The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Bass-Bug Evenings
Is there a witching hour? Well, if there is on a bass pond, it certainly isn’t midnight. Rather,…
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Under the Alders: Old School
Mikey Wier’s new video, Soulfish 2: Fish Mode (see the review in this issue of California Fly Fisher)…
At the Vise: Steve Potter’s Cicada
Steve Potter has for many years been a fixture at fly-tying venues in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and California.…
Gearhead: Above the Grip
Last issue’s “Gearhead” covered only some of the components that go into turning a blank into a rod.…
On-Line Fishing: Where to Find the Best Fishing Reports and How to Use Them
It’s Thursday night. Your cell phone rings, and your angling buddy announces that he has been given an…
A Better Caddis
My love of the common caddisfly is no secret. Of all the bugs in the West, none provides…
Wet Flies: Still Working After All These Years
The tumbling stretch of pocket water that I found myself on late in the afternoon begged to be…
Wet Flies: Still Working After All These Years
The tumbling stretch of pocket water that I found myself on late in the afternoon begged to be…
Gearhead: The Sum of All Their Parts
When fly fishers talk about rods, chances are they’ll focus on how the rod casts, on the material…
As the Cro Flies: Patterns Born and Bred on the Upper Sacramento
Editor’s note: We first published this article 15 years ago, in our November/December 1996 issue. Because it discusses…