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April Fly of the Month: Miyawaki Popper

April Fly of the Month: Miyawaki Popper

Leland Miyawaki's Popper has been a solid fixture on the Puget Sound beach cutthroat and salmon scene for a long, long time.  It was designed to replicate an injured sand...

April Fly of the Month: Miyawaki Popper

Leland Miyawaki's Popper has been a solid fixture on the Puget Sound beach cutthroat and salmon scene for a long, long time.  It was designed to replicate an injured sand...

Fly Fishing Report: April 2024

Fly Fishing Report: April 2024

As winter shrinks to a speck in the rear view mirror, Western Washington is coming alive with new greenery; colorful flowers blossoming along with stinky skunk cabbage blooms and of...

Fly Fishing Report: April 2024

As winter shrinks to a speck in the rear view mirror, Western Washington is coming alive with new greenery; colorful flowers blossoming along with stinky skunk cabbage blooms and of...

March Fly of the Month: Marabou Slight Leech

March Fly of the Month: Marabou Slight Leech

Sometimes simple is better.  As much as I enjoy the artful aspects of tying a complex fly, there are days or more likely late nights when I am just concentrating...

March Fly of the Month: Marabou Slight Leech

Sometimes simple is better.  As much as I enjoy the artful aspects of tying a complex fly, there are days or more likely late nights when I am just concentrating...

Fly Fishing Report: March 2024

Fly Fishing Report: March 2024

When I was in the second grade I spent the  preponderance of my recesses belly to the grass, carefully combing through the clover patches looking for the elusive four leafer. ...

Fly Fishing Report: March 2024

When I was in the second grade I spent the  preponderance of my recesses belly to the grass, carefully combing through the clover patches looking for the elusive four leafer. ...

February Fly of the Month: The Blowtorch

February Fly of the Month: The Blowtorch

Confidence flies are a thing of beauty.  Whether you find yourself on a new patch of river or a familiar stream regardless of the season or conditions, it's comforting to...

February Fly of the Month: The Blowtorch

Confidence flies are a thing of beauty.  Whether you find yourself on a new patch of river or a familiar stream regardless of the season or conditions, it's comforting to...

Fly Fishing Report: February 2024

Fly Fishing Report: February 2024

We're getting closer to the finish line of Winter or the starting line of Spring, at least according to the calendar.  However you choose to look at it, we've been...

Fly Fishing Report: February 2024

We're getting closer to the finish line of Winter or the starting line of Spring, at least according to the calendar.  However you choose to look at it, we've been...