Ted Towendolly and the Origins of Short-Line Nymphing
In October 2013, as I was browsing the fly bins in the Ted Fay Fly Shop in Dunsmuir…
Issue: April 2015
18 posts
Two Crabs for the Surf
Most who stand off the western edge of the continent in salt water up to their stripping baskets…
Tying Flies
Most of us have surely seen fly fishers absorbed in tying a fly, so engrossed as to seem…
A Return to the San Gabriel
Something woke me in the early morning gray — the sound of water splashing and the click of…
The Balance Leech
When my good friend Austin Lindsey told me about a new style of fly he had been fishing…
California Confluences: Whitney Gould
Sometimes, if you ask yourself “What should I do with my life?” a small, still voice will answer,…
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…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Nuances – Small Things Can Make a Difference
In early January, I was one of four fly fishers on Mexico’s Lake Picachos, east of Mazatlan, in…
A Small Success
On a cold, gray winter day on the Delta, we launched our boat on the incoming tide at…