At the Vise: Big Jelly
My buddy Joe Kelly is a hunter, noted within a small circle of friends as the guy who…
At the Vise
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At the Vise: Grey Duster
If you’re restless, like I am, and you feel life’s too short to quit looking around trying to…
At the Vise: Czechish Nymph
An old acquaintance of mine, Gary Davis, was kind enough to give me a place to crash for…
At the Vise: Amiocentrus
I remember the humiliation as sharply as yesterday. The river was becoming my favorite. I fished it often…
At the Vise: Hen and Harelug
Fires in my neck of the woods knocked out a little stream that has always been a good…
At the Vise: My Mullet
We had seen the mullet when we first walked up the beach as we were stalking a fringe…
At the Vise: Badger Shrimp
One of the grave misconceptions shared by many inexperienced or misled fly fishers is that the best flies…
At the Vise: Cock Robin Caddis
We were up north, just across the border, swinging flies on a wide river for rising trout, when…
At the Vise: The Dark Hare
Off on a weekend trout binge recently, I noticed something odd. Odd for me, at least. Despite a…
At the Vise: The Beetle Bug
I’ve never fished a Beetle Bug. Last year, though, while fleshing out a box of large dry flies…