The Foraging Angler: Dining in the Shadow of Shasta
I first began visiting Mount Shasta to fish, camp, hike, climb, boat, and snow ski nearly 40 years…
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Getting Started with Two-Handed Rods
While i was a freshman at Chico State in 1971, I saw a poster in the student union…
The Foraging Angler: Dining in Redding
Redding is the northernmost community with any sizable population along Interstate 5 in California, and it serves as…
The Foraging Angler: Foraging in Yreka after Steelheading on the Klamath
I recently returned from an eighteen-hundred-mile, week-long steelhead fly-fishing trip to the fabled Clearwater, Snake, and Grande Ronde…
Springtime in the Shadow of Shasta
The coming of spring to Mount Shasta means the cold, arduous pursuit of winter steelhead is replaced by…
Autumn Flies: Five Recipes for Success
As I sit on the bank of the South Fork Snake River on a warm, breezy summer Idaho…
Summer Flies: Five Recipes for Success
I learned to fly fish growing up in Paradise — not figuratively, but literally. Summer vacation was my…
Springtime Flies Recipes for Success
In 1998, I moved from the Central Valley to Mount Shasta, a mountain community, and have learned to…
Winter Flies: Five Recipes for Success
I am not a believer in silver bullets when it comes to fly patterns. I currently spend about…
Seasons on the Klamath: Fall
The steelhead, some contend, is a fish of a thousand casts. This can be an understatement. Having chased…