Saturday Shoutout / Wild Reverence

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WILD REVERENCE "THE PLIGHT OF THE AMERICAN WILD STEELHEAD" This film by Shane Anderson chronicles one of the most sought after fish on the planet and the severe decline of wild populations with hope and solutions for a wild future. If chasing wild steelhead is not your...



Sunday Classic / Working a Steelhead

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I had the opportunity to watch my friend Jeff Hickman work a shy Steelhead the other day and his effort was exemplary. Swinging flies for winter steelhead is a game of numbers, very small numbers. It's a given when chasing winter fish that there may be...



Spey Casting Diagnostics Checklist

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By Jeff Hickman SPEY CASTING IS A PROCESS REQUIRING SEVERAL STEPS TO BE FULLY COMPLETED IN A SEQUENCE. To effectively and consistently make good spey casts you need to focus on these steps, especially when learning. But even veteran and advanced two-handed casters also need to focus...



Saturday Shoutout / Buster in the Days of Old

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BEFORE EVERYTHING WAS MADE OF PLASTIC This weeks we thanks "Buster Wants to Fish" and David Rice for this great slideshow of steelheading on the Toutle River from 1965 to 1970. It takes me back to a place I've never been. And what a place it...



Saturday Shoutout / Brookies and Steelhead

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At the risk of being self serving, I'm shouting out to an essay I put together for the good folks at Filson. They are putting some energy into beefing up the Filson Life Blog and it's looking pretty good. Check out Yellowhammers and Specks On the other...