Soft-Hackle Flies for Summer Steelhead
As I turned off the paved road and onto the unimproved track that wound across the large gravel…
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The It
I shiver, awakening from deep sleep. Goosebumps signal a welcome chill in the morning air. I roll over…
Gearhead: Reducing the Challenge
Fly fishing isn’t necessarily easy, and sometimes it’s downright hard. Here’re some products that could make your time…
Sympathy for the Devil: Fishing the Yellowjacket
Even though they are abundant along trout streams in summer, we tend to overlook the yellowjacket wasp’s potential…
Under the Alders: Tips for the Hot Summer Snow
This has year has broken all records for the Sierra snowpack and with it all records for questions…
At the Vise: Peacock Caddis
This isn’t a hunting story. But there’s a rifle-shot animal involved, a cow elk felled through a dense…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Smallmouths – Bass with Attitude
Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) are a common, but often overlooked nonnative game fish, voracious and strong, that has…
Backpacking for Trout: A Beginner’s Guide
I am not a backpacker. I am a fly fisher. I do not backpack for the sake of…
Fishing the Dry Fly: Two Ways to Improve Your Game
Fishing the dry fly is the epitome of fly fishing. Not only are you imitating nature’s own handiwork…
The Carpenter Ant
The trout of summer eat ants as readily as children eat candy — or as adults like me…