Stalking Stillwater Trout
I felt its presence, as all animals do at this time of year. Spring was in the air.…
Issue: June 2013
18 posts
Resources for Canyon Anglers: Finding and Navigating Trails to Canyon Fisheries
Canyon angler’s objective, in its purest form, is focused on seeking out fishable water that can be found…
The Foraging Angler: The Granite Bay–Auburn–Colfax Corridor
It’s fun to draw circles on a map with a radius of 25 miles or 50 miles from…
The Good Fight: Klamath Dam Removal and Other Conservation News
It would be the biggest dam-removal project in California’s history. That’s what representatives of fishing groups, farmers, utilities,…
Gearhead: Harry Wilson, Fly Tackle Innovator
Technical advances are frequently driven by some tinkerer’s dissatisfaction with what’s already available. That’s certainly been true with…
Big Rock Creek
Southern Californians who live on the desert side of the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains have a…
Going Home: A Keswick Reservoir Fishing Story
What I was about to do was foolish. I knew that. People already had questioned my mental stability…
The Paper Hatch
A Sportsman’s Library: 100 Essential, Engaging, Offbeat, and Occasionally Odd Fishing and Hunting Books for the Adventurous Reader…
The Virginia Lakes Trailhead
As I travel through the Sierra, I often think about the early explorers who visited the range. I…
Under the Alders: Monofilament
One of the most wonderful, yet most misunderstood elements of fly-fishing tackle is monofilament. Much of the confusion…