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Guerilla Fly-Rod Tactics - Michael Gorman
You may disagree with some of my aggressive strategies in a competitive steelhead environment. And, yes, if you are a mature adult, you may be...
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Steelhead Flies - Chris Mann
This second part of the book concentrates on the flies used for steelhead, the sea-run rainbows of the West Coast of North America and, more recen...
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A TROUT FISHERMAN IN HANOI - Gary Lewis
While I fished with the fly rod, my wife angled with a cane pole and a book in the other hand. A fish ripped the rod right out of her grasp and tor...
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No. 9 The Spirit Fly - an excerpt from the book Syd Glasso
No. 9. The Spirit Fly. Tied by Syd Glasso circa early 1980s.
In 2018, Charlie Brumwell, Steve Hanson and I were sorting through Ron Grantham's f...
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The Basics by Bonner - an excerpt from the Bead fishing Bible - by Randall Bonner
Field and Stream writer Patrick McManus once said that, “There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.” On the spectrum of bait lobbers an...
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Building Classic Salmon Flies - Ron Alcott
Lessons from the Past - an excerpt
Salmon flies developed from trout flies, and both were originally of a commonplace character and dull in app...
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Them Two-Footers - Tom Alkire
It was a splendid early September day, sharp and chilly in the early morning. It warmed up quickly with the bright, flame-orange orb peeking over t...
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Frank Amato - by Art Lingren
A VERY Special Cigar!
What may look like a simple cigar and 4 flies that are eternally preserved in epoxy—like an ancient mosquito preserving din...
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SPEY FISHING FOR WINTER STEELHEAD - Dave Kilhefner
Water-time is easy to write about, but in real life it is hard to do. To get more river time I was forced to let my gym membership go. It’s hard to...
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The Hoh River - An excerpt from Steelhead River Journal
The rocks were void of moss and all the slippery stuff that makes deep wading so difficult on most rivers.
Robust and beautiful—just what you'...
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First Place Winner — The 2022 Sheridan Anderson Memorial Short Story Contest - by Noah Davis
Way Back
Sarah knows no one fishes for brook trout anymore.
Her pap did before the cancer took him. She’s seen grainy photos of him and her dad...
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Euro Nymphing the Next Level • by Dave Kilhefner
A brown trout taken while Euro nymphing. Note the quick change tippet holder clipped to my lanyard.
I was working my way upstream thru a shallow...
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