The Stillwater Fly Fisher: UVor Not UV?
Fly-tying materials labeled “ultraviolet” started appearing a few years ago and are increasingly found in fly shops and…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher
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The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Smallmouths – Bass with Attitude
Smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) are a common, but often overlooked nonnative game fish, voracious and strong, that has…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Bass Fishing on Top
I have two angling friends whose e-mail addresses tell a lot about their fly-fishing preferences. I won’t give…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: In “The Zone”
Stillwater fly-fishing success, or lack thereof, often depends on the mental state as well as the physical well-being…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Boatmen and Beetles
Throughout the year, but especially during the spring and fall, small blackish and iridescent beetles of different sizes…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Scents and Sensibility
A recent disappointing trip to Thermalito Afterbay, below Lake Orville, left my partner and me wondering why we…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Scuds
Scuds are small, semitransparent, shrimplike freshwater crustaceans that, when dead or crawling around on rocks, look much like…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Uplining Fly Rods
Most quality fly rods manufactured today and for the last 20 or so years do a good job…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: Ants and Termites
Termites and their not too distant insect cousins, the ants, are quite common throughout the geographically diverse Western…
The Stillwater Fly Fisher: The Total Package – Fly to Angler
In early October, a fishing partner and I had an invitation to fish Oregon’s Williamson and Wood Rivers,…