My 15 year old son, Jack, is a great kid. He’s a top-notch student athlete, helps his mom, and serves as the in-house IT tech, modern culture advisor, and Gen-Z language interpreter in exchange for room and board. But despite these worthy attributes, he does have one deep flaw: he’s not much for fly fishing. […]
Road Trips: Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene River for Father/Son 4-Weight Fun Read More »
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish has dubbed the San Juan River below the Navajo Dam, a “Red Chile Water” in celebration of the red, green, and other chiles that are a staple of life in the state. Catchy title…but for me, I just call it: “Awesome.” I recently hit the river for
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Don’t let one mistake ruin your day. Follow this advice for safe and fun fly fishing adventures.
Fly Fishing Seneca Creek, WV Read More »
When I was a kid living in Western New York, I remember a news report about the Cuyahoga River in Ohio, a tributary of Lake Erie, catching on fire. Even to an elementary schooler, the idea of water being aflame was pretty fantastical. Back then, the vast Lake Erie was biologically dead. Thankfully, the Cuyahoga
Ohio Steelhead: Fat Fish in Skinny Water Read More »
I admit that I was fed up seeing endless online videos of fishers making thundering, yet elegant, two-handed Spey casts with ginormous fly rods across big rivers to wild chrome-colored salmon and steelhead moving up to spawn. I wanted to do that. (Spey cast–not spawn; I’ve three kids already…) So, I got my hands on
Book Review: Modern Spey Fishing by Rick Kustich Read More »
Don’t get me wrong, I love me some stout-shouldered stockers on the fly from time to time. It’s still fly fishing after all, and stocked trout can be challenging, even frustrating, if they’ve seen their share of flies. But, if given the chance, I’ll take chasing even a smallish wild trout on a natural, crazy-currented,
West Virginia’s Elk River: Wild (Trout) Wonderful Read More »
You don’t hear much about Buffalo Creek in the various Virginia fishing forums or on social media, but fly fishing phenoms (and friends) Joe Irby and Derek Hutton have been trying to get me to come down to wet a line in the stream for quite a while. I was interested, but, like everyone else
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The shad run is a rite of spring for fly fishers. This article discusses where and how to fish for shad in Virginia rivers.
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