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My friend, Casey, and I both work full time, but when he texted, “Salmon are in,” I knew my schedule had to be rearranged.  Then he pasted in New ...

If you love to fly fish for large trout in lakes, put Henry’s Lake in Idaho on the must-do list this summer/fall. Centennial Valley in southwest M...

Jared Cady, guide at Big Sky Anglers discusses the start of this historic hatch. See the nymph stage, the shucks and live salmonflies - plus see b...

Excerpt from "Basic Stream Flies" by Jim Schollmeyer and Tracy Peterson Streamer Fishing Baitfish and small trout that leave sheltered areas due to...

The only sound that disturbed the silence and gently broke our focused concentration was the ever-so-slight rush of water past the fiberglass hull ...

Best practices around catch and release fishing have come a long way since the early days of our sport and most modern anglers have consciously ado...

  Since 2009, I have taught a course on fly fishing at Hiram College in Ohio that has involved over a 125 students, hundreds of essays, nail knots,...

Fly fishing has a reputation as a relaxed, contemplative endeavor requiring little stamina or physical prowess.  One national magazine used to refe...

  Talk to any fly fisherman worth his salt around the Northwest or abroad and eventually the talk will gravitate towards the statement, "You ever ...

During the entire month of January this year, I was lucky to be able to spend a month targeting large trout in New Zealand (NZ). The challenge of s...

Euro Nymphing has rapidly swept across the fly fishing landscape and it looks like it’s here to stay. The technique is very effective, the basics a...

In the spring of 1969, I returned to Oregon from a year in Vietnam. My plane landed in Portland just before dawn. A young man on my flight had noti...