Gearhead: What’s in a Name? Private-Label House Brands
Back in the day, whenever that was, but let’s call it prior to 1990, there was a significant…
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What Floats Your Fly?
Getting a dry fly to float and stay afloat has been one of fly fishing’s oldest frustrations. It…
Low, Clear, and Cold
In California, we are blessed with many winter angling options for trout and steelhead. During the winter months,…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Winter Misery
I write this on a bleak winter dawn. The air temperature on my back patio, here in moderate…
At the Vise: Lincoln Gray’s Hexagenia Stillborn
Lincoln Gray, a big man with an infectious smile, has been a familiar face in the fly-fishing industry…
Under the Alders: Winter Stuff
Our puny, hairless bodies, with blood vessels only skin deep, were designed for digging tubers under the blazing…
Improving Your Fly-Tying Productivity
I’m not quite sure what happened to all the flies I tied for my boxes this season, but…
At the Vise: Andy Guibord’s Striper Caviar
I’ve been acquainted with Andy Guibord for a long time, but I came to know him better when…
The Fundamentals of Deep-Canyon Trout Fishing
I live among canyons — lots of steep and deep canyons: east-west canyons, north-south canyons, and those that,…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Handling Bass
I recently fished a local lake that holds a fair number of decent-sized largemouth bass. It was a…