Short Casts

New Seasons

The start of any new season, I find myself repeatedly flustered, or at least annoyed,…
fly fishing

Fall Retreat

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

Shad’s the Limit

Every year about this time, when the days are longest, the weeds tallest, the garden…
Tamalita

Tamalita

The boat launch at Rowena doesn’t get any quieter. This time of year it’s usually a…
FLY FISHING

Living the Dream

There’s something odd about the soup the waitress brings me at the Old Brew House,…

Got Yours?

You have to understand: I’m not much of a hunter.