A Better Caddis
My love of the common caddisfly is no secret. Of all the bugs in the West, none provides…
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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Green Butt Muddler
I spent some time on the phone the other day with one of those film guys who has…
Somebody’s Minnow
The captain’s knot is worth learning. Tied a little like a Palomar Knot, a little like a Jansik…
Little Black Caddis
The river’s famous, and I’m holding my own, slipping downstream after the morning drift-boat hatch while raising fish,…
IOBO
I swing my duffel bag up onto the ice chest, right there beside the waders and passel of…
Amigo
On the approach of a recent birthday, I began to announce, to those who would listen, that I’ve…
Road Trip
We’re only twenty-odd miles from home, headed toward the coast, when I experience a familiar tingle and begin…