Fly Fishing

Good Enough?

Still, as with a shelf full of common yet capable hand planes, I glance at…

Kokanee

by Scott Sadil If you’re out and about this fall in the American West, don’t…

Water Helps

This spring I was sitting in on one of those weird Zoom gatherings, trying to…

Be Safe

A friend of mine guiding this summer in Alaska just reported that he’s come down…

To Build a Fire?

With Northwest steelhead numbers at record lows, with neighborhood rivers suddenly closed to steelheading during…

Mistify

By late April, autumn has arrived in Argentine Patagonia, and the cooler air over Río…

Joe’s Grilled Salmon

The best book I know of for preparing fish of any kind is Salmon, by…

Left or Right?

I stop in at the local fly shop, in need of backing on a new…

Variants

At the bench yesterday preparing for the arrival – knock on wood – of summer…

Old Dogs, New Tricks

The first time I saw a stand-up paddle board, or SUP, used for fishing, I…

Guiding Light

When I first met Jeff Feczko, one of those globe-trotting guides who make most of…

Dinosaur

The primeval jungles of Guyana hide arapaimas, where 150 million years have changed little about…