Forever seeking flow.
Books
Books that will improve your fly fishing. A definitive list of the best fly fishing books, from beginner guides to technical methods, from entomology to romantic lore and conservation. And, of course, great writing.
Dispatches
It's big bug time on the Deschutes, the most wonderful time of the year.
How To
Whether it's the first cast you learn or the second, the roll cast is a hard-working and versatile arrow in your casting quiver.
How To
Understanding watersheds, and the different types of rivers we're going to encounter when fly-fishing
How To
All about indicators, floats, suspenders—whatever you call the thing every other angler calls a bobber.
How To
You've rigged up your rod, landed your cast in the right place, your fly is on the water...and, it's waterskiing. Tactics and tips to maintain a drag-free drift that's irresistible to fish.
Find the fast water for keys on where to row, where to put your flies, and how the river wants to be.
How To
Digging one level deeper to understand the different features we find in a river
How To
The knee bone connects to the thigh bone...the thigh bone connects to the hip bone...digging into all the things that attach to your fly rod, from reel seat to fly line to tippet.
How To
There's one mistake I want to help you avoid when you buy your first fly rod.
How To
The do's and do-knot's fly fishing knot tying. Find out what you need to know, what you don't, and how to build your skills and have confidence in your fly fishing knots
How To
Scouting fly fishing spots can be a major challenge for beginners. It depends on combing through lots of sources of information to find places where you might find great water, then verifying those hunches in real life.
Meditations
Start your journey to find your home waters by grounding yourself on your home planet.
Meditations
Check in with your goals and set new fly fishing intentions as spring starts creeping up
How To
There are only four pieces of essential fly fishing gear you really need to get started.
How To
For as long as humans have lived near rivers and oceans, we’ve fished. And I’d argue that fly fishing is the closest to how our ancestors did it. Read on for a broad introduction to the sport, the differences between fly and bait fishing, and more.
Meditations
Who I am, and how that's shaped my fishing life
How To
Nobody fly fishes because it’s easy. So why do they do it? Here are five reasons why I fly fish, along with two anti-reasons.
Books
On trout fishing and the truth: "For all the aggravation a trout can cause, it cannot think and does not consider you. A trout is very much like truth; it does what it wants, what it has to."
How To
Here are two examples of videos depicting the most visible and dramatic types of eats you'll ever get: territorial brown trout going after streamers.
Dispatches
Proof that fly fishing guides have gotten no less droll and cynical over the years.
Books
If you get a chance to visit the Angler's Club in New York City, take it. It's the nucleus of the sport's North American origins.
Meditations
For me, a river is a sacred place. Any old river will do. It's a nice bonus if trout live there. For when you step into a river, you step away from false time, and surround yourself in what's real.
Books
Lunn's extensive restoration and reclamation work on the Test is a must-read for anyone interested in the practice of taking care of a river.
Conversations
We were lucky enough to get some time with George (in between the Green Drake blitz, even!) and had the chance to ask him a few questions about his approach to the book.
How To
If a trespass happens in the backcountry and leaves no trace, does it make a mark?
How To
Inspiration on moving to a more sight-fishing, patience-oriented trout approach.
Industry
It's always a nice thrill to get to break out of the winter doldrums for a day and get to feel some good fishing vibes.
Dispatches
Here's a "Top 10 things to remember when planning or attending a fly-fishing wedding" list. Because, one day, you too might wind up at one.
How To
There are more ways to break a fly rod than there are to catch a fish. A warranty can help get you back out on the water, but there are nuances to what they cover.
Weekly Update
Happy 418th birthday to Izaak Walton, the first (and Compleat-est) angling blogger. Give his masterpiece a leaf through if you haven't before—there are some great carp recipes in there.
How To
It's never a bad idea to try to impart some motion in your flies. The Leisenring Lift is a great way to accomplish just that, whether you're using a wet fly, a nymph, or dry fly.