The Aging Fly Fisher: What are the Options?
At some point in your angling career, you will have to face the fact that you will no…
Issue: August 2010
19 posts
Untying Knots, Unraveling Tangles
As a guide, I have taught many people how to fly fish. First I go over the equipment.…
At the Vise: The French Nymph
This issue, I’m featuring the French Nymph, a pattern tied by fly designer Steve Korbay. It is simple…
California Confluences: MarkWon
People come to fly fishing in all kinds of ways. Some for whom it was no more than…
The Final Approach
“There it is! Right there on the edge of the seam, behind the pyramid-shaped rock.” Just like that,…
The Master of Meander: Shared Sins
(Author’s note: In what follows, the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Even “I” is an…
The Art of Angling: Marlo DiPietro
About the Artist Living in the East Bay city of Livermore most of my life and growing up…
The Foraging Angler: Dining at Clear Lake
My first visit to Clear Lake was in the early 1950s. My mother and father had heard of…
Ants
I am not known for carefully watching my step, yet one occasion when I did literally watch my…