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Never underestimate the town dock

Docks and jetties offer enormous learning—and catching—opportunities

by Chris Hunt - Tuesday, Apr 17th, 2018

Photo: Chris Hunt

On a recent trip to the far southern Yucatan, our plans to walk and wade the sea-side flats for bonefish and permit were spoiled, quite literally, by decaying sargassum that lined the beaches and chased most folks away with its rancid stench.

Ocean conditions in the Caribbean were just right for this agal seaweed bloom, and as mats of it drifted ashore with a full-moon tide, the beautiful little fishing village of Xcalak was was awash in an aroma that simply can’t be described appropriately without an occasional retch.

Tips for tandem flies

Doing it right when doing it together

by Todd Tanner - Thursday, Apr 12th, 2018

Photo: Joey Guzman

What do Batman and Robin, Jagger and Richards, Butch and Sundance, and Simon and Garfunkel all have in common? It’s simple. They’re famous collaborators where the sum of their partnership is greater than the individual parts. And that same symbiotic energy is evident in fly fishing, where two flies that work together will consistently outproduce one fly on its own.

Finally, Washington bans salmon farms

By 2025, Atlantic salmon will be gone from Puget Sound

by Chad Shmukler - Tuesday, Apr 10th, 2018

Photo: Earl Harper / Harper Studios

This past September, residents from all over Washington formed the 'Our Sound Our Salmon' flotilla in the waters off Bainbridge Island to send a clear message: end net pen farming of Atlantic salmon, an invasive species anywhere in Pacific waters, in Washington and protect the state's wild, natural, and native salmon runs. The event was prompted by an August escape of as many as 200,000 Atlantic salmon from Cooke Aquaculture's Cyprus Island farm in Puget Sound.

Teaching trout

Tips on being an effective instructor on the water

by Todd Tanner - Monday, Apr 9th, 2018

Photo: Chad Shmukler

Once we’ve been fly fishing for a while, most of us find ourselves in a position where we know a fair amount about angling. We might not all be experts, but we’re still pretty comfortable with the subject. We talk about it on a regular basis, we read articles and watch videos and share opinions with our friends and fishing partners until one day, pretty much out of the blue, someone actually asks for our help.

What are they biting on? What fly should I use? How did you just make that cast?

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