The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Largemouth Bass
Largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides, are native to the eastern half of the United States, southern Quebec and Ontario,…
Issue: June 2018
15 posts
Why I Fly Fish
You’d be surprised how often I’m asked why I fly fish. It’s not that I hang out in…
Expectations for the Eastern Sierra in 2018
In a sense, fly fishing is all about expectations. I expect that if I fish hard enough, long…
Rigging Like a Guide
I’m a guide, and guides get to hear a lot about what fly fishers want to know. We’re…
Fly Rod Caddies for Float Tubes and Pontoon Boats
It had been a good morning. Stripping brown-olive leech imitations and olive Jay Fair Wiggle Tails with a…
The Bend-Up Deep Anchovy
When fishing California’s many offshore islands, inshore drop-offs, or deep freshwater lakes, fly fishers are routinely confronted with…
Midges and Mosquitoes: The Anywhere, Anytime Bugs
No matter where or when you fish for freshwater species, in streams or still waters, you can be…
The Good Fight: Restoring Hat Creek
Drew Braugh stood on the new footbridge spanning Hat Creek and pointed upstream at the 15-inch rainbow trout…
Gearhead: Skunked
It happens to all of us. There are days when everything seems right, yet we simply can’t connect…
The Foraging Angler: Dining Options at Colfax and Dutch Flat
Interstate 80 is the main gateway to the north-central Sierra, to northern Nevada, and to Lake Tahoe. Angling…