Green Drakes
Have you ever wondered if a wintering fish longs for the warmer months of spring and their prolific…
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Looking at the Future through the Lens of This Drought
The worst that can be said of a man is that he did not pay attention. — William…
Carp: Or, Going to Hell in a Stripping Basket
I’ve decided that when a sinful, but devout fly fisher dies and goes to hell, he is doomed…
Hooking Your First Sight-Cast Corbina
When the purple flowering jacaranda begin to bloom in Southern California, it usually means that the elusive corbinas…
Ranchoon the Russian
Of all the rivers I’ve fished, the Russian remains closest to my heart. I make no claims for…
Gearhead: Fiberglass Rods in the 21st-Century
From the early 1950s until the mid-1970s, fiberglass gradually took over the fishing rod market from bamboo. Fine…
Tying Flies
Most of us have surely seen fly fishers absorbed in tying a fly, so engrossed as to seem…
The Balance Leech
When my good friend Austin Lindsey told me about a new style of fly he had been fishing…
Under the Alders: Crayfish
There’s a crayfish somewhere in my office. She apparently crawled up the air tube of her aquarium and…
At the Vise: Joe’s Wine Cork Popper
Here’s how it works. Come late June through early July, about the same time the juvenile salmonids are…
