“Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.”— Ernest Hemingway from The Old Man and the Sea Born...
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“The old man used to say that the best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. ~ Robert...
“Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!” ~Robin Williams For the skier, spring means the start of the thaw/freeze cycle and corn snow. For the angler, spring means March...
“Officially it was almost spring, but someone had forgotten to pass the news on to winter.” ~Robert Harris Winter has been very, very good to the Wood River Valley. The...
“It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.” - John Steinbeck There is no better...
“Does the fly pattern (color, size, and silhouette) really make much difference? It certainly can, but more often than not I'd argue that confidence in the pattern is the overriding...
“…Ignorance is one of the most crucial pieces of equipment any fly fisher will ever own.” ~David James Duncan While it is a good idea to head to the river equipped with knowledge of the current conditions (the very reason one might read this report), it is also wise to cast preconceptions aside. Fishing with established expectations often leaves an…
“Fishing is a condition of the mind wherein one cannot possibly have a bad time.” ~Zane Grey To the outside observer, the motionless angler standing still as a rock, midriver seemed miserable. They could see the snow covering the mountain down to the bank and the steel gray glare on the water’s surface. They felt a sympathetic chill. What they…
“As the angler looks back, he thinks less of individual captures and days than of scenes in which he fished.” ~ Lord Edward Grey of Fallondon As one year transitions to the next, ‘tis the season for reflection. But don’t spend too much time dwelling in nostalgia, as the river beckons; there are days of solace and individual captures to…
“You can’t be unhappy in the middle of a big, beautiful river.” ~ Jim Harrison While December is a magical and serene time to be in the middle of a river fly fishing, if you are freezing, it is difficult to enjoy the moment. A successful winter fly fishing outing begins with preparation and planning. To begin with, there is…
