What’s in a fly name? I’ve discovered that some Idylwilde King salmon and steelhead flies have such cool names that I love ’em at the mere mention of same. Silly, I know, but it’s just so. It occurred… Read More
Tube Intruders for Winter Steelhead, December 19, 2010 Been working at the fly bench again this morning at 4 AM. More of my original winter steelhead fly patterns layng on the floor, accumulating in a pile because they… Read More
Tube Leeches for Winter Steelhead: December 18, 2010 Oh my, it has only been a month since I lovingly scrubbed salt and estuary mud off my Burkheimer 995-4 and slipped into a rod tube. Now I long to swing… Read More
Q: On Dec 5, 2010, at 11:53 AM, an anonymous blog reader wrote: This email should be read with the strict premise and understanding that I would never, ever dream of fishing any type off egg imitation for… Read More
Quote. My method for fishing for steelhead (which cannot be discounted, for I have caught eleven so far this year) is to cast straight out, let the line and fly be carried by the current, activating it in… Read More
When is a fly not a fly? I suppose the answer is different for each angler. The answer is probably most important to the enforcement officer who reads the angling regulation book and is checking our your gear… Read More
Look out Steelhead…. Too much musing about conservation issues lately. Must fish. Rods to mess with. Lines. Tube flies. Tube Intruders. Killer Tube Leeches in mini-sizes. Here ya go. No frills, no hype. Just a messy fly bench… Read More
Thoughts on the Artificial Propagation of Pacific Salmon People have been culturing Pacific salmon in the Northwest corner of the lower 48 (California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho) for over a century now. By Pacific salmon i refer generally to… Read More
What the heck. If a little is good, more should be better, right? Who cares if this is eight flies in the Fly of the Day category? Following, for your steelhead drool, are some of the flies that… Read More
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