Getting Your Feet Wet in the Surf
Anglers unfamiliar with surf fishing often have trouble figuring out how to get started. The water looks uniform…
February 2011
18 posts
A Gathering of One (or Two)
When I first read Robert Traver’s words, “because only in the woods can I find solitude without loneliness,”…
Improving Your Back Cast
Over the years, I have watched countless people struggle with their casting. Some suffer in silence, while others…
Go-To Flies
Fly fishing is a game of confidence. That’s not the same thing as a confidence game, although there…
Green Butt Muddler
I spent some time on the phone the other day with one of those film guys who has…
The Master of Meander: Another Darn Winter of Discontent
Unless memory fails me, and it does, the last time I built a column of short pieces, I…
Greenstone Lake
About two miles outside the east entrance of Yosemite National Park, Saddlebag Lake Road branches off Highway 120,…
The Art of Angling: Mike Bundesilich
About the Artist Fly fishing has been an important part of my entire life. The thrill of catching…
The Foraging Angler – Sacramento: An Urban Angling Destination
Sacramento’s origin goes back to the days of the Gold Rush and the early westward expansion that forever…
The Good Fight – The Fall River: Cold Water Refuge in a Changing Climate
I’m floating in a 10-foot flat-bottomed pram, watching the sun set behind distant Mount Shasta. At sundown on…