Under the Alders: Recovery
If you, like me, read fly-fishing blogs, it is predicted there that 2016 will be a banner year…
Issue: April 2016
18 posts
California Confluences: Hogan Brown
There are specialists and generalists in most endeavors worth doing, and that includes fly fishing. Passion and curiosity…
At the Vise: Ed’s Grub
Just to put this in perspective, I should mention, right here at the start, that Ed Simpson is…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Ants and Termites
Termites and their not too distant insect cousins, the ants, are quite common throughout the geographically diverse Western…
The Bird’s Nest After Cal Bird
Anyone who has ever learned to spin fur and feathers on a hook has experienced the nearly irresistible…
The Grannom Sedge Emerger
When the wild roses begin to set pink blooms along the river road, grannom sedges appear, first a…
Scratching the Off-Season Itch
It happens every year. I find myself at loose ends after the trout season closes. Although fishing opportunities…
The March Brown
Spring is in the air, but the hills are alive with the sound of mucus. I‘m “under the…
Crater Lake
Mention Crater Lake, and everyone immediately knows what you are referring to: the most beautiful lake in the…
On the Tuolumne
The eight-mile descent from White Wolf was a knee-slaying 4,500-foot drop, the grinding pain of which was dulled…