Current Flow State Fly Fishing Weekly Update archives

B&W photo of an angler casting a fly rod from a rocky riverbank amid wooden pilings, with a bridge in the cloudy distance.

CFS Update

A fly fishing outing, right here in town

Try not to snag on a submerged Biketown bike

A steep canyon on the Deschutes river is the background image for type that states Immerse: A five-week fly fishing intro course from Current Flow State

CFS Update

IMMERSE: Our free fly fishing intro course

Enroll in our free email course to get started fly fishing this fall.

Close-up of a large mayfly with long tails perched on the back of a hand, dark blurred background.

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Have yourself a fishy fall

There's an awful lot of fishing out there as summer rolls away: dig in for a bonanza of events and inspiration.

Title card for 'Urban Fly Fishing Scouting with Marc Fryt'. Marc stands along the Willamette River in Portland, cherry blossoms and a steel bridge behind him.

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Get back in school with a PDX urban scouting mission

Registration is open for PDX urban scouting with Marc Fryt, yours truly joins a podcast, and we squeeze the last drops out of summer.

Snow Peak Portland x Current Flow State "Community Connect" event flyer — angler fishing a mountain lake, Aug 18, 4-6:30pm, 404 NW 23rd Ave, Portland, OR

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Current Flow State x Snow Peak

We're kicking off the first of our Community Connect events with Snow Peak this Tuesday evening in Portland!

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The dog days are (almost) over

The Deschutes summer steelhead closure looms, PCC Fall Term registration opens this Wednesday, and more

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High time for summer adventures

CFS readers out in the world, a possible Portland urban scouting event with Marc Fryt, and more.

A fire burns on a butte in the background of the Madison River in Montana

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Weathering the fire

Flames across the continent are driving a search for solutions. Habitat restoration, advanced technologies, and a level of tolerance form one possible future.

Grassy pond edge with tall seed heads swaying in front, calm water curving through green hills under a partly cloudy sky.

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Crunch time

A carp-scouting outing takes an unexpected twist: My ankle.

Angler lip-grips a largemouth bass at the surface, mouth agape with a small black fly hooked at the corner. Chartreuse fly line, marsh grass, and conifers fill the background.

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Those sassy-grassy-bassy days of summer

How I tell it's summer, one essential summertime fishing skill, and the feel-good fish of the season.

Two men posing at dusk with a stringer of fish including one gigantic largemouth bass, one in a red blazer and one in a white tee and red United Airlines cap, Florida, 1980s.

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Thanks, Dads

Dad and Grandpa energy, Riverhorse on the gallop, and more in the Weekly Update

Five men sit on a theater stage looking at a photograph of a steelhead caught on a fly. It is a glorious fish.

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See what Mother Earth is offering

Ways of walking through a changed world

The Deschutes Access Road alongside the Deschutes River

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The CFS Maupin Meetup, recapped

We came, we fished, we won trivia (again!)

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Fly fishing is the ultimate sport for hoarders

I joined Rachel Kramer Bussel on the Finders and Keepers podcast to talk fly fishing's peculiar penchant for gear acquisition. Also: Casting session this Friday in Portland, Ribbon Map updates and more!

Amy Hazel, owner of the Deschutes Angler, holds up a rolled Lower Deschutes ribbon map inside her fly shop, grinning, pointing to the map behind her on the wall.

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Ribbon map roll-out

Ribbon map mojo and the Maupin Meetup, casual casting practice in PDX, registration for PCC Summer Term, and more

A hand holds an unrolled ribbon map of the Lower Deschutes River against a canyon backdrop, with overlaid text reading "The CFS Lower Deschutes Ribbon Map — On Sale Now!"

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Announcing the CFS Lower Deschutes Ribbon Map

The last 100 miles. Six feet long. On sale now!

A fly angler casts at sunset on a mirrored artificial casting pond, with conifers in the background

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Putting in work

Got any early season rituals?

A large stonefly shuck held between two fingers, with the blue Deschutes River visible in the background.

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Big things are hatching

This season is going to be huge, on and off the river.

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The spey is strong out here

The Sandy River Spey Clave is a reminder of why the PNW is the North American epicenter of two-handed fly fishing.

FFI Casting Instructor pre-test evaluation form on clipboard in foreground, an instructor and candidate learning fly casting on a grass field under partly cloudy skies in the background.

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Mind in the line

Expect nothing, and other lessons from casting instructor boot camp

Woman practices roll cast on a calm pond at sunset, fly rod raised against a vivid pink and orange sky reflected in still water.

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Embrace what's scary

If we're not doing stuff that's scary, we're not learning.

Film still of a a brown trout nosing up above the surface of a river in golden light to take an emerging Brown Drake mayflay, amidst a hatch of thousands of insects

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Hatching into spring

This week's update has us ready for spring with a post-Springsteen glow, featuring a new class offering in Oregon and an epic film of a Brown Drake hatch.

"Fly Fishing Is my Therapy" bumper sticker with wet fly illustrations and mountain silhouette on the tailgate of a white pickup truck.

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Hearing "Fishing is my therapy" bothers me more than it should

It's not a replacement for penicillin, or a good therapist, but for the next few weeks we'll be sharing all the proof you need that fly fishing is good for your physical and mental health.

A screenshot from a vintage-looking airplane shows a man leaning out of a small airplane, with the title lettering TOP SPORTSMAN superimposed

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Get to know the Top Sportsman

Tarpon-chaser Dick Fisher is looking to catch more than just a silver king. Aren't we all?

Anglers wading the Sandy River below the Stark Street bridge, dip-netting for smelt on a gray winter day.

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Abundance, past and future

An unsuccessful smelt season on the Sandy, a celebration of female anglers, and the release of a suppressed report on the state of nature in America

9:49 AMA moss-covered old tire lying flat outdoors, its interior filled with soil and sprouting weeds, with a rusted abandoned vehicle and bare trees visible in the background.

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We are busy being born

Private equity is buying Michigan dams, George Daniel gives beginner students advice, salmon and steelhead get a win on the Columbia, and more.

A person in jeans swings in a hammock while looking at their phone

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Death to shitty flow

How junk food flow states and being stuck in the machine zone prevent us from achieving excellence in life, and our angling.

Scenic view of the Deschutes River winding through a desert canyon at sunset. The river reflects soft pink and purple twilight colors from the sky.

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Check In on your angling, and your advocacy

Pre-season is the best time to recalibrate, set new angling goals, and realign your advocacy aims.

A man in an orange hat swings flies in a Pacific Northwest river

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Seeing more fish with science

One TU chapter is recruiting citizen scientists to locate hidden Brook Trout in the NYC suburbs, using state-of-the-art eDNA sampling. Can they help me find a winter steelhead?

G.Loomis Asquith fly rod with fifteen North Fork Composites Golden Tickets arranged on vintage landscape photograph

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A tale of two fly rods

North Fork Composites' Gary Loomis announced this week he's rejected private equity advances, and launched $100 Golden Tickets good for North Fork blanks to help the company grow. The company he founded and sold, G.Loomis? It now charges over $1,500 for its Asquith rods.

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Under a snow moon

Exploding trees, the Michael Jordan of pikeminnow, fly fishing with a baby on board, Michigan smallies, and more in this week's newsletter.

Pacific Northwest river with clear water flowing over rocks through forested canyon in winter

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Low and clear

Knowing the odds are long—but showing up anyway—is the core of being an angler, and maybe a person, too.

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Where I'm calling from

Here's a little bit of a Station Identification to introduce myself, and give you the lowdown on what we're all about around here.

Cambarus scotti crayfish on stream bottom with orange claws and banded body pattern among rocks and leaves

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Now's the time to look closer

When that winter metabolism slows down, take a closer look to see what's really going on.

Angler holds largemouth bass over calm water at golden hour, water dripping from the fish's mouth and belly in cinematic riverside setting

Industry

Hunkered down and having fun

All fish tales are tall tales. What kind of stories will you tell this year? A special crop of fly fishing films to start things off right.

A big green Dumpster floating down a flooded, turbulent, muddy river, with splashing all around it.

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Two Dumpsters drifting

On the second day of Christmas, the atmospheric river gave to me...