Pillar 2: Environment
Where do fish live? How can we find them? All about watersheds, rivers, and all those who live in them.
"No angler merely watches nature in a passive way. He enters into its very existence."
- John Bailey
Understanding where fish live:
Thinking in watersheds
Understanding watersheds, and the different types of rivers we’re going to encounter when fly-fishing
Nick Parish
How to read a river: Riffles, runs, and pools
Digging one level deeper to understand the different features we find in a river
Nick Parish
Reading the river: The Thalweg
Find the fast water for keys on where to row, where to put your flies, and how the river wants to be.
Nick Parish
Finding places to fly fish:
Scouting 101: Keys to finding great fly fishing spots
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.
Nick Parish
Public access and the ethics of fishing trespass
If a trespass happens in the backcountry and leaves no trace, does it make a mark?
Nick Parish
See all posts in the Environment topic:
Fly-Fishing Conservation and Activism | Current Flow State Fly-Fishing
Environmental conservation, watershed protection, climate impacts on fisheries, and the connections between healthy ecosystems and thriving fish populations.
Nick Parish
