Under the Alders: Flies in the Face of Logic
The popularity of an artificial fly pattern may last longer than the life span of a mayfly, but…
Issue: June 2017
17 posts
California Confluences: Jeff Weaver
People who view agencies such as the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as distant, uncaring, regulation-bound bureaucracies…
At the Vise: Too Big to Fail
My buddy Joe Kelly, the fish biologist, likes to point out the reason why so many guys are…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Bass Fishing on Top
I have two angling friends whose e-mail addresses tell a lot about their fly-fishing preferences. I won’t give…
In Praise of the Basics
Simplicity is a virtue hard to come by for many fly fishers. When I took up the sport,…
The Forks of the Kern
I am not a backpacker — I am a fly fisher. I backpack as a means to fly…
The Ghost of the Coast: A Guide to Fly Fishing for California Corbina
fished for the once-plentiful barred surfperch often with my father while growing up, and while deploying our basketlike…
Yosemite’s Lakes
It was while fishing from my float tube on Tioga Lake that I first heard of Gaylor Lake…
Making the Best of a Hare’s Ear Mask
I used to waste a lot of hare’s heads. I’d use up the reddish poll on a natural…
Thinking Vertically for Largemouth Bass
Most people who have come to the sport of fly fishing have done so through the pursuit of…