The Paper Hatch
Essential Trout Flies, Second Edition: 50 Indispensible Patterns with Step-by-Step Instructions for 300 Most Useful Variations By Dave…
Issue: February 2018
15 posts
California Confluences: Tom Walsh and the Fisheries Resource Volunteer Corps
Back when the late Richard Alden Bean wrote about Southern California waters for California Fly Fisher, he would…
At the Vise: Three Phases of E
The list of flies to tie is long. And frankly, a little daunting. Who knows, in the middle…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Buying, Tying, and Fishing Lifelike Flies
I prowl fly shops and peruse fly-fishing catalogs obsessively. My wife seems to accept the economics of the…
Those February Blues
The poet T. S. Eliot thought April is the cruelest month, but I’d respectfully disagree when it comes…
Walker River Basics
The Walker River takes its name from explorer Joseph Walker. Historian Francis P. Farquhar wrote, “Reliable knowledge of…
The “Newba” Yuba
It was a mild overcast day on December 7, 2016, and I was guiding a longtime guest above…
The Squirmy Worm
In Hamlet, Shakespeare wrote, “A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and…
After the Fire
We all have special places we have fished and that we hold dear for any number of reasons.…
Under the Alders: Recent History
Catching fish is as old as mankind. We’ve poisoned, trapped, clubbed, speared, netted, snagged, noodled, and of course…