Gearhead: New Fly Rods for 2016
It’s been 40 years since graphite was introduced as a rod-building material, and just about every year has…
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Under the Alders: Didymo
In 2009, a Canadian researcher by the name of Max Bothwell published a paper that would rock the…
At the Vise: Adult Crane Fly
My buddy Jeff Cottrell first told me about crane flies. I was headed to an out-of-state tailwater, a…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Deep-Water Indicator Fishing
I was chatting with a fishing partner who is our fly-fishing club’s best chironomid angler, and I mentioned…
In the Heat of the Rise
It’s 98 degrees today, an example of the sweltering heat that curses the Sacramento Valley over the summer…
What’s Up with Hat Creek?
If ever there were a piece of fly-fishing water with the power to drive anglers mad, that would…
Drop-Shot Nymphing
The drop shot method — “drop shotting” — is not new. Others have used it with good results.…
The Frantic Flea
Many fly fishers have an understandable tendency to tie flies that look “right.” For folks who focus solely…
Water Music
The world’s most popular fly-fishing video was filmed in South Korea. It shows a lone fly fisherman catching…
Owens River Metamorphosis
Fly fishing is not fishing at all — it’s picking nature’s lock. What is the trout eating? I…