Scott Sadil

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…

Fur & Feather

I know I’m not alone when I recall exploring the possibility of harvesting a pelt…
fly fishing totoaba
Totoaba

Totoaba

We’re dropping jigs down to a high spot north of Isla San Luis, in the…
fishing reels

Recycling 101

I needed a couple of new reels. Or maybe need is a little too strong…
rio yelcho
Rio Yelcho

Al Norte

Roland Bastidas, my young guide the last few days out of Yelcho en la Patagonia,…
LAKE YELCHO
Lago Yelcho

Yelcho

I’m not much of a lake angler. So when Marc Whittaker of Rod and Gun…
Lago Yelcho
Lago Yelcho

Matapiojos

If you’ve seen the brief video shot while I was fishing a tributary of the…
FLY FISHING

El Zorro

The spring creeks in and around Estancia del Zorro, the remote and rustic ranch house…
Clean water: a must.

Be Safe

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