Under the Alders: Tips for the Hot Summer Snow
This has year has broken all records for the Sierra snowpack and with it all records for questions…
Issue: August 2017
16 posts
At the Vise: Peacock Caddis
This isn’t a hunting story. But there’s a rifle-shot animal involved, a cow elk felled through a dense…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Smallmouths – Bass with Attitude
Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) are a common, but often overlooked nonnative game fish, voracious and strong, that has…
An Eastern Sierra Alpine Lake Primer
Although most of my time on the water is spent on Eastern Sierra rivers and creeks, the region…
Backpacking for Trout: A Beginner’s Guide
I am not a backpacker. I am a fly fisher. I do not backpack for the sake of…
Fishing the Dry Fly: Two Ways to Improve Your Game
Fishing the dry fly is the epitome of fly fishing. Not only are you imitating nature’s own handiwork…
The Carpenter Ant
The trout of summer eat ants as readily as children eat candy — or as adults like me…
Road Tripping
The most revolutionary development in fly fishing had nothing to do with rods, reels, or terminal tackle. The…
Sympathy for the Devil: Fishing the Yellowjacket
Even though they are abundant along trout streams in summer, we tend to overlook the yellowjacket wasp’s potential…
Gearhead: Trout-Weight Doubles for the Suds
Initially popularized for ocean use by Northeastern saltwater fly fishers in the early 1990s, double-handed rods have become…