The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Competition Lessons
Observant readers will notice a new byline for this column: Robert Ketley, who also writes our “Gearhead” column.…
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Gearhead: Excuses
While I don’t have any data to back this up, I’d be willing to bet that 95 percent…
Frankisms
Editor’s note: I received the article that follows, a collection of angling aphorisms, on August 18th. Exactly one…
The Fluke Fly
I got back from a difficult fishing trip to find a package in the mailbox. The postmark confirmed…
Skwala Primer for 2021: Lessons Learned
One of the beacons of light for fly fishers in Northern California during 2020 was the Skwala stonefly…
A Simple Striper Streamer
I have tied many fly patterns over my twenty-plus years in search of stripers in the Sacramento Valley,…
At the Vise: The Zug Bug
I’m standing at the open tailgate of my brand-new seventeen-year-old fishing pickup, pawing through the contents of more…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Blowin’ in the Wind
All stillwater fly fishers have experienced difficult days. Our casting is abysmal, or we can’t find fish, or…
Gearhead: Shrunken Heads
It took me a while to get into fly fishing for largemouth bass. Most years, I’d make a…
Fishing the October Caddis: Insights and Techniques
In the mid-1990s, I started a yearly autumn pilgrimage to the McCloud River under the guidance of my…