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…
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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…
The Master of Meander: Shared Fish
Downstairs, garishly printed on one of those faux-rustic-Western wood panels, reads a bromide I grok: “Life is not…
California Confluences: David Pellone and the NCCFFI
In popular media, fly fishing has long been depicted as a solitary sport, a common image being a…
California Confluences: Terry Eggleston and the Natural Resource Volunteer Program
I first met Terry Eggleston a couple of decades ago, shortly after I had started California Fly Fisher.…
Upper Owens Spring
In my Marin County days, I often used to organize a spring fishing trip with my old friend,…
Beneath the Surface: A Letter from California
Editor’s note: Seth Norman is taking time off from his column, “The Master of Meander.” Until he returns,…
The Art of Angling: Catch and Release on the Sacramento River – Artist: Ercel Johnson
In 2001, Redding had just finished building a new city hall. A visionary city manager, Mike Warren, who…
California Confluences: Tom Walsh and the Fisheries Resource Volunteer Corps
Back when the late Richard Alden Bean wrote about Southern California waters for California Fly Fisher, he would…
Those February Blues
The poet T. S. Eliot thought April is the cruelest month, but I’d respectfully disagree when it comes…