"The Quiet Pool"

Last night it snowed for the first time, everything's covered in white. How many months till the springtime? It's a long winter'...

Once again man's greed and interference with the environment is exacting a heavy toll. This time with the endangered Yellowstone Cutthro...

I have several Hardy fly reels and love them! They are unsurpassed in simple elegance and craftsmanship and I cannot imagine using another o...

Is there anything better? I mean to sit down with a nice single malt and perhaps a Monte Cristo while contemplating which Hardy Brothers fly...

I would like to dedicate today's posting to one of the greatest movies of all time! There is undeniably a lot of wisdom to be gleaned ...

In the latest edition of "Strong Runs" the newsletter of Native Fish Society Bill Bakke floats the idea of closing or cutting back...

I originally posted this on Westfly last October but I think it's appropriate for the way I feel as the winter descends upon not only my...

This is a worthwhile but long read by author David James Duncan about the four obsolete dam on the lower Snake river in Idaho. These dams ar...

It has been said that the angler, like the poet, is born, not made. This is a self-evident fact. Few men have risen to the dignity of angler...

We've all seen them--Characters. Fellow flyfishers who have given us pause--either because they inspire us, humor us . . . or cause us t...

It's been a mixed bag coastal cutthroat season for me this year. I started the season out with a nice 17" from the upper Nehalem th...

The opening sentence of Charles Dickens " A Tale of Two Cities" is It was the best of times, it was the worst of times describing...

After Pat’s Birthday Kevin Tillman Honors Late Brother's Birthday with Plea to Speak up for Democracy by Kevin Tillman It is Pat’s b...

The title of this entry for the unknowing is a line from my favorite movie of all times "Raiders of the Lost Ark" So I'm walki...

The 2006 Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched a playoff berth at the best place to do it....the home field of the hated San Francisco Giants. Y...

So with nearly 9000 steelhead going over The Dalles dam on Saturday I figured "Hey there ought to be a few fish in the lower Deschutes...

As the years go by the fish of course get bigger! Sometimes they even change species altogether. That Deschutes pike minnow will magically t...

Have you ever seen a cuter little girl? This is my grand daughter Heidi Anne Stewart. People marvel that such a beautiful child can be relat...

I have believed through all my years of fishing that there is something magical about taking a new rod out for the first time. Just seems to...