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One of the things I enjoy most about guiding is introducing new anglers to fly fishing. Seeing their satisfaction in the first good cast. Their excitement from the first strike. Their pride in the first catch. Its a good reminder of how it felt for me many years ago. I love new angler trips andContinue reading “Introductions”

In many North American trout waters, some of the most reliable early summer hatches come from a group of mayflies collectively known as “sulfurs.” Whether you are on a Pennsylvania limestone stream, a driftless region creek, or somewhere in the Ozarks, the little light-colored mayflies of the evenings are sure to spark an interest inContinue reading “Summer Sulfurs”

If you were around in 1998, you probably remember the great cicada emergence when two large broods of periodical cicadas emerged at the same time. Every fish in the state was eating cicadas! Another big cicada year is expected in 2024, but curiously, a few are emerging as “stragglers” a year early. Apparently, the fishContinue reading “Cicada Stragglers”

Its Memorial Day weekend, the traditional start of summer. The calendar tells us the date, but the river tells us in its own way that the season has turned. The last couple days the river has gotten into the summer routine, giving us happy, feeding fish early and late in the day. Yesterday evening, inContinue reading “Seasons on the River”