From the “From Out of Nowhere” Department: I’ll be doing an interview on FishFace Radio this Saturday (April 4th) at 10 am, Pacific Time. If you live in the SoCal area, or if there is an affiliate carrying the broadcast, tune in! If not, check the Webcast. I have no idea where the aimless wandering [...]

(A bit of dredging from the old blog…) Currents are often viewed of as an enemy of controlled fly presentation, even when a fly needs to worked with action. By employing a critical angling eye, however, it’s possible to use currents to present the fly with more control than you could achieve otherwise. In many [...]

While this link was already posted in a comment about the Corkscrew Curve Cast, I though that I would make it a post, as well, since it is a serious example of the skill. How far can one cast a Corkscrew Curve? Have a watch and find out (from Lasse Karlsson). Note also that Lasse [...]

Great fly fishing photography is becoming more and more prevalent these days, as is Web-based access to it. Alongside photo-focused pubs like “Catch,” MidCurrent.com is starting to promote the photographers that appear on its front page. If you’re a fan of the sense of place and action that good photography can convey, check out this [...]

As a kid, I had many fly-fishing opportunities afforded to me as a result of my father’s work in the industry. One of those opportunities was to travel with him across the country as he taught in the long-ago-disbanded Fenwick Fly Fishing Schools. Those schools were a strong part of my formative fly-fishing education, as [...]

This time last spring, I spent a day in Chicago with my wife, Kelley, taking in the Homer & Hopper dual exhibit at the Art Institute. The Homer exhibit encompassed a significant piece of museum real estate, and had a sizable number of his “Adirondacks” and “Tropics” period paintings. And while his angling works were [...]

It’s been a busy week for the “new media” world of fly fishing. First comes Catch (#4), and now This is Fly (#15). With a distinctly Russian flair to its usual urban stylings, TiF 15 also comes complete with the requisite fatty ‘bows, tales of antler climbing, and a dose of non-traditional A/V entertainment. If you [...]

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Go get it. (My fave shot? The opener to the Pat Clayton piece).