Fly Fishing

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…
Blowfly
Blowfly

Tidying Up

Every writer who has ever indulged us with insights into the noble craft of fly…

Winter Fish

George fishes two holes.  After thirty-five years, returning annually to the coast to look for…
Columbia River smallmouth bass • Photo by Brian O’Keefe

Aliens

In a recent review of 2022 fish and wildlife news by Andy Walgamott of Northwest…
Spawning coho

Winter Feed

My buddy, Joe Kelly, called to say he’d been out over the holidays and caught…

Gift of Giving

Any number of ways, no doubt, to assess the passing year, all but a few…
Chef Gordon Sutherland’s Pavlova, Cedar Lodge

Pav

True or not, the Kiwis will all tell you their Pav puts any Aussie Pav…

Stand and Deliver

When Scottie Little, our lodge manager, announces the onset of the inaugural Cedar Lodge Open,…

Serve It Up

On a ten-day float last year in Alaska, on the other hand, Peter, Joe Kelly,…
rooster fish

Surf’s Up

Perched on the edge of an island in deep Baja with my old friend Pete…