Made my first trip up to fish steelhead on the Salmon R in NY for a few days over Thanksgiving. I ended up meeting a buddy of mine up there so I had someone to fish with most of the time. I’ll begin by saying that the conditions were tough (tons of snow – see
Year: 2016
Noel Dawes: In Defense of the Mop Fly
Blog reader Noel Dawes has some great perspectives. So, after reading some of his comments, I asked him to write a guest post. Here it is. It is insanely insightful. I hope he writes more posts! ______________________________ Warning: I am about to go into some techniques that will make purists cringe. If that’s you,
Gear Review: Wading Boot Studs
Temperatures are dropping and ice is starting to form on trails to and from rivers. I’ve tried various ways to add traction to my wading boots, from slip-on attachments to ice-cycling screws. The attachments quickly broke off, and the ice cycling screws required epoxy to stay in place, which was fine until they started wearing
Fishing a New River in Late Autumn
Rich, a reader, recently posted a question on one of our prior blog posts (here). He is hitting a river that is new to him and wanted some advice. FWIW, my response is below. Everyone has a different approach, and I’d love to hear what you do when you’re targeting a new freestone river this