There’s no place like home. The older I get, the more I appreciate the pure and untouched nature of the Swiss Alps. Crystal-clear alpine lakes reflect the majesty of the surrounding mountains. Gushing creeks run down from snow-covered peaks, crossing picturesque forests and multi-colored flower meadows before they pour into deep, cool lakes. Catches might…
I took some time off one spring to fish.
I had mostly planned for it. Months earlier, as I tied flies and rigged my truck for camping, my wife began referring to the coming downtime as my “sabbatical.” That felt generous, a characterization maybe reserved for priests and tenured professors, not a bored, half-assed attorney.…
Stoneflies are truly fascinating insects. The fully developed form, as we know it today, is up to 250 million years old. They are widely distributed, and unless you’re fishing in Antarctica, it’s likely that there are stoneflies in a river near you. There are over 3,000 species registered across the globe, and they come in…
Rising trout can create a real rollercoaster of emotions. They offer the promise of easy-to-locate fishing that are obviously feeding, but the myriad of technicalities around hatches, presentations, and capabilities as an angler can combine to make it seem like hooking one of these fish is an impossible task. And nowhere is this more evident…
When you’re fishing deep the risk of losing a fly is always greater than when fishing closer to the surface or dry. If you’re fishing really deep you must expect to lose a handful or two of flies on a long fishing day. With that in mind – keep the flies simple and maybe even…
“Cast there,” Fabian says as he works the oars to hold the raft in place. It’s a shadowy inlet under a tree with logs scattered below the surface. The black sex-dungeon lands in a pocket of dark, crystal clear water and I strip once, twice and then boom, the take. “Muy bien”. A hungry brown trout…