California Confluences: Jim Clarkson
Jim Clarkson knows fly rods — perhaps better than anyone else. As proprietor of Raptor Rod Works in…
December 2010
18 posts
The Paper Hatch
Crowley Lake University Six-DVD set by Kent Rianda, 2008-2010; $79.95. Available online at thetroutfitter.com. Lake Crowley (known colloquially…
The Master of Meander: Teaching
My cardiologist leans against the kitchen counter watching me whip finish a fly. He’s pretty sure this knot…
The Art of Angling: Hillary Richard
About the Artist Born and raised outside of the small town of Mariposa, California, I was fortunate enough…
The Foraging Angler – Camp Fare: Traveling Light
If you were driving a Conestoga wagon from Missouri to California in 1849, “traveling light” meant you might…
Somebody’s Minnow
The captain’s knot is worth learning. Tied a little like a Palomar Knot, a little like a Jansik…
Under the Alders: Going to Schools
Finding a needle in a haystack is easy . . . if you cheat and use a magnet…
The Good Fight: The Northern Sierra Partnership
You’ve likely fished it: the Sierra region that extends from Ebbetts Pass northward to the border of the…
Extreme Distance
A couple of years back, a tackle manufacturer’s advertisement featured the following quote: “Everybody says distance doesn’t matter.…
Gearhead: New Fly Rods for 2011
The International Fly Tackle Dealer show in Denver this past September was widely expected to be a bust,…