At the Vise: Dan LeCount’s Scuba Caddis
Guide flies — you gotta love ’em. Guides are on the water day after day and get to…
Tips & Techniques
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Trophy Bass in Your Backyard
As avid fly fishers, we’ve all thought about catching trophy fish. But what is a trophy fish? That…
Gearhead: New Waders and Boots
At dinner with some old friends a while back, conversation shifted around to gear that had changed significantly…
Shad: A Primer
On a balmy spring day in early May, I was driving my old truck along Highway 45, which…
Chucking Chickens
Every winter and spring, the small lake I manage receives several truckloads of chum in the form of…
At the Vise: Bill’s Little Greenie Soft Hackle
Editor’s note: Bill Carnazzo’s final column for this magazine features, appropriately, a pattern he designed specifically for the…
Getting Caught
<ost anglers understand the problem of attempting to rationalize our peaceful passion to nonanglers, especially those who question…
The Comet-Hilton Corollary
A long the coastal rivers of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California, the times are a-changing, and…
Black and Blue
This fall, I spent a weekend at a literary event in eastern Oregon, a gathering of writers and…
Quill-Bodied Flies
Judging by the huge boil, my fly had just been spurned by a very large trout. To make…
