Under the Alders: Paper or Plastic?
At the moment the first bird graced the skies and as soon as mammals evolved on the ground,…
February 2010
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The Good Fight: The Delta Water Wars
I’m going to ask you to do something unusual: If possible, read this article on your computer with…
Jay Fair: The Learning Never Ends
Photographs by Rick E Martin “You know, Bill,” Jay Fair proclaims in his slow, serious drawl, “fish sleep.”…
Gearhead: Lines and Reels for 2010
In the previous issue, I promised to talk in the January/February issue about what was new in fly…
Just North of the Border: The Keno Stretch of the Klamath River
The first time I saw Roe Outfitters, I was blasting up Highway 97 on a motorcycle, heading from…
Seasons on the Klamath: Winter
In California, we fish all winter, because we can. Angling during winter in the Golden State might mean…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Tooling Up for Bass Poppers
Poppers are the “dry flies” of the bass world. For fly fishers, few things beat the rush one…
Chasing Metal: New Year’s Resolutions
Around the West, 2009 was a great year for steelhead anglers. There seemed to be plenty of fish…
At the Vise: Jason Hartwick’s Steelhead Crippler Tube Fly
I first met Jason Hartwick several years ago. The owner of the fly shop where I’ve been employed…