I remember the days when I was insecure about my casting. Frustrated by a collapsed loop or a tailed sink tip, I would mutter profanities, strip in my running line,...
My first guiding job was hardly glamorous. A sturgeon and Pacific salmon guide on the Fraser river, I spent my summer mornings motoring through swirling back-eddies, and gaffing floating, rotten...
I’d gotten used to the vacant expressions and slow polite nods. An unsure, “hmm” or furrowed brow conveyed an utter lack of understanding — not only for my occupation, but...
I remember my first experience behind a fly-tying vise. Excited, I pushed an old VHS tape into the VCR — squirming as it wound and whirred until the faded image...
In 1948, Richard Waddington teamed with several biologists to write a revolutionary book titled Salmon Fishing - a new philosophy. I stumbled across the book during a conversation with Topher...
Grease lining was a 1903 revelation that Wood stumbled upon one day while observing the behaviour of salmon and their disinterest to the deeply sunk fly. Across the world, anglers...
We took the show to New Brunswick to try and gain a better understanding of fly fishing's tradition and history. In the 1800's, Scottish loyalists and Englishmen brought their knowledge...
Last week at our Patagonia meeting, we were informed that Patagonia was having a hard time getting the last 10,000 signatures for an extremely serious proposal to crack down on...
