Designing Flies and Tweaking or Crossing Fly Patterns
Many years ago, when I first started to tie flies, I found that I learned much more from…
Lance Gray
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The Streams of Lake Almanor
Fishing small streams with my brother and dad many years ago, we would take turns, maneuvering through the…
Sinking Lines for Lakes: An Introduction
Years ago, when I worked at Powell’s Fly Shop in Chico, I was fortunate to fish Eagle Lake…
Streamers for Trout: An Introduction
Many years ago, when I started fishing streamers for trout, I mostly learned by doing. I read Joe…
The Golden Stone
It’s spring, and the Golden Stoneflies are hatching. Usually the hatch begins in April and continues into June,…
Winter Dry-Fly Fishing
It’s cold. It’s wet — a mixed blessing and curse for fly fishers some years, with either too…
Rigging Like a Guide Part 2
Many fly fishers are searching for information on how to improve their own angling skills and knowledge, but…
Fighting Big Fish from a Personal Watercraft
You’ve likely already learned that fighting big fish can be challenging. Fighting fish from float tubes and pontoon…
Lake Basics
Fly fishers who fish lakes need to understand how a lake functions. Many years ago, while guiding Eagle…
Rigging Like a Guide
I’m a guide, and guides get to hear a lot about what fly fishers want to know. We’re…