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 provided by [...] Read more »
Lou
Lou heard that I was headed to the Umpqua and after a quick review of a weather forecast abandoned plans to fish the Trinity and made the long drive to join me. He arrived Friday evening and fished the Famous Run above The Falls at sunset without a bump. We camped together at [...] Read more »
Andrew
Andrew stayed with us on his way to and back from some meetings he had in Sacramento from his home in Sisters, Oregon. We fish together regularly and I’ve been trying to persuade him to join me on the Umpqua since his move to Sisters. This turned out to be perfect timing for his first [...] Read more »
Solitude River Trips & Fly Water Travel
Craig, Jerri & Kevin joined some friends and met some new ones on a hosted trip down the Salmon River in Idaho. We hosted the trip through Fly Water Travel and the great folks from Solitude. This trip was the finest river trip we have every experienced, surpassing [...] Read more »
Glen, Rick, Matt, Dave, Kyle & Matty
This was Craig’s third year visiting the Situk with this great group of guys. This season it was a father son trip with Rick bringing his son Matt and and Dave bringing his son Kyle. What a treat to share the magic of Alaska with them. We arrived to [...] Read more »
Weekend Getaway
Jerri and I decided to drive over to the coast for a weekend getaway. While I wished for a season ending epic steelhead trip it was not meant to be. We stopped at the Ashland Fly Shop for a visit with the owner and good friend Will Johnson who reported the Applegate and [...] Read more »
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 [...] Read more »