Guide Profile: Tom Mahan
Owner/operator of Swingwater Fly FishingYears Guiding: 15 Tom is one of few California guides dedicated to swinging flies…
Stories
339 posts
The Stars In Our Eyes
A Casting for Recovery volunteer guide shares the importance of finding beauty in small things.
Riffles: The Mighty McCloud
Tough As They Come It’s hard to love a river that refuses to love you back, but that’s…
Craig’s Corner: The October Caddis Window
Originally published in Shasta’s Headwaters: An Angler’s Guide to the Upper Sacramento and McCloud Rivers The sun had…
Guide Thoughts
Preparing for Cold Weather I’ll be honest—I’m not a fan of cold weather. I’m not one of those…
High Strangeness in Gold Rush country
The Middle Fork of the American River bustles with wild rainbows and browns. The river is challenging for…
Guide Profile: Travis Babin
Guide with AC Fly FishingYears Guiding: 3 Travis was born and raised in Southern California, grew up fishing…
Reflections: Almost Perfect
Perhaps the moon was in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligned with Mars, but it was late afternoon…
A River Cathedral, McCloud River
Columns of light cascade of Emerald green blue, Dappled variants A band of red scales splash to a…
Guide Profile: Pat Jaeger
Pat Jaeger, one of the preeminent guides in the Eastern Sierra, shares his insights.