The last weekend in June was the 5th annual WVAngler campout. In my opinion, WVAngler is the best thing to happen to trout fishing in West Virginia in recent memory. The site is a great source of information, great for coordinating/communicating conservation activities, and general all-around good people. Through this site, I have met and fished with folks who I don't only simply consider...
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With a day off and some favorable weather for a change, I decided to make my annual pilgrimage to my favorite Cascade Mountain westslope cutthroat stream with a friend of mine Colton. I knew that with the unseasonably wet cool weather that Washington has been experiencing, the creek would be high, but then again it also usually fishes well that way anyways. Arriving at the creek it was...
In keeping with my kinder, gentler self, no fish were exploited (at least by camera) in the events that led to the writing of this post. Needless to say, one angler was verbally exploited for the bumbling buffoon (that’s buffoon, not baboon) that he is.
My absolute favorite fly fishing contains at least one of the following elements: native cutthroat, a...
So there is a new online fly fishing magazine coming to town called Rise Forms. Here's some info.
Launching a new digital fly fishing magazine these days is nothing new—it seems every couple of months one goes online. Many cover the “how to,” “where to” or “what to buy” of the sport. Others are for the eyes: slick images of fantastical locations and gorgeous fish.
While some...
Fishing trips have been few and far between for me this past year or so. With a two year old daughter, a pregnant wife (due 10/10/10 - wouldn't that be cool?), a demanding job and a new house, time has been somewhat of a scarce commodity for me of late. Two weeks ago life served up a new obstacle: two torn tendons, a talar dome injury and what my doctor referred to as "the worst cartilage she'...
So last month I posted about the plight of the Paiute cutthroat, which is a rare trout only native to one small stream in the Sierras of California. The original post (here) was to rally support of the restoration of these fish to their entire native range and there is some good news on that front. A couple weeks ago the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that they have decided to...
The past two months here in Western Washington have seen some of the lousiest weather that I can remember for May and June, with only a handful of days without rain and not a single day with temperatures reaching 80 yet. This has led to a very prolonged spring runoff and streams are much higher than usual for this time of the year. A few days ago I made my way up to the Olympics and tried my...
What place has these things in common: flapjacks, sex toys, Jesus and brook trout? You have to leave your comment/guess before reading any more of the post (Talking Bull, you may...
Following a nine-hour drive from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina I unpacked, repacked, and thirty minutes later I was on the road for the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. It was the weekend for the third annual Middle Fork of the Williams limestone fines bucket brigade.
Four hours later, I had camp set up and had just enough light left to add another new brookie stream to my personal...
This is he most bizarre weather I have ever seen in my little valley in the 28 years I’ve lived here. I don’t think we have had two consecutive days without rain since early (very early) May. I think we had one day of 80°, maybe 5 days in the 70′s this year. At 4:00PM today, on my way home from town, it was 46°. No, I’m not kidding! So my fishing attempts have been...
