Under the Alders: The White Nymph
I have a fly pattern that is probably as good as any in your box, if not better.…
Issue: December 2012
18 posts
Gearhead: New Fly Rods for 2013
From the sour buzz I was hearing over the summer, I wasn’t expecting much from August’s International Fly…
The Middle 90
In a Central San Joaquin Valley fly shop in the heart of not-steelhead territory, there is a shadowbox…
Trout Town: Bishop
You know you’re in a bona fide trout town when there’s a fly-rod-and-trout pattern in the carpet of…
Winter Coastal Stream Steelhead Madness
As places to chase steelhead, the shorter coastal streams north of San Francisco have an entrancing quality. The…
The Paper Hatch
May the Rivers Never Sleep By Bill McMillan and John McMillan. Published by Frank Amato Publications, 2012; $49.95…
Fishing Right
It was pretty much a perfect afternoon in mid-May. The air was bright and clear, and although the…
Split-Cane Idyll
When we go fly fishing, no matter how up to date our rods and tackle, we are —…