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More on Garmin’s Xero S1

On the surface, it’s every shotgunner’s dream:  A little machine that sits in front of…

Reels

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

Sargassum

When the grackles start up at sunset, whistling and catcalling on power lines outside the…

Carmenèré

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

Chile Trout

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

Spey Time

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

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,…

Show Biz

Like gardeners poring over their winter catalogues, fly fishers share the opportunity each winter to…

Winter Fish II

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

Tidying Up

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