The Master of Meander: Our Father’s Rods
Not everything has a price, I happen to believe, although it’s surprising what does and doesn’t. When it…
February 2013
17 posts
Getting Caught
<ost anglers understand the problem of attempting to rationalize our peaceful passion to nonanglers, especially those who question…
Confidence
A wise man is he who knows that he doesn’t know. — Socrates Try the cocaine. It’ll boost…
The Comet-Hilton Corollary
A long the coastal rivers of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Northern California, the times are a-changing, and…
Black and Blue
This fall, I spent a weekend at a literary event in eastern Oregon, a gathering of writers and…
Quill-Bodied Flies
Judging by the huge boil, my fly had just been spurned by a very large trout. To make…
A SoCal Winter Option: Laguna Niguel Lake
sort of scheduling screwup, the fish had been stocked the day before the weekend arrived. (Or that same…
Winter Fly Fishing on the Upper Sacramento
I remember years when the last day of trout season — November 15 — was a real downer.…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Prelude to the Spawn
Although it’s winter as you read these words, spring, and the angling opportunities it brings, is not far…
At the Vise: Hogan Brown’s RedHeaded Stepchild
In one of his recent fly-fishing videos, master angler and fly designer Kelly Galloup made the statement that…