Category Archives: US & Canada
Let The Training Begin for Mountain Biking 2013
I am not a bad ass. These guys are bad asses. That or they are stupid. Actually, I applaud these guys for challenging their bravery and being great athletes. Check out this Red Bull downhill mountain biking event and you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Montana, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged mountain biking, New York Times
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Supernatural Steelhead Video
Thought all of you West Coast steelhead dudes would like to take a look at this. I love the scene where he’s swinging the tailout. Just looks perfect to me. I watch this short trailer and say, “Damn man, I … Continue reading
Image of The Week: Shore Lunch Deschutes-Style
I took this shot in August while floating Oregon’s Deschutes River with fellow writer Chris Santella. When we stopped for lunch Santella put his final touch on our sandwiches, fresh blackberries from a nearby vine. After lunch I walked over … Continue reading
Reflections from Quebec
I’ve been home from Quebec for nearly two months and I am still recalling how awesome that trip was. I’ve been revisiting it quite a bit lately, having spent the last few days penning my piece about it for Fly … Continue reading
Posted in CANADA, Photography, Travel, US & Canada
Tagged Bonaventure River, Gaspe, Quebec
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Irrigation Release into Idaho’s Big Wood River May Devastate Fishery
When I lived in Sun Valley, for six years in the mid-1990s and the early 2000s, I used to wander down to the Big Wood River below Magic Reservoir and fish for rising rainbows and streamer-chowing browns. We caught some … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Idaho, Northern Rockies
Tagged Big Wood Canal Co., Big Wood River, Ketchum, Magic Reservoir
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Same Fish on Oregon’s Deschutes River
Hey, I’m not saying this is the same fish, but Peter Crow, marketing director for Smith and Suncloud glasses, and I had some fun yesterday as I was drumming up support for Angler’s Tonic in 2013. I mentioned that I … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Industry, Northwest, Oregon, Uncategorized
Tagged Deshutes River, Oregon, Smith
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Seattle Eats
As many of you know, I grew up in Seattle and hold it close to my core. In those days, when traffic wasn’t bad and Efren Herrera was catching fake field goal passes for touchdowns, you couldn’t find a better … Continue reading
Groups Sue to Stop Hatchery Salmon on Oregon’s Sandy River
Two wild fish advocacy groups have gone back to federal court in Portland to stop releases of juvenile salmon and steelhead from the Sandy Hatchery. In filing the lawsuit, the Native Fish Society and McKenzie Fly Fishers rejected a state settlement offer … Continue reading
More Groups Join Montana Stream Access Fight
Changes to stream access laws are the greatest threat to anglers in Montana who have had the right to access rivers and streams from bridges. However, landowners are making multiple pushes to get that law erased so that anglers could … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Industry, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Madison County, Stream Access
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Steelhead Exhibit at the Burke Museum, Seattle
I wish I’d been made aware of this exhibit before they set it up so I could have had my Father, Fred, contribute his work, and so I could have contributed an image or two of mine. The Burke is … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Culture, Industry, Northwest, Washington
Tagged Save Wild Steelhead, Steelhead, WIld Steelhead Coalition
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