Under the Alders: Run for Cover
California has the most diverse fishing opportunities in the nation. There are high-Sierra tarns so clear that golden…
Issue: August 2016
16 posts
California Confluences: John Rivera
To say that John Rivera builds fly rods is like saying General Motors builds Cadillacs. Yes, it’s true,…
At the Vise: Trout Creek Caddis
Weekend temperatures promise to crack a hundred. An oil train derails, catches fire, begins belching toxic smoke that…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Scuds
Scuds are small, semitransparent, shrimplike freshwater crustaceans that, when dead or crawling around on rocks, look much like…
The Half-Pounder, A Steelhead Trout
Most anglers are aware that steelhead are rainbow trout that migrate from the freshwater environment to the Pacific…
The McCloud in Summer
When the searing heat of a typical Northern California summer registers somewhere between Holy cow! and How many…
Delta Panfish
When talking fly fishing the California Delta, most anglers think first of striped bass and largemouth and smallmouth…
A Crime of Passion
“Why fly fish for carp?” more than a few still ask. Although the answer should be self-evident —…
A Primer on Night Fishing
Are you tired of sweating through summer days on your favorite California lake while fending off water skiers,…
In the Summer of Dying Trees
Twenty miles to the west, in the higher ranges beyond the river country, a furious elephant head of…