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Hosted a fly fishing fish-a-long with the Oregon Saltwater Fly Fishing group. We caught between 100-150 rockfish with 6 anglers […]

This year in partnership with Cold Springs Resort, The Fly Fisher’s Place, and River’s West Casting Club, I am tying […]

Heading back to see if we do a repeat of the previous week!

For those who don’t know I tie flies at a few fly tying shows here in the Pacific Northwest. This […]

In this video I head out to an Oregon lake in search of tiger, brown, & rainbow trout. Luckily in […]

If anyone wants to see my jetty presentation I recently did for the Santiam Fly Casting Club in Salem Oregon […]

Stillwater fly fishing has become my hyperfocus within fly fishing. Don’t get me wrong I still hit the rivers for […]

Sea run cutthroat are the forgotten fish of the Pacific Northwest, to me that’s sad. They are named after William […]

Would you guys guess I was on another podcast? On this show I talked a little bit about a lot […]

Diamond Lake is the forgotten lake of Oregon stillwater anglers. Oh, I’m sure there are fly anglers that fish it […]

I was on another podcast again. This will make it seven total guest spots across four different shows. In this […]

I talk with Christian at the Fly Fishing Insider Podcast all about searun cutthroat. We get into what I have […]

It’s show season right now. The two show I will attend will be The Fly Fishing Show in Bellevue, WA […]

I’m going to be tying at the Fly fishing Show in Bellevue, WA. This is my first time at this […]

In North America, in stillwater fisheries, the small but mighty chironomid is the foundation to a healthy lake and big […]

I am a podcasting machine apparently. I was back on the Fly Fishing 97 podcast this time not talking about […]

I was back on the Wet Fly Swing podcast. I looked it up and the last time I was on […]

I had a great conversation with Mark Hopley on the Fly Fishing 97 podcast. We talked about a ton of […]

I’ve been going around Oregon speaking at fly fishing clubs. Where I have been covering topics like searun cutthroat, euro […]

I love to tie flies. Clearly. I’ve been tying flies for 14+ years and almost every day of those 14+ […]

Pulling flies is verbiage from across the pond. They use that term whenever they are fishing stillwaters and presenting the […]

Bead Chart I wanted to develop my own bead chart for those tiers who wanted to get into the weeds […]

The blog doesn’t have a lot of trip reports but I thought the fly fishing community should have a modern […]

Last month was the NW Expo in Albany, Oregon. It’s one of the largest fly tying shows in the United […]

This year I’m going full bore into the fly fishing competitions scene. Last year (2022) I dipped my toes into […]

Safety on the jetties, that dot the West Coast, is paramount. Every year you see news reports of accidents on […]

Most anglers interested in competitive fly fishing only think of rivers when they think of a venue for a competition. […]

The other other factor that goes into hook choice is the shape. This can be inconsequential or it can matter […]

I was fortunate enough to be able to go after salmon this year on the fly. I had a friend […]

As a fly tyer who geeks out hard about tying, materials, and flies it would be totally justified to think […]

This past weekend was my first fly fishing competition. I’m going to go over the prep work I did for […]

As a competent euro nympher you need to adapt to different waters. This means when you encounter deep runs, fast […]

I was on the Fly Fishing Insider Podcast. On the show I talked with Christian, the host, about the the backstage […]

 The Clouser Minnow was a gateway fly for me. When I was just starting my fly fishing and tying journey […]

Sea run cutthroat are one of my favorite fish to go after. Everything about them feels so romantic and quintessential […]

One of my favorite things about the Pacific Northwest is the diversity of fish you can go after. Every day […]

I was recently on the Wet Fly Swing Podcast hosted by Dave Stewart. On the show we talked fly tying […]

As the industry changes it looks like the trend for bigger and more audacious flies is sticking around. I’m definitely […]

Materials Necessary: Deer Belly Hair (High Quality) Tailing material Saltwater Neck Hackle Variant Hackle Marabou Rabbit Strip Round Rubber Legs […]

Pre-spawn time is the one of the best times of the year to catch massive smallmouths. Anglers that go after […]

I need a wading jacket The Middle Fork of the Willamette is one of the most under fished trout fisheries […]

I love seeing other peoples fly tying work.  It offers inspiration and motivation.  Instagram an excellent source of fly tying […]

Editor’s Note: The 2020 Expo did not happen due to COVID-19   Every year I write about the NW Expo […]

I recently did some experimenting with clear coating on foam popper heads. I’ve wanted to find a better way to […]

Recently I went out to go after pacific rockfish on the fly off a jetty here in Oregon. It was […]

I’ve written these posts almost every year for the last five or six years. I love the Northwest Fly Tying […]