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Más Roosterfish
I had tried for roosterfish on my own, and caught one. “You were lucky,” my pal, Greg Flores said. I was unfazed...
Roosterfish, Sí!
“Just bring a tee shirt and fly rod.” Greg Flores had called from his suite at the Las Palmas Hotel. “These...
Steelhead Season: Old Friends and New Experiences
This time of year the phone starts ringing with people asking about what’s happening with the steelhead runs here in...
Mud in Your Eye
I disapprove of drinking. But not saloons, oddly enough. Coming off the water on a 90-degree day there’s nothing...
No Name Creek
After parking at the bridge and fighting deer flies, buckthorn, stinging nettles, and summer humidity, I stepped from...
The Wild Bunch
The water is low, but the river may still hold a few surprises if I take Master Cotton’s advice and fish long and...
Night Moves
The best trout fishing occurs, as everyone knows, deep in the night. Or a week before opener. Or two miles upstream. I...
Doubleheader
For the third time in as many minutes the trout rose under the shadow cast by the low-hanging branches of a maple tree...