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June Fly of the Month: Sparrow Nymph
Jack Gartside's Sparrow has been around for a long time. Since long enough ago that I can remember tying them as a teen on my battered Thompson A vise. The...
June Fly of the Month: Sparrow Nymph
Jack Gartside's Sparrow has been around for a long time. Since long enough ago that I can remember tying them as a teen on my battered Thompson A vise. The...

Fly Fishing Report: June 2024
With just a few short days until it's officially summer, we've been enjoying the long days, recent reappearance of the sun and the fact that there are so many viable...
Fly Fishing Report: June 2024
With just a few short days until it's officially summer, we've been enjoying the long days, recent reappearance of the sun and the fact that there are so many viable...

May Fly of the Month: Christmas Tree Chironomid
Chironomid fishing on stillwater throughout the world has achieved an almost cult like status these days. There are over 2000 species of chironomids in North America alone and, it would...
May Fly of the Month: Christmas Tree Chironomid
Chironomid fishing on stillwater throughout the world has achieved an almost cult like status these days. There are over 2000 species of chironomids in North America alone and, it would...

Fly Fishing Report: May 2024
While the prospect of a likely hot, dry summer looms on the horizon, last week's heavy dose of vitamin D was certainly met with open arms. Getting a recent rare...
Fly Fishing Report: May 2024
While the prospect of a likely hot, dry summer looms on the horizon, last week's heavy dose of vitamin D was certainly met with open arms. Getting a recent rare...

April Fly of the Month: Miyawaki Popper
Leland Miyawaki's Popper has been a solid fixture on the Puget Sound beach cutthroat and salmon scene for a long, long time. It was designed to replicate an injured sand...
April Fly of the Month: Miyawaki Popper
Leland Miyawaki's Popper has been a solid fixture on the Puget Sound beach cutthroat and salmon scene for a long, long time. It was designed to replicate an injured sand...

Fly Fishing Report: April 2024
As winter shrinks to a speck in the rear view mirror, Western Washington is coming alive with new greenery; colorful flowers blossoming along with stinky skunk cabbage blooms and of...
Fly Fishing Report: April 2024
As winter shrinks to a speck in the rear view mirror, Western Washington is coming alive with new greenery; colorful flowers blossoming along with stinky skunk cabbage blooms and of...