"They are where they are and they ain't where they ain’t." – Brett Wilson, SCO Fishing Guide With the dropping flows and the transformative impact of a high spring runoff, the rivers are new every day. Familiar runs have been changed and new buckets and channels have been carved and molded. The trout will instruct the angler where they are…
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"It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale." – Annie Dillard Anglers know how to watch, wait, and be still. Patience is taught by…
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A Commitment to Tradition Before leaving my hometown of Wichita Falls, I was surrounded by some of the best cowboys I have ever met, their lifestyle and integrity are a true inspiration. My desires as a western silversmith and engraver are to inspire my co-workers, to do my best each day, and to make sure that a feeling and and…
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"It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale." – Annie Dillard This would be a good week to take your father fishing to thank…
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"It has always been a happy thought to me that the creek runs on all night, new every minute, whether I wish it or know it or care, as a closed book on a shelf continues to whisper to itself its own inexhaustible tale." – Annie Dillard Due to rapid snowmelt this May, runoff has peaked. At the moment, all…
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As a child, at the age of six, George Daniel started chasing anything that swims with a fly rod in his hand. He is a student of the sport, lifelong learner, teacher, and competitor. He has competed at the highest level for Fly Fishing Team USA, earning individual back-to-back US National Fly Fishing Championship titles and was ranked as high…
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"Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending." – Chico Xavier Ready to make a new ending? Then our Fly Fishing 101 Class is just the thing for you! Whether you need to start from the beginning or just need a refresher before getting back out on the water,…
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"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day." – A.A. Milne The snow is busy coming down from the mountain tops making the rivers flow fast and furious. Anglers know this: there is no hurry to get to the river. Let the run off play out. And when the water does recede, the playbook for…
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"No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn." – Hal Borland The voice of life, being, and becoming is about to roar. Warm weather is in the forecast which should accelerate the melt, especially of the low altitude snow. In the Wood River drainage the current snow water equivalent is a tad over 200%. As stated in the previous…
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Photo Credit: Bob Knoebel “They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming." – Hermann Hesse The voice of life, being, and becoming is about to roar. Warm weather is in the forecast which should accelerate the melt, especially of the…
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