Fly Fishing

Reels

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

Lines

I’m pretty sure it was Russell Chatham who pointed out, long ago, that the most…
Photo by Brian O’Keefe

Carmenèré

Here’s a good one—especially the next time you find yourself fishing in Chile, and your…

Dear Joe & Kathleen

Shortly before I left home, Joe mentioned the two of you planned to head to…

Tierra Del Fuego, Chile

Mention to most serious fly anglers, anywhere in the world, the name Tierra del Fuego,…

Chile Trout

The Río Ibañez tumbles out of the spectacular Cerro Castillo mountains and rumbles through a…

Casting Lessons

I’m pretty sure Rafael Gonzales and his crew at the Magallanes Fly Fishing Lodge, in…
John Shewey’s new Spey Flies: Their History and Construction

Spey Time

Thanks to John Shewey’s new Spey Flies: Their History and Construction, which I happened to…
Shad darts

Homemade

“Essentially,” writes John McPheein The Founding Fish, his monumental paean to Alosa sapidissima, the American…

Know When to Fold

I’m sitting in the Portland airport, wondering how or when I’ll ever get to Oakland,…
There’s no business like show business.

Show Biz

Like gardeners poring over their winter catalogues, fly fishers share the opportunity each winter to…
Winter steelhead: Bright is better

Winter Fish II

Spring comes early to the coast of Oregon.  While the rest of the state lies…