Category Archives: Northwest
Weekend fishing in eastern Washington
Left last Friday for an annual assault on two of eastern Washington’s best trout lakes, dos super-productive scud, leech and chironomid-rich waters where rainbows grow to the 30-inches long and nobody bats and eye at 22-inchers. So, let’s cut to … Continue reading
Posted in George Cook, Northwest, Travel, Warmwater, Washington
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Back to Washington’s Back To The Wall
Got to tell you I’m excited. I’m setting up the tent tonight for my weekly indoors campout with Tate and Myka, and then I’m packing the rig in the a.m. and pointing it toward Coulee City, Washington. That’s where I’ll … Continue reading
Fly Fishing Guide Language
Just the other day I joined Andrew Bennett, who owns Alaska West, among other excellent fly-fishing operations, for a couple brews at Ray’s Boathouse in Seattle. I can say this, get the mussels at Ray’s. They bathe them in a … Continue reading
Vancouver Island Record Herring Spawn
You guys know me by now—I’m a sucker for all things nature and the interconnectivity of species. So, for that reason, I think herring ought to interest you—there’s no more direct link between the health of the Pacific Ocean and … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, CANADA, Conservation, Culture, Northwest, Photography
Tagged Adam Tavender, Herring
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Image of The Week: Look Close
Ok, so it’s not the most exciting image you’ve ever seen. That’s not the point. This one just serves as a reminder that it’s spring Baetis time and that’s what you see crawling around on that log. Maybe it’s a … Continue reading
Dennis Anderson’s Northern Lights
I don’t think there’s any of us who fish and love the outdoors who hasn’t wished to have seen or been lucky enough to have seen a fine display of the northern lights. Having spend a lot of time in … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Northwest, Photography
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Blogout: Alaska’s Tongass 77
As many of you know, southeast Alaska is one of my favorite places in the world, a lot of that sentiment coming from the fact that I lived there when I was young and have continued to visit the area … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Conservation, Industry, Northwest
Tagged Tongass National Forest, Trout Unlimited
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Interim agreement keeps hatchery steel out of Elwha
In Fly Rod & Reel’s winter issue I had Ted Williams write about the hatchery steelhead debacle on Washington’s Elwha River. I’d spoken with Jim Schmitz of the Wild Steelhead Coalition and heard the frustration in his voice—we both wondered, … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Northwest, Washington
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Alaska Gets a New Editor. Facelift Next?
When growing up in southeast Alaska and Seattle, magazines were a staple diet in our house and one of those was the Alaska Sportsman, which printed wonderful stories of adventure, ranging from hunting Dall sheep, moose, brown bears and caribou, … Continue reading
Book Alaska. Save Bristol Bay
Caught wind of this sweet deal from the Whitefish, Montana-based AlaskaFlyOut.com, which promotes fishing trips in the Great Land, and is heavily opposed to a massive mine in the Bristol Bay drainage. Through March 10, five percent of revenue from … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Conservation, Industry, Northwest
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