Editor’s Note: Periodically, the Literary Angler features a member’s thoughts on books or articles they believe will be of interest to fellow fly fishers. Foundation Board member, Dr. Mark Metzdorff…
Read more Book Review: The Feather Thief, by Kirk Wallace Johnson; Viking Books (2018) »
Fish conservation news has been pretty dismal of late with very low returns of salmon and steelhead throughout the west. Our northwest-based NGOs are out there advocating for wild fish,…
October 2018 In what may be a precedent-setting action on August 24th, Oregon and Washington “closed the Columbia to steelhead fishing” (their words) as the initially optimistic 2018 forecast for…
Fall is in the air and I’m excited for its arrival. Ross and I are heading home from Brazil tonight. We have spent the last six days fishing in the…
Your FCO Website Have you checked out all the pages of our new website? Teri and Ross Beatty, Rick Pay, Lisa Hansen, and Steve Willhite have worked to bring more…
Hello Friends, As most of you have likely seen, Oregon and Washington have “closed the Columbia to steelhead fishing” (their words) as the initially improved 2018 forecast for upriver summer…
The summer has flown by and here it is the week before Labor Day. I am enjoying some time in the Methow Valley in Washington. I spent my first two…
Finding Salmon on the Lostine Last month my friend Patrick and I ventured east with our little teardrop trailer to explore camping opportunities in the Wallowa Mountains. We found a…
Location: Ozernaya River, Kamchatka, Russia Most of us have a “bucket list” of fishing destinations; Bone Fish Christmas Island, German Browns in Argentina, Taimnen in Mongolia, or maybe something closer…
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the casting ponds picnic on August 14th. If you haven’t registered please do so on the website. This event is hosted by…
