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…
Stories
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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…
No Place to Hang Out
Last night, I got off work a bit early and headed over to Orvis on Sutter Street, only…
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…
