The Paper Hatch
Tying Bugs: The Complete Book of Poppers, Sliders, and Divers for Fresh and Salt Water By Kirk Dietrich.…
Issue: October 2020
12 posts
Beneath the Surface: Redbands
A couple years ago, I was traveling with a journalist friend who was seeing the West for the…
The Foraging Angler – Camp Fare: Grilling with Skewers
In the previous issue of California Fly Fisher, I explored spit and rotisserie cooking. The method goes back…
A Song About Dry-Fly Fishing
I bought a new guitar, an acoustic guitar, a nice one. No electronics; no pickups, no amplifiers, no…
Gearhead: Shrunken Heads
It took me a while to get into fly fishing for largemouth bass. Most years, I’d make a…
Fishing the October Caddis: Insights and Techniques
In the mid-1990s, I started a yearly autumn pilgrimage to the McCloud River under the guidance of my…
Fall Bass Fishing
Fall is the time of year when everything can be at its best in California: the weather, the…
The Eastern Sierra’s Trout in Autumn
Autumn in the eastern Sierra is a special time for the fly fisher. As the effects of summer…
A Simple Dace Streamer
Sooner or later, every fanatical fisherperson who catches the fly-fishing disease seeks treatment by traveling to one or…
One River
As an angler I’ve always enjoyed variety. Nothing pleases me more than setting off for a stream or…