The last couple years I have written about fishing Diamond Lake. The lake deserves all the love it has been getting over the last few years from fly anglers. For some reason Oregonians have not fished Diamond Lake. I don’t think that’s on purpose. Oregon is one of the best […]
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The vise is the one of the key components of fly tying. You need a solid, reliable, and tough vise so you can turn out equal quality flies. Every person you talk to who ties has their own preferences and loyal to their vise brand. But as someone who has […]
When fishing stillwaters, attractor flies are extremely under utilized here in the states. I think because of two things; most stillwater anglers don’t know how or why to use stillwater attractor flies, and because the materials to tie them and the flies are not usually stocked in fly shops. This […]
Fly fishing the jetties on the Oregon, Southern Washington, and Northern California coast can be some of the most fun you can have in fly fishing. You get a fish that likes to eat flies and pulls hard, what more could you want? The problem is where do these fish […]
Buoyancy is an incredible principle that as fly anglers, we need to take more advantage of. Buoyancy can be achieved through a variety of materials like cervid hair (deer, elk, moose, caribou), dubbing (like alpaca), yarns (like poly yarn), and foam. I’m going to talk about foam in this article. […]