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Rivers getting close, workshop this Saturday

Steelhead workshop this Saturday 2 spots open Yep, the last winter steelhead workshop of the season has two spots left open. Here is the skinny. This workshop is designed to get walk in fly anglers comfortable with a variety of … read more »

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Native Steelhead

Thursday sucked goat nads, Friday was much better.  We had the creek workshop on Saturday and cast some switch rods today.  The rivers are a little high but fishable right now, looks like we have a mother of a storm … read more »

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Tools of presentation

In an effort to write just a little bit about presentation I have deleted almost more words than I have written. Fly-fishing, for most of us is made up of, books,conversations, rods, new wading jackets, long car rides and pictures … read more »

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Lot’s O Rain

The rivers are all up, but falling fast.  Thursday should be fine.  The early portion of the January run was looking awesome before things went out.  This high water should only make things better.  I am not booked Thursday or … read more »

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Natives, and others

Great reports in the news have lead to some crowding, but the reports are not unfounded.  There are quite a few fish showing up, still, and already.  In the last week we have found fish in all the Forks area … read more »

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Merry Christmas

Lauren and I went out for a quick Christmas eve grocery run.  We needed to restock the smoker after handing out a bunch of “Christmas salmon”.  We got lucky and found some much larger than average hatchery steelhead.We will be … read more »

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Better fly fishing

Sometimes when I think about what I have learned about catching steelhead on flies it occurs to me that everything I have ever heard or read about the subject is wrong. That of course is neither true nor fair, the … read more »

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