At the Vise: Scott’s Carp Fly
I’m not much of a carp angler. In fact, it angers me sometimes when I find myself casting…
Scott Sadil is the author of six books, both fiction and nonfiction, that embrace the sport of fly fishing. For the past thirty years his short stories, essays, and feature articles have appeared in all of the important fly fishing magazines. He’s penned the “At the Vise” column here at California Fly Fisher for over a dozen years, and he is also currently the angling editor at Gray’s Sporting Journal and a columnist for Fly Tyer magazine.
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At the Vise: Waking Caddis
Of claims both bold and implausible made within certain West Coast steelheading circles, perhaps none is more difficult…
At the Vise: A Better Hopper
It’s been some time since I did any serious hopper fishing. But when my old pal Peter Syka…
At the Vise: Baja Baitfish 9.9
Some problems don’t change. Ideas for imitating baitfish in Baja go back as far as the earliest anglers…
At the Vise: Snowshoe Hare Emerger
With trout season in full swing and many of us tempted again to reach for another iteration of…
At the Vise: Shad Darts
The question, to begin with, is whether a shad dart should actually be considered a fly. Noted shad…
At the Vise: Blowfly Humpy
I’ve always called them “attractor patterns.” Dave Hughes, on the other hand, in his monumental reference book, Trout…
At the Vise: Kinky Muddler
I’m not sure anybody needs another baitfish pattern. If you’re like most saltwater fly anglers, you learned to…
At the Vise: Gledswood Shrimp
The good news is, we still need steelhead flies. This time last year, I wasn’t so sure. Runs…
At the Vise: Jingler
I’m overseas, fishing a famous river for sea-run fish, when a scatter of resident trout begin sticking up…