Washington’s San Juan Islands are a Pacific Northwest for Private-Boat Anglers By Doug Olander In the middle of the gaping strait that separates Washington State from Canada’s Vancouver Island sit some of the country’s most boater-friendly and perennially popular islands. If one were to grade Washington’s beloved San Juan Islands on accessibility, facilities, ease of…
By John Whitlatch. Two words cross my mind on daily basis, stripes and spots. These unmistakable markings make Rainbow Trout revered by sport fishermen around the world. Like your trusty and loyal Labrador retriever is consumed by a tennis ball, I am consumed by visions of shimmering chrome Rainbows breaking the surface and doing back…
By Jeff Lund. Making lists is the first step in missing the point, because it only increases the chances of looking back, judging based on check marks and failing to realize that life had its own plan and it would have been pretty great if you wouldn’t have been so preoccupied. Same goes for results….
By Jeff Lund. The trick to enjoying manual labor is cluttering the mind with good thoughts. Happy Gilmore called it his, "happy place", and he was right, though the most effective are within the realm of possibility. Thats how I tolerate mundane things like pulling weeds, mowing the lawn or shoveling dirt, because after 30…
By Jeff Lund. Though I didn’t have a plan, there was little doubt I would end up spending Saturday fly-casting. My two fishing buddies were on their way back from Oregon, so duration and any other time considerations were dependent only on my own minute to minute whims. With my trip to Alaska within relative…
By Ray Gombiski. There is something special about the Hoh river, from the landscape to the fish, the Hoh will never disappoint a Steelhead fisherman. It had been several years since my last trip to the Hoh and I was sure this was to be a special trip. My friend Jay Christopherson would join me…
You feel the rush as your float dips under the surface; you come back hard on the rod and feel the first couple head shakes. You see the flash under the water of a chrome fish writhing back and forth trying to shake lose, you reel down and bury the hook good this time….
Two hours into my latest habit of not catching fish, I stared across the slough at a wake caused by a fish trying to fly and failing miserably. The result was impressive though, and the concussion captured my attention. It again leaped from the brown water, arched its back, flicked its tail then slapped back…
By Del Stephens "Tuna Dog". I'm back out in Hatteras fishing with the boys from Tuna Duck Sportfishing and it's a good thing we planned to stay in Hatteras for a week because the weather has been cold and extremely windy at times. Our blue fin tuna trip started out saturday morning to a wild…
By Jeff Lund. I’ve always thought bass were ugly fish; fat bellied swimmers that ate too many calories for their stubby frames. Beautiful fish were silver, or a different shade of green with energetic oranges and reds. Even spawning salmon or trout were pretty, except when mold was involved. Anyway, the salmon runs in California…