We spent the last few weeks of March digging out from a series of storms that has caused local rivers to over flow their banks and made them unfishable. I have enjoyed a few days of powder skiing whenever my unhappy back has allowed. With more snow in the forecast, it has provided for some [...]
First Published in California Fly Fisher Magazine, June 2010 There was a time when a campground with running water and flush toilets on a fishing trip represented the lap of luxury to me. Toss in a stove to heat the beans and hot running water, and dare I say, a luke warm shower and life [...]
Fly Fishermen find relief with Zippered Waders Do not buy zippered waders, particularly if you’ve traveled around the sun fifty times or more. The simple reason is that you may never be able to live without them again. The ability to urgently open up the waders to relieve myself without taking off outer wear has [...]
Fly Fishing Guides in the Mount Shasta area have some of the most challenging wading on the planet. Rivers including the Pit, McCloud and Upper Sacramento are located in canyons with steep gradients creating strong currents which combined with bowling ball sized slippery rocks offer a great testing ground for waders, boots and wading staffs. [...]
First Published as a Foraging Angler Column in: California Fly Fisher Magazine, August 2009 I concluded my previous Foraging Angler offering “Dining in the Shadow of Shasta”with a promise to reveal some secrets regarding dining in Dunsmuir. I’ll begin this column by sharing with you the biggest secret of all. The overall quality and value [...]
Switch Rod Demo for Anderson Custom Rods at Touvelle Park Craig presented a program on casting and fishing switch rods at Touvelle Park on the Rogue River this weekend as part of Gary Anderson’s spey gathering. Gary is owner of Anderson’s Custom Rods and hosted this free event. Fellow presenters included Whitney Gould and Brian [...]
Bob & Will Bob Meiser, Will Johnson and I have wanted to get together forever. We finally settled on a date to fish the Rogue. Unfortunately the weather had other ideas and we arrived in Shady Cove to find the Rogue muddied and flooded. Fortunately Bob is a master flyrod designer and builder and [...]