The moments leading up to the landing can have emotions running high if the chemistry between angler and netman aren’t in snyc. Guide Ryan Beck nets a fish for the author. Being a good netman…
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All About Kokanee – Jason Brooks
Most kokanee lakes are stocked with fish supplemented from hatcheries. The strain is often either not known, mixed or in rare instances a pure strain from the body of water that the fish live in….
The White Sturgeon and its Relatives (an excerpt) – by Bud Conner
After you have caught a couple, you will quickly fall in love with the mysterious sturgeon. Frank Amato plants a kiss. The sturgeon family includes the largest fresh water fish known. They are a large…
SpinFish Design History – Rob Phillips
One of the original Ray Norman Spinning Fish with a salmon caught at Buoy 10 back in 2013. There are a thousand overnight success stories in the entertainment world. When the real story is told…
Stillwater Paradise by George Krumm
The wind was steady out of the northeast at about seven miles per hour. Mostly overcast skies were keeping the light level relatively low, and rarely, a fish would rise. Air temperatures were in the…
Trout: Start To Finish by Scott Haugen
“Heck with that, when I get married and have kids I’ll be the one teaching them how to do this!” blared a comment over the chatter surrounding a glowing campfire. The gathering consisted of six college students, all…
‘Always Fishing’ Rigs by Chuck Closterman (Stuffed Corkie & Egg Loop Yarnie)
In rivers and streams that allow bait fishing for steelhead, using cured roe is without doubt the single most effective method. However, there are some problems associated with using eggs. Pike Minnows (AKA Squaw Fish), smolts,…
The Unlovable Lamprey – written by Sean Connolly
How Do These Hideous Blood-Sucking Parasites Fit Into the Ecology of Pacific Salmon? Because of their distinctly elongated, tubular, disturbingly “snake-like” features, lamprey are often identified and referred to as eels. Although reactions to these…
Hatchery & Wild’s ‘Benefishal’ Shows Why Patagonia’s “Artifishal” Got it Totally Wrong
This film is a response to “Artifishal” by Liars & Thieves Productions, which was commissioned by Southern California clothing-empire Patagonia. The film “Artifishal” is supposed to be a voice of environmental concern, but misleads the audience false analogies and information. …
Respectful Representation | Public Perception of Anglers by Scott Haugen
Leading my second springer of the evening into the net, I punched my tag and pulled anchor. Rowing across the riffle I’d been fishing, I was eager to identify the man in the familiar cowboy…
Undercover Deckhand by Terry J. Weist
Growing up as a kid I was fortunate enough to have many trips aboard “charters” out of Westport, Washington. It was a yearly event Dad and I would share when he thought I was old…
A Steelheader’s Time Machine – Bill Herzog
SET THE DIALS ON YOUR “WAYBACK MACHINE” TO 1984, HOP IN AND RE-LIVE STEELHEADING’S BEST OF TIMES WITH ONE ANGLER’S FAVORITE GEAR OF YESTERYEAR. The out of production #30 Hot Shot works as well today…