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September Fly of the Month: Silver Bullet Herring

September Fly of the Month: Silver Bullet Herring

The Silver Bullet Herring was born of an observation that I was getting an unusual number of refusals on my traditional big white, olive and blue Tung in Cheek Herring...

September Fly of the Month: Silver Bullet Herring

The Silver Bullet Herring was born of an observation that I was getting an unusual number of refusals on my traditional big white, olive and blue Tung in Cheek Herring...

Fly Fishing Report: September 2019

Fly Fishing Report: September 2019

September is upon us and with it some cooler weather and wetter skies that for us mark a shift in focus back to our cold water salmonids.  Salmon are making...

Fly Fishing Report: September 2019

September is upon us and with it some cooler weather and wetter skies that for us mark a shift in focus back to our cold water salmonids.  Salmon are making...

August Fly of the Month: Hi-Viz Para Ant

August Fly of the Month: Hi-Viz Para Ant

I still remember my earliest fishing days as an awkward pre-teen out for the summer to visit Grandma in the Colorado High Country.  She'd turn me loose for the day...

August Fly of the Month: Hi-Viz Para Ant

I still remember my earliest fishing days as an awkward pre-teen out for the summer to visit Grandma in the Colorado High Country.  She'd turn me loose for the day...

Fly Fishing Report: August 2019

Fly Fishing Report: August 2019

Beating the heat is the name of the game.  As a fair-skinned dude of Danish descent, I'm not really wired for hot weather.  I get sluggish, nauseated and bake in...

Fly Fishing Report: August 2019

Beating the heat is the name of the game.  As a fair-skinned dude of Danish descent, I'm not really wired for hot weather.  I get sluggish, nauseated and bake in...

July Fly of the Month: Sculpito Loco

July Fly of the Month: Sculpito Loco

I remember the bulky fly vest, brimming with boxes of this bug and that, sagging with the weight of everything under the sun.  Then I got caught up in swinging...

July Fly of the Month: Sculpito Loco

I remember the bulky fly vest, brimming with boxes of this bug and that, sagging with the weight of everything under the sun.  Then I got caught up in swinging...

Fly Fishing Report: July 2019

Fly Fishing Report: July 2019

Welcome back summer, our old friend.  My how we've missed you!  Along with the sunny skies, heat and days that linger long into the witching hour, our Northwest Washington summers...

Fly Fishing Report: July 2019

Welcome back summer, our old friend.  My how we've missed you!  Along with the sunny skies, heat and days that linger long into the witching hour, our Northwest Washington summers...