With Midges, Caddis, and Stoneflies galore, and the water nearing 50 °F, the fish were not in the faster water where I had thought they would be. Nor were there many risers. Instead, I found them in the back one-third of certain runs, in the quiet seams and dark patches where there are buckets and
Bob Christmann: The Best Day of My Life
Here’s another guest post from Bob Christmann. I think you’ll enjoy it! Some days, nothing works and you can’t buy a fish. The trout are out in front of you rising everywhere and they are just laughing at you as you get mostly skunked. You find wind knots in your leader. You get hung up
I Don’t Mind Sayin’
“Well I tried to fake it. I don’t mind sayin’. I just can’t make it.” -America (Public service announcement for non-70’s music aficionados: “Horse with No Name” was recorded by America, although often mistaken for Neil Young. Quoted here is the slightly less famous “Sister Golden Hair” which you may wish to revisit or discover
Desperately Seeking Stockies
If you are anything like me, and I know I am, you are just about ready to give up on winter fishing for trout. I know, I know…. Nearly every day those guides and their clients on Instagram are holding up fish so big and beautiful that even Herman Melville wouldn’t have words to describe