California Confluences: Brad Jackson
I first met Brad Jackson over the phone. This was back around mid1992, and he had called to…
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Beneath the Surface: The Fly Box, Part 2
My first trout trip out to the Rocky Mountains … and already I had begun thinking of myself…
California Confluences: Edwin P. (Phil) Pister
Over the years, readers have asked us to highlight Phil Pister, a retired California Department of Fish and…
A September to Remember
Whenever Labor Day rolls around, I think back over the many fine fly-fishing trips I’ve made in September.…
The Art of Angling: Greg Madrigal
When I first spoke to Greg Madrigal, he had just returned from a backpacking trip in the Golden…
California Confluences: Bill O’Kelly and the SWC-FFI
In popular media, fly fishing has long been depicted as a solitary sport, a common image being a…
Pygmy Trout for Breakfast
The trip didn’t start off as a forced march. Far from it. In a little trailhead parking lot…
The Art of Angling: Sarah Landström
Originally from Michigan, Sarah Landström was classically trained in painting at the School of the Art Institute of…
Beneath the Surface: The Fly Box
I’ve narrowed my trout fishing down to about a half-dozen fly patterns, but I didn’t start out as…
The Art of Angling: Charles Bradford Hudson
Prior to the incomparable salmonid images created by Joseph Tomelleri that most fly fishers know, there were those…