Fly Fishing

Finishing Touches

Let’s face it: A big reason some of us are enamored of wooden boats is…
fly fishing

Fall Retreat

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

Different Strokes

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

‘Tis the Season

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

Dog Days

Joe Kelly calls.  He’s been out of the country – so have I – and…
Where is Curtis Creek? Wherever you can find it.

Beginner’s Mind

My sweetheart’s son, fifty years old and counting, has decided to take up fly fishing.…
BONEFISH
There’s more than one good reason to put up with mosquitos.  Photo by Graham Day

Mosquitos

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

White-Headed Woodpecker

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

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…
"Summertime Creek," by Brett James Smith

Mud in Your Eye

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

The Doing of the Thing

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