The Good Fight: New Delta Organization Takes On a Range of Issues
Restore the Delta is a tiny organization with a big mission — keeping the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta “fishable,…
June 2011
19 posts
Gearhead: The Sum of All Their Parts
When fly fishers talk about rods, chances are they’ll focus on how the rod casts, on the material…
As the Cro Flies: Patterns Born and Bred on the Upper Sacramento
Editor’s note: We first published this article 15 years ago, in our November/December 1996 issue. Because it discusses…
Southern California’s Trout Streams: Expectations for 2011
Things are not as they were. That should surprise none who lived through the very wet winter of…
Joe Kimsey Remembered
On March 23, 2011, the world suddenly became less interesting. That’s the day Joseph, Ellsworth Kimsey (81) passed…
Lake Almanor’s Hex Hatch
One June evening, while I was locking the front door to a fly shop in Chico, a pickup…
Coping With Runoff
When this year’s March storms cleared, and I was able to see the Sierra Crest from my front…
The Master of Meander: Excuses, Excuses
Some days, the fishing’s just slow, some days, though, you are slow, and if that’s the problem when…
The Art of Angling: Gordon Bryan
About the Artist For me, one of life’s greatest joys is to combine fly fishing with the way…
The Warmwater Fly Fisher: Cliff Hamilton, Bass-Bug Master
The lasting impression you take away from meeting bass-bug tyer Cliff Hamilton at a Southern California fly-fishing show…