Perdigons for Shad
I am often asked, “What is your favorite fly-fishing technique?” For many years, I would without hesitation respond,…
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The Spruce
I just finished tying an old-time pattern called the Spruce, also known as the Spruce Fly, one of…
The Firecracker
It’s that time of the year again. American shad, those bony, silvery anadromous fish, resplendently bescaled in mother-of-pearl,…
Klamath Intruder
The warmth of the coffee, black and steaming, feels good in my hands on this icy-cold winter morning.…
CDC Emerger
I sit at the tying station on the kitchen table in my small apartment, where I’m surrounded by…
Balsa Poppers
My popper sailed through the air, skipping like a stone across the surface to rest inches from the…
A Simple Striper Streamer
I have tied many fly patterns over my twenty-plus years in search of stripers in the Sacramento Valley,…
A Simple Dace Streamer
Sooner or later, every fanatical fisherperson who catches the fly-fishing disease seeks treatment by traveling to one or…
Hackle Stacker BWO
Earlier today, I sat at the kitchen table, tying a favorite Blue-Winged Olive pattern, but now, night has…
The Thief
Here they are again, swimming up our valley rivers — the smelly, slimy, entirely marvelous herring called the…
