I’m happy to announce that the blog will generate a few hundred dollars of profit this year, and, as promised, we will donate 100% of it. We see this blog as a community project, not a business. Alex, Gary Metras and I were chatting while we fished a few days ago. We were thinking of
Oh, Snap
I was feeling pretty good about things on Saturday morning. The temperature was 13 °F when I started fishing the Swift River, but I was armed with my winter fly-fishing essentials and felt comfortable. Trout were willing to take flies. Old flies worked. New flies did not. Tightlining rocked. Indicator nymphing completely failed. The action
‘On the Last Day of the Year’
Gary Metras kindly reached out after reading our recent post about winter fly fishing. As you may recall, Gary is an avid angler (our interview with him is here, his Swift River winter fly fishing guide is here). He also is a published poet. Here is one of his recent works, called “On the Last
At the Vise: Purple and Some Experiments
Sometimes, I tie because I need to replenish the ol’ reliables. Sometimes, I tie for fun. Recently, it has been the latter. I decided to work on the Buckskin Nymph after seeing Pat Dorsey post that it was one of his most effective winter flies. So, I bought some materials via Amazon, which ended up
Gear Reviews: Three Essentials for Winter Fly Fishing
Winter is a great time to fish (more here). There’s an austere simplicity about it and an almost surreal view of a river landscape that was once verdant and teeming with life. I love winter fly fishing. The complication? How to keep warm. Over the years, I’ve learned some painful lessons about what not to