Angling

The Habit of Fall

Nothing reminds me of just how lucky I am to find myself calling Oregon home…

Frankentrout

Joe Kelly and I are scooting about on our SUPs, enjoying the cool air above…

Secret Weapons

The two books I reach for to help me concoct some sort of Water Boatmen…

Inshore Skiffs

I received a note recently from a fellow boatbuilder who heard me on a podcast…

Camping Out

Like many anglers of my generation, if not also my temperament and background, I’ve always…

Travel Tying

Seated at the big communal dining table on the open porch at Baja Joe’s, in…

Wildlife in America

I often sense I live in a cultural void.  This is no place to analyze…

Spare Parts

Cars, for example, are built from parts.  Damage or wear out any one of them,…

Mulberry Carp

We’re standing around the ponds at the Orvis flagship store, where we’ve been casting rods…

To Kill or Not to Kill

The dorado eats, as dorado often will, in a flurry of prismatic colors, blues and…

Valente

In news traveling the spurious byways of social media, yesterday I came upon a brief…

Reels

I’ve written elsewhere about my first feeble attempts to cast flies in the surf, when…