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Fishing Reports

Matching the Hatch…?

Matching the Hatch…?

Even after sixty-plus years of fishing a fly, sometimes you just can’t believe what you are seeing. The fish are showing you what they want but you still cannot comprehend their message. And so it goes, until a thunderclap of acknowledgement goes off in your brain and...

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Mermaid Magic?

Mermaid Magic?

Swirling winds changed direction without warning then switched back again a scant few minutes later. This scenario repeated itself every half-hour or so. A cold front pushing in from the Pacific piled clouds amongst the mountains and forced large volumes of cold air...

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Springtime in the Mountains

Springtime in the Mountains

For a fly-fisher, springtime on mountain waters can present a challenge. And I understand and accept that fact. I was on my annual multi-day fishing trip into the heart of the Vancouver Island Range, planning to wet my line in drainages flowing both to the East and to...

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Tangled Lines

The Klinkhamer-Chronie

The Klinkhamer-Chronie

I gave away my Frog Boat, oars, anchor, seat cushions, life jacket, the whole kit and kaboodle, to my son, the one with two young boys who may have more use for it than me. Seems like these days my time spent fishing on foot along the shoreline of some small lake or...

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