Last week’s trip to the Pristine was the first I’d used my RISE 9’ #4 as the main rod while relegating the lightly injured Sage LL 905 as my backup. The Sage reel seat epoxy had given up the ghost last season and tightening the reel seat occasionally results in the rod butt removing itself [...]

If you’re still intent on impressing your pals that you’re foreswearing jobs and responsibilities, wives, and all other forms of material constraints – how it’s all about the fish, the woods, and damn little else - I’ll call that bluff. There’s little to fear, as outdoorsy trials go you won’t have to do much other than sign a piece of [...]

Nope, there’s no gaudy beads or feelers, no articulated body parts or rare materials to keep you from owning these killers immediately … … although there is that trust thing … Nor will I mention the hair extensions you’ll have to tear out by the roots, or the groans of the feminine members of the [...]

With all the attention on the West and East Forks, in light of a wild trout designation and the attendant hordes that frequent such places, it’s not surprising we opted to dabble in the group scene on the East Fork – and spent most of our time on a much smaller creek found by accident, [...]

I’ve got enough solid information after spending the last four days afield to keep you entertained for a couple of days at the least … But before we get into all those tales of daring-do, the overcoming of adversity, and the weakness of wild trout for Peach yogurt, we’ve got the odd tale of the [...]