba river below the highway 20 bridge is open but I'm not sure how good that stretch is.

So for you folks who know and fish the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento, Where should I go fishing this weekend? What flies and techniques should I be using for cold weather fishing?

Because Boy oh boy, I REALLY need to get the heck out of my cubicle at work and go stand in a river somewhere.