Allowing For Serendipity
I’m a firm believer that experience and knowledge play key roles in our fishing success. They give us a leg up on, say, the rank beginner, whose experience and…
Big Sky Journal Photo Essay
The 2021 Fly Fishing issue of Big Sky Journal features an essay of my photographs, along with a few notes about each image. Here's a link to the online version:…
Avoiding Crowds Through Better Casting
Do better fly casters catch more fish? Among the anglers I talk to, the prevailing belief is yes, they do. Most anglers also accept that better casting leads to catching…
Book Review: The Zen of Home Water
A week or so ago I received a book in the mail—The Zen of Home Water. It was mailed to me by its author, Jerry Hamza. He sent it unsolicited,…
Facebook Live, Thursday, Jan. 21
I'll be participating in another Facebook Live event this Thursday, Jan. 21, at 6:00 p.m. mountain time. Todd Tanner, headmaster of School of Trout, Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited's digital media…
Facebook Live, Jan. 14
I'll be joining fellow School of Trout instructors Todd Tanner and Pat McCabe tomorrow evening, Jan.14, at 6:00 p.m. mountain time, for a Facebook Live event where we plan to…
Styles Change. Or Do They?
The photo shown above is from an obscure book titled Outwitting Trout With a Fly, Letters of a Western Angler, written by Bertram Lackey and published in 1929. I'm…