No Place to Hang Out
Last night, I got off work a bit early and headed over to Orvis on Sutter Street, only…
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The Art of Angling: Andy Guibord
About the Artist I was fresh out of high school and two thousand miles away from my childhood…
Saltwater Morning
The sun is climbing over the hard edges of tract homes lining the highway. No fog today, unusual…
California Confluences: Captain Mike Costello
Guides are pathfinders — they keep us from getting lost in the complexities of an unfamiliar angling environment…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Ponds in Memory
As I write this column, it’s raining — not a hard rain, but a steady, gentle, soaking rain…
Bill Carnazzo 1941–2013
The phone call from Andy Guibord came on a Monday in mid-January, around noon. His voice was breaking…
California Confluences: Richard Alden Bean
If you’re a California fly fisher, and especially a Southern California fly fisher, a lot of what you…
Under the Alders: Truth Shifting
Science is based on evidence, religion is based on faith, and fly fishing is somewhere in between. Recently,…
The Master of Meander: Fly Fishing from Scratch
“Don’t get bigheaded or anything,” said RJ, an invaluable jack of all trades at my mother’s a nursing…
The Art of Angling: Geoff Meredith
About the Artist I came early to both art and fishing. First, the fishing part: I spent every…