At the Vise: The Albertino
Pay attention. In the wake of devastating fires throughout California and so many of our other Western states…
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: Little Foam Beetle
I’m not sure who first introduced me to the idea of fishing beetle imitations. Probably that guy from…
At the Vise: Peanut Envy
Don’t blame me. I didn’t make up the name. Funnier still, in Chile, where guides and anglers alike…
At the Vise: Claret and Hope
It’s hard to know what to say about steelhead flies anymore. With a number of runs this year…
At the Vise: The Alder Fly
When my fishing buddy Joe Kelly shot a turkey last spring, I felt complicit enough to lay claim…
At the Vise: Balanced Peacock Bugger
As you settle into your winter tying season, you might want to consider doing yourself the favor of…
At the Vise: Liquid Wrench
Anyone who glances at this column with any frequency knows that I’m the last angler in the world…
At the Vise: Smallmouth Something
The river was out of its banks, dark as peanut butter, and though I liked seeing the water…
At the Vise: Silver Sedge
I’m not an expert on anything — except maybe postures of self-deprecation — so when an editor at…
At the Vise: The Muddler Minnow
If you haven’t done this lately, let me remind you what you’re missing. You come out of the…