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I learned how to cast a Spey rod to swing flies for steelhead. Steelhead have hands down been my favorite target species for a long time now and there is no option on method to use. Once you swing flies…

It is not often that a position opens up for a new steelhead guide, however when it does it is important to bring them along as quick as possible. Each steelhead river has its own personality and the most important…

Last week I finally got to realize a goal.  In addition to an addiction to steelhead, I have to get a fix of throwing flies at carp every summer.  My brother and I took off from Seattle in a pouring-down…

Keep your line as straight as possible on the swing, kings are deep, and absolutely hate(in a good way) slow moving flies passing through there personal space. The longer your fly stays in that window the more likely you will…

Several years ago I read a statement that I found unbelievable – Steelhead were being caught in a river in Argentina that, naturally, emptied into the Atlantic ocean.  No such thing, I thought. Steelhead are a Pacific ocean product. Then…

I like to think of how fly fishing has enriched my life.  One of the ways that it has, is the people I have met, fished with and who are my friends because of throwing feathers and fur at fish.…

Original Skunk pattern (from Steelhead Fly Patterns and Flies by Trey Combs): Tail    –    Red hackle fibers Body –    Black chenille ribbed with silver tinsel Hackle – Black, sometimes tied as a beard Wing –    White bucktail or polar bear…

I used to have a river-friend on the Tolt River out close to Carnation, Wa.  For a long while, this run on the river was a favorite steelhead haunt of mine.  It was close to my home in Woodinville.  I…

Wading is not one of my favorite fishing subjects, but it deserves some comments.  It is one of those evil necessaries associated with steelheading.  Unless one fishes solely from a boat, river anglers have to develop skills needed to move…