Up in Smoke
A soft rain falls on the mountains and on the ancient, shaggy redwoods that darken the Eel River…
Issue: August 2014
20 posts
What You Need, What You Do
I really needed this trip. After a few years in a boring, cold corner of New England, I…
Gearhead: Too Darn Short?
I’m guessing that most of us who fish for trout have more 8-1/2-foot and 9-foot rods in our…
The Foraging Angler: Dining in the Shadow of Shasta
I first began visiting Mount Shasta to fish, camp, hike, climb, boat, and snow ski nearly 40 years…
The Good Fight: Anatomy of a Fly Club
“The Good Fight” entails more than simply protecting our fisheries. It also involves advancing the sport of angling…
The Art of Angling: Rodney Cloutier
To me, fly fishing isn’t about the fish, it’s about the fly. Imitating beating wings on water, stillborns…
The Master of Meander: If a Body, Meet a Body, On the River Why
Author’s note: what began as a melancholy Meander became something else in the writing: more important, urgent, and…
Lonesome Coast
Early morning. The coast road is salted and barren north of Cambria. Pink light tinges the low peaks…
Bringing a Kid to the Game
In the year I was born, automobiles had been available to the general public for about forty years,…
Fishing the Surf with Trout Gear
I often talk to fly anglers who fish only rivers or creeks. Many of these folks live in…