Fly Fishing

PISCO SOUR

Pisco Sour

Even if you’re lucky enough to chase steelhead this time of year, or you’ve still…
rio yelcho
Rio Yelcho

Al Norte

Roland Bastidas, my young guide the last few days out of Yelcho en la Patagonia,…
LAKE YELCHO
Lago Yelcho

Yelcho

I’m not much of a lake angler. So when Marc Whittaker of Rod and Gun…
Lago Yelcho
Lago Yelcho

Matapiojos

If you’ve seen the brief video shot while I was fishing a tributary of the…
brown trout
Rio Baker brown

Baker & Cochrane

It’s a dusty half-day drive from the bustling town of Coyhaique to the Rio Baker,…
FLY FISHING

El Zorro

The spring creeks in and around Estancia del Zorro, the remote and rustic ranch house…

Rucapeley

The thunder starts well before dawn. I’m still asleep, dreaming about fish and fishing in…
Going fishing.

Chilean Time

I’m a little wobbly of leg when I dismount from my sure-footed mare high up…
Should it stay or should it go?

The Unbearable Lightness of Fly Fishing

I always dream of traveling light. In this recurring fantasy I see myself skipping through…
A simple tool caddy can help bring order to a fly tying bench.

GETTING ORGANIZIZED

Every year about this time I quit. I can’t possibly tie another fly unless I…
fishing chile

Reopening

Yesterday, Monday, November 1, fly fishers far and wide shared a cheer, if not also…
Elwha River estuary

The Elwha

If the story of Northwest salmon and steelhead recovery is ever written – and I’m…