Steelhead fishing has become a bit of an obsession for me lately. Since about 2020, a few friends and I have made annual pilgrimages to the Salmon River around Thanksgiving to fish for these elusive fish. At first, I was thankful that we only went once a year. The sedentary, repetitive action nymphing a small
Category: Euronymphing
Long-line Euronymphing: Derrick Kirkpatrick and Zach St. Amand
There are everyday anglers and then there are guides. There are guides and then there are those with afición, as Hemingway described in The Sun Also Rises. These are people with deep passion for something. I would put Derrick Kirkpatrick and Zach St. Amand in that bucket. I was fortunate to take a fly-tying clinic
Wild Montana
It is hard to explain the scenery out here in Montana. It is as beautiful and majestic and overwhelming as they say. And the fishing isn’t so bad either. Water flows are very low right now, and the fly shops do not expect any bump ups either. The lake above the Madison River is low,
Rainbros
One of the many cool things about fly fishing is that we are optimists. No matter how well or poorly the last outing goes, we embark on a new visit to the river with great hope and anticipation hoping to reverse prior setbacks or to continue a good run. Could this be the day when