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Sargassum

When the grackles start up at sunset, whistling and catcalling on power lines outside the…
Photo by Brian O’Keefe

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…
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…
Believe it or not, under the latest gun-control legislation, this venerable (and quite lovely) W&C Scott 8-bore would have been prohibited, purely because of its bore diameter. It is a “Classic Scott” action with the company’s famous “crystal indicator.” Unfortunately, last I heard, the old dear resides in Canada.

Some Good News, for a Change

This just in from compass points north:  The Liberal Canadian government has ditched three of…
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Blowfly

Tidying Up

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