The Good Fight: Think Before You Drink
Despite recent rains, California is still very short of water molecules. While it looks like 2015 will be…
Robert Ketley
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Fearless Flies
As you may recall, the winter of 2013–14 produced precious little in the way of rain. The few…
Not a Beginner’s Guide to Fishing the Surf
Every year or so, this fine magazine prints an article on how to fly fish the surf. These…
Fishing the Surf with Trout Gear
I often talk to fly anglers who fish only rivers or creeks. Many of these folks live in…
Gearhead: Easy Equipment Maintenance
In 1984, I was working at a small garage in South London that serviced Porsches. The owner was…
Distance Casting and Fly Rods
There is a special kind of frustration that eats into your psyche when your best casts fall short.…
Out of the Box Fly Patterns
California is known around the world as a place of great creativity and a high tolerance for weirdness.…
Chucking Chickens
Every winter and spring, the small lake I manage receives several truckloads of chum in the form of…
Quill-Bodied Flies
Judging by the huge boil, my fly had just been spurned by a very large trout. To make…
Fly Fishing for Calamari
Every summer, schools of calamari invade the shallow edges of Monterey Bay. These finned mollusks have one goal…