Fly Fishing Report: November 2021
Gray skies, unrelenting rain, brown rivers and a lackluster Seahawks season. It’s enough to drive a Pacific Northwesterner mad at times. Seems like we’ve gone from one extreme to another and have been regularly bombarded by exponentially more raindrops than the brilliant rays of sunshine we experienced all summer. Then again, that’s life in these […]
Fly Fishing Report: October 2021
Fishing trips…they are the stitches that piece meal the year together, mark the seasons, mentally get you from A to B during a busy work stretch, motivate you at the tying bench and 100% feed the soul. I’ll take any opportunity to fish, be it a couple of hours before work or a rainy Sunday […]
Fly Fishing Report: December 2020
Ahhh…2020, the year we never thought would end, is nearing its final stretch. As much as we’re all fairly fed up with pandemics, politics and the multitude of disruptions to our normal daily flow, it hasn’t been all bad. As a relative creature of habit, I’ve appreciated being forced to change up my normal fishing […]
Fly Fishing Report: November 2020
Here we are on election day, something we’ve either been waiting on all year or silently dreading. I imagine for many folks it’s a mixture of both. 2020 has been a challenging time for too many people and I think most of the world will be content to see it behind us. There’s a vast […]
Fly Fishing Report: October 2020
Between the blinding smoke haze and impenetrable fog over the last several weeks it’s been a challenge to see what’s going on out there and in extreme cases, even safely get outside. Fortunately, there’ve been enough windows open here and there to enjoy a number of fine days on the water as summer passes the […]
Fly Fishing Report: September 2020
We get the sense that our weird, pandemic summer is winding down. Despite all the chaos erupting in the world at large, our time on the water has continued to feel about as normal and familiar as anything can be these days. Slouched on opposite sides of a fire ring, favorite cold beverages in hand, […]
Fly Fishing Report: August 2020
It was worth the wait. After a rainy kick off, cool temps and lots of water cascading down our rivers through much of July, we’ve finally gotten a hearty dose of summer here in the Pacific Northwest and it looks like it may be here to stay for a while. While the pandemic continues to […]
Whidbey Island Beach Coho
It’s time for another installment of local fisheries 101 in the absence of any relevant fishing reports to pass on. I have a lot of seasonal fishing focus ideas floating around in my head at any given point and when it comes time to pluck one from the ether, it can feel a little random. […]