Lonesome Coast
Early morning. The coast road is salted and barren north of Cambria. Pink light tinges the low peaks…
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Bringing a Kid to the Game
In the year I was born, automobiles had been available to the general public for about forty years,…
A Return to the San Gabriel
Something woke me in the early morning gray — the sound of water splashing and the click of…
Two-Handed Rods for Trout
Most fly fishers come to two-handed rods through steelhead and salmon fishing, as a practical and enjoyable refinement…
The Greenie
Having suffered four years of record drought, California anglers are well aware of the stress our freshwater fisheries…
Two Crabs for the Surf
Most who stand off the western edge of the continent in salt water up to their stripping baskets…
The Grannom Sedge Emerger
When the wild roses begin to set pink blooms along the river road, grannom sedges appear, first a…
The By-the-Wind Sailor Jellyfish Hatch
It’s good to check a fish’s stomach contents once in awhile. The practice is always informative and sometimes…
A Pale Morning Dun Nymph/Emerger
Prolific and widespread, the Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella excrucians) is easily the mayfly that’s most important to Western…
Rene Harrop’s Green Drake Emerger
Rene Harrop’s soft-hackle Green Drake is a killing pattern on the Henrys Fork and wherever else this mayfly…