Fly Fishing

Fall Retreat

The fourth Sunday of September brings us the annual World Rivers Day, an event I…

Different Strokes

In news last week that captured a lot of attention throughout the Pacific Northwest, anglers…

‘Tis the Season

Get yourself a good late-summer, early-fall fish, a hatchery steelhead or bright, upriver chinook.  In…

Dog Days

Joe Kelly calls.  He’s been out of the country – so have I – and…

Beginner’s Mind

My sweetheart’s son, fifty years old and counting, has decided to take up fly fishing.…

Mosquitos

There’s a measure of rich cosmic irony in the fact that so much of the…

White-Headed Woodpecker

I’m pretty sure it was Haig-Brown who pointed out, somewhere in his many books, that…

Into the Mystic

About the time I concoct my own variation on Del Brown’s old yet timeless permit…

Shades

When I was young, I didn’t even wear sunglasses, as the whole point of existence…

Mud in Your Eye

I disapprove of drinking. But not saloons, oddly enough. Coming off the water on a…

The Doing of the Thing

Recently I ran into an ex-student of mine who related that he and several of…

Doubles

First off, I leave it to you to decide for yourself what’s right and what’s…