Scott Sadil

78 posts
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Get Lucky

I don’t get the job. It feels like an insult, a renouncement, a dismissal of the One Big…
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A Better Caddis

My love of the common caddisfly is no secret. Of all the bugs in the West, none provides…
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Somebody’s Minnow

The captain’s knot is worth learning. Tied a little like a Palomar Knot, a little like a Jansik…
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Little Black Caddis

The river’s famous, and I’m holding my own, slipping downstream after the morning drift-boat hatch while raising fish,…
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IOBO

I swing my duffel bag up onto the ice chest, right there beside the waders and passel of…
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Amigo

On the approach of a recent birthday, I began to announce, to those who would listen, that I’ve…
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Road Trip

We’re only twenty-odd miles from home, headed toward the coast, when I experience a familiar tingle and begin…