Tactics for High Water
In my youth, my dad and I didn’t have to be concerned about fishing in high water because…
Tips & Techniques
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The RPRT
When I was little boy in the suburbs of Detroit, I meandered along a neighborhood creek, wanting to…
March Brown Jingler
You could say the Jingler is a cult fly. Originated about 200 years ago to fish mayfly hatches…
Hatchery Trout in the Eastern Sierra
The eastern Sierra Nevada along Highway 395 is replete with lakes, reservoirs, creeks, and rivers, including the blue-ribbon…
Landing Big Fish
Losing big fish sucks. There is not a worse “coulda, shoulda, woulda” moment after the first few seconds…
Gearhead: Gear for Urban Waters
As a kid, I spent as much time as I could by the water. Armed with a beat-up…
At the Vise: Three Phases of E
The list of flies to tie is long. And frankly, a little daunting. Who knows, in the middle…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Buying, Tying, and Fishing Lifelike Flies
I prowl fly shops and peruse fly-fishing catalogs obsessively. My wife seems to accept the economics of the…
The Squirmy Worm
In Hamlet, Shakespeare wrote, “A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and…
Gearhead: Cameras as Fishing Gear
These days, almost everyone owns a digital camera. It may be nothing more than a smartphone or a…