The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Scuds
Scuds are small, semitransparent, shrimplike freshwater crustaceans that, when dead or crawling around on rocks, look much like…
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The Half-Pounder, A Steelhead Trout
Most anglers are aware that steelhead are rainbow trout that migrate from the freshwater environment to the Pacific…
Delta Panfish
When talking fly fishing the California Delta, most anglers think first of striped bass and largemouth and smallmouth…
A Primer on Night Fishing
Are you tired of sweating through summer days on your favorite California lake while fending off water skiers,…
Hooking a Record Calico Bass
The week after my article about trying to land Big Bertha, a 10-pound-plus calico bass caught on a…
Gearhead: The Punk Rod
It is easy to get into a fly-fishing rut. Almost everyone has experienced times when they find themselves…
The By-the-Wind Sailor Jellyfish Hatch
It’s good to check a fish’s stomach contents once in awhile. The practice is always informative and sometimes…
A Pale Morning Dun Nymph/Emerger
Prolific and widespread, the Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella excrucians) is easily the mayfly that’s most important to Western…
Under the Alders: Seeing Blue
For someone who has drunk as much wine as I have, it’s amazing how woefully ignorant I am…
At the Vise: Flymphs
We reeled in lines at dark. Joe was cold, shivering some, and when we waded the fast water…