Late in 2020 I started a podcast that covered four excellent anglers talking about their experiences and theories in fishing the dry line. I also started to compile a list of common hooks used for fishing and their weights as a resource to help anglers when designing flies. I figured it would be best to […]

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So this is a bit new, I’m starting a podcast. Episode 1 features Bruce Kruk from Columbia River Fly Fishing discussing fishing a dry line for winter fish. My plan is to feature a series of guests that have much more experience than I do when it comes to fishing a dry line for winter […]

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I was given the nod to go ahead and fish on Saturday the 12th, which doesn’t happen often, and conditions seemed to be right for a fish on the swing. The water temperature was between 35-38 degrees while I was fishing, and there had been a slight warming trend in the weather.I would be meeting […]

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A common example: This is a very crude drawing to help explain a specific fishing situation on the water that I tend to fish. Some of you that know this area will probably recognize it. This water is a favorite of every angler that spends time on this river. On any given day you can […]

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One of the things that is so intriguing to me about fishing a dry line in the winter is the testing. You have to test things out and learn them for yourself, if you don’t try something and see for yourself then you really never know. I have some theories about the dry line that […]

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I like systems, they make things easier for me to understand, adapt and improve. Last season I started to fish with the dry line as an experiment to see if it could be done. I had enough success with the method that it is now my preferred way to fish regardless of conditions. This season […]

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I was exchanging messages this morning with Adrian Cortes, who has been an extremely helpful resource in all things steelhead and tying related. He mentioned that he weighed hooks at some point and being that it’s a lazy Sunday and I have a scale, I figured I’d give it a shot. These are the hooks […]

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Date: 5/23 I’ve had a few questions on the condition of the West Canada Creek after the catastrophic flooding in the fall. To be honest, everything that I had seen up until yesterday didn’t have my hopes up. Previous trips to the river provided one, maybe two shots a small recently stocked yearling fish. Water […]

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I’ve thought a lot about what I would write when and if a surface grab happened. Today, the stars aligned and I finally got a taste of success. I had initial plans on where I wanted to fish in the lower portion of the river. Those plans were scrapped when I saw the number of […]

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April 8th water temp: 45 Release: 750cfs Today something cool happened. Monday I received some “little wang skaters” from the creator Todd Hirano and I was anxious to test them out. I was hoping these flies would come with some dry fly mojo! Back to today. I was awoken around 4am by one of my […]

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