Get Lucky
I don’t get the job. It feels like an insult, a renouncement, a dismissal of the One Big…
October 2011
18 posts
Gearhead: Rods for Steelhead
Mid-September makes it official: autumn has arrived. From where I sit, it’s about time. I have nothing in…
Stillwater Fishing Techniques: A Primer
Fly fishing in lakes and reservoirs requires techniques that are different from angling in moving water. Just like…
Autumn Flies: Five Recipes for Success
As I sit on the bank of the South Fork Snake River on a warm, breezy summer Idaho…
New Tricks I Learned This Summer
My home river, the Truckee, can be a frustrating, demanding, and ultimately rewarding stream to fish. I get…
Under the Alders: Blowin’ in the Wind
Fishing in the wind is like judo: if you know how to use its energy on your behalf,…
The East Fork of the San Gabriel: Southern California’s Newest Wild-Trout River
In the rugged canyons above the foothill community of Azusa flow the many branches of the San Gabriel…
California Confluences: LarryTusoni
Making bamboo rods has a heritage over a century long in the United States, and those who cherish…
Wading the Lower Sacramento
The Lower Sacramento River is one of the best trout fisheries on the West Coast, a big, fast…
The Paper Hatch
Tying Flies with CDC: The Fisherman’s Miracle Feather By Leon Links. Published by Stackpole Books, 2010; $24.95 softbound.…