Up in Smoke
A soft rain falls on the mountains and on the ancient, shaggy redwoods that darken the Eel River…
August 2014
20 posts
What You Need, What You Do
I really needed this trip. After a few years in a boring, cold corner of New England, I…
Gearhead: Too Darn Short?
I’m guessing that most of us who fish for trout have more 8-1/2-foot and 9-foot rods in our…
The Foraging Angler: Dining in the Shadow of Shasta
I first began visiting Mount Shasta to fish, camp, hike, climb, boat, and snow ski nearly 40 years…
The Good Fight: Anatomy of a Fly Club
“The Good Fight” entails more than simply protecting our fisheries. It also involves advancing the sport of angling…
The Art of Angling: Rodney Cloutier
To me, fly fishing isn’t about the fish, it’s about the fly. Imitating beating wings on water, stillborns…
The Master of Meander: If a Body, Meet a Body, On the River Why
Author’s note: what began as a melancholy Meander became something else in the writing: more important, urgent, and…
Bringing a Kid to the Game
In the year I was born, automobiles had been available to the general public for about forty years,…
Lonesome Coast
Early morning. The coast road is salted and barren north of Cambria. Pink light tinges the low peaks…
Fishing the Surf with Trout Gear
I often talk to fly anglers who fish only rivers or creeks. Many of these folks live in…