Feelin’ lazy reflective today. Gonna go cast my MPR, work on the book series, and perhaps watch a few minutes of “Once in Blue Moon” (while simultaneously lamenting the fact that I do not currently have two tickets to the South Island sitting on my kitchen table). And while I do all of that, here [...]

Before the Pages section of this blog gets out of hand, I have decided to step in and organize the thing. No more random topics arranged by first letter! Now it is about random topics arranged by first letter, but under separate parent pages. Thrilled? I’m sure you are, but try to contain yourself. Actually [...]

For those SoCal FF&W readers who might want to hear me drone on pontificate in a lively and engaging manner, you may wish to attend the March 13-14 Fly Fishing Show in Pasadena. While the final schedule is not yet in place, it looks like I’ll be doing some talks on casting (including using your body [...]

Yeah, this post is recycled (and it’s a permanent page, too), but with the 3/4 Parachute method being posted recently, I thought it might be worth sticking this up again since the techniques are related. Used as complementary approaches, the 3/4 Parachute and the Diffusion allow a fly designer to go from a size 28 [...]

Thanks to the FF&W readership, I’ve sold through my original run of FF&W tees. I’ve had more made, but have expanded the selection with more sizes, colors, fabrics and fits. I have the Men’s/Unisex 50/50 shirts in the “Shadow Gray” color (up to 2XL), a new Men’s/Unisex 100-cotton shirt in a ”Coastal Green” color (up to [...]

Loop-to-loop junctures allow for a rapid change-out of a leader. If you pre-tie your own leaders or buy your leaders pre-made, you can go from slinging muddlers to dead-drifting mayflies in about two minutes—including the fly change. You can also refresh a worn leader system in a hurry. I have had days when my terminal [...]

The GB/JB book series that I’ve been talking about here at FF&W continues to move ahead. GB and I finally decided on a trim size (7″X10″), and I finally got the layout and font choices figured out (we hope). While it’s not exactly a thrilling bit of news, GB and I want to keep interested [...]

This is related to the Low-Rider Emerging Nymph post, but it also works fine as a stand-alone tying techniques piece. The “3/4 Parachute” name refers more to the end result and less to the actual process, but it still makes sense once you see the technique. The core idea is to create a lightly-dressed parachute [...]

Showing on ESPN 2. See also the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust.

Merry Christmas to all from Kel (the beautiful girl with the large rainbow) and me (the other person with the embarrassing slightly less large trout).

There is still one day until Christmas, and if you’re looking for a unique gift to get someone, check out the book that Jeff Kennedy at Drawing Flies 365 has to offer (or just buy it anyway, good books are always worth having). Jeff and I have also been talking behind the scenes, and we have [...]

A quick sketch of a Loop-Wing Sulphur, with thoughts of Rusty Gates and the spring hatches on the Au Sable.

I just heard that long-time family friend, Rusty Gates—of the famed Gates Au Sable Lodge and fly shop in Michigan—has died. Our family has had a connection to Rusty, his family, and the lodge for decades, and I grew up fishing the river almost every spring for about as long as I can remember. I [...]

FF&W reader, Satoshi, recently asked me about my favorite 10 wet and dry flies (following this article at MidCurrent). I thought about it for a while, and decided that I would do a “top 10″ here, but do it a bit differently. I wanted to provide patterns, but also concepts on which the patterns are [...]