At the Vise: The Alder Fly
When my fishing buddy Joe Kelly shot a turkey last spring, I felt complicit enough to lay claim…
At the Vise
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At the Vise: Balanced Peacock Bugger
As you settle into your winter tying season, you might want to consider doing yourself the favor of…
At the Vise: Liquid Wrench
Anyone who glances at this column with any frequency knows that I’m the last angler in the world…
At the Vise: Smallmouth Something
The river was out of its banks, dark as peanut butter, and though I liked seeing the water…
At the Vise: Silver Sedge
I’m not an expert on anything — except maybe postures of self-deprecation — so when an editor at…
At the Vise: The Muddler Minnow
If you haven’t done this lately, let me remind you what you’re missing. You come out of the…
At the Vise: The Zug Bug
I’m standing at the open tailgate of my brand-new seventeen-year-old fishing pickup, pawing through the contents of more…
At the Vise: Light Cahill Wet Fly
Has there ever been a lovelier material for tying flies than lemon wood duck flank feathers? In our…
At the Vise: The Surf Shrimp
I always hesitate before offering up ideas about surf flies. More than any other sort of fishing I…
At the Vise: Neo-Freschi Bulldog
I rarely write about stillwater fly patterns in this column. My attention rests on flies I use, and…