The Good Fight: Bob Baiocchi 1931-2013
Robert Joseph Baiocchi — Bob, to the thousands who knew him — died on September 8, 2013, in…
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The Master of Meander: If Only Our Regrets…
It’s a refrain inevitably amplified by age: “If I’d known then what I know now. . .” Topics…
The Art of Angling: Paul Waters
Artist’s Statement Like many of us, I guess, one of my earliest memories was reeling in a bluegill…
California Confluences: Bob Madgic
If you’ve read California Fly Fisher for any length of time, you’ve read the outdoor writing of Bob…
Looking Through the Other End of the Telescope
Back in the mid-1970S, I was stranded at some semiformal fishing gathering having to listen to a fellow…
The Master of Meander – Surviving a Fly-Fishing Father: The Trials of Sophia
“I’m sure I told you about this,” insists The Lisa Person several hours before Sophia’s high school graduation…
California Confluences: Loren Elliott
At 22, Loren Elliott has achieved what some folks aspire to and never accomplish in a lifetime. A…
Going Home: A Keswick Reservoir Fishing Story
What I was about to do was foolish. I knew that. People already had questioned my mental stability…
Under the Alders: Monofilament
One of the most wonderful, yet most misunderstood elements of fly-fishing tackle is monofilament. Much of the confusion…
The Master of Meander – Much More Than an Itch: Fly-Fishing from Scratch, Part II
In the last issue, I confessed that I wasn’t sure how to advise would-be fly fishers who wondered…