Fly Fishing Cold Creek Pond
Somewhere between an hour and an hour and a half outside of Las Vegas (depending where exactly in the city you are and how fast you drive) past the prisons…
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The Greys River, Then and Now
Wyoming holds many “secret” adventure destinations. One of those lies on her western border and travels along it approximately 60 miles. I’m fortunate to have been there and walked along…
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How to Catch (and Release) a Woman
Life is full of lessons, and many of mine have been learned with a fly rod in hand. If you’ve followed the journeys I’ve shared here, you already know that.…
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The One That Got Away
When I moved back to Oregon from New York City, I spent as much time outside as I could. My years in the Outdoor Adventure Leadership program consisted of camping,…
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Book Review: “River Songs” by Steve Duda
Waiting for a table at the liveliest restaurant in downtown Port Angeles, the full sun still bleating overhead at the dinner hour in the Pacific Northwest, we crossed 1st Street…
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Silver in the Sticks: Tarpon Fishing Off the Grid
Tarpon are one of the most challenging and exhilarating fish to target. It doesn’t matter if you’re dunking a crab along a bridge or stripping a fly in front of…
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On John Gierach: Trout Bum of the Cosmos
John Gierach died a year ago today, and I guess it’s taken me this long to wrap my mind around some sort of eulogy for him, and for all of…
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The Ross Cimarron: The People’s Fly Reel
Ross Reels has been quietly churning out some of the best fly reels in the world for decades, but for the working angler, it's hard to beat the Ross Cimarron.
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Celebrating the Life of Flip Pallot
Some mornings are worse to wake up to than others. Fly fishing legend Flip Pallot unexpectedly passed away on August 26, 2025 at the age of 82, and it should…
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Don’t Knock It
I think it’s safe to say that, at one time or another, we’ve all been guilty of being ultra-critical about something we don’t really know much about—or care to. I…
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