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Fly tying: Electric caddis larva
With a good 80 percent of the country feeling like a deep freeze these days, it's a good time to be talking about winter fly fishing. And winter flies, of course. Video of JC's Electric Caddis LarvaAbove, Tim Flagler walks through the process of tying John Collins' Electric Caddis Larva, a great wintertime searching pattern…
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Video spotlight: Diyak
I love do-it-yourself fishing. The challenge of essentially learning as you go on new water has always appealed to me. That, and, of course, I just can't afford to shovel $500 across the cab of a pickup to a guide that often. But there's DIY. And then there's the DIY where you're dropped off on…
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Short casts: Fly tying Zen; women in fly fishing; Salalah, and more
Photo by Becca Skinner, New York Times. I read this piece the other day in the online edition of Sierra Magazine, and immediately identified with author Christopher Schaberg, a professor of Englis and Environmental Studies at Loyola University in New Orleans. The gist is this: the intense pressures being put on our environment by a…
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Voices from the River: Public access
By Dave Ammons I'm pretty sure that woven into most rivers in North America are intervals of private and public water, and the river I fish is no different. I am privileged to have access to nearly a mile of private water, a beautiful mix of long runs, boulder-strewn pocke ts, and stretches of riffles…
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Video spotlight: Tour de Tahoe
Combining fly fishing and mountain biking is certainly nothing new, but I've seen a few videos over the last several months that indicate this "bike-packing" into backcountry fly-fishing destinations is becoming more of "a thing" lately. Video of Tour de Tahoe // Bikepacking and Fly Fishing in the Sierra MountainsThe video above is a good…
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Voices from the River: The altruistic angler
The Steelhead Whisperer, on his home water, in his characteristic pose. By Sam Davidson Apparently I like to observe important fishing occasions by making other anglers feel better about themselves. 2017 was a case in point. I ended the calendar year, and the 2016-17 winter steelhead season (in March), in the same fashion: by going…
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Fly tying: Why use a rotary vise?
I've been tying (well, some would call it that, anyway) for a good 20 years, and while I tie generally for necessity and a bit of the pleasure that keeps me connected to fly fishing on days like today, when it's all of 9 degrees outside, I'm not terribly accomplished at the vise. But I…