Beyond Season’s End…A Bleak Look Ahead at Washington’s Water Future
Click here to view the embedded video. This might be one of the best laid out and soft spoken looks at our future water issues affecting the fish we cherish so much in our state.
View ArticleNew Drift Boat? Wild Steelhead Coalition Has One For You!
If you are of the philanthropic nature, are in the market for a sweet new driftboat, have some extra cash laying around and LOVE steelhead…then this might just be for you. The legendary Skagit River...
View ArticleThe Magnificent Steelhead
News Release Burke Museum, Wild Steelhead Coalition partner to raise awareness of “The Magnificent Steelhead” Museum exhibit, reception and art sale support wild steelhead in the Pacific Northwest....
View ArticleOR and WA Joint Commission on Lower Columbia River Management
View the numbers of the report here. PORTLAND, Ore. – The Fish and Wildlife Commission today approved a new management framework for Columbia River fisheries that includes more salmon for the sport...
View ArticleSacred Headwaters of the Skeena Protected!
Historic protection for BC’s Sacred Headwaters Announced FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 18 DECEMBER 2012 Contact – Melyssa Rubino, melyssa@forestethicsadvocacy.org, 604-331-6201, ext 227 Historic protection...
View ArticleSteelhead Fishing is Hard…Simply Put!
What you do at work when you are bored depends on a myriad of criteria: where you head is, what your passion is, what did or didn’t happen last night, what is coming up in the next week or two and so...
View ArticleThe Art of Mindfulness: What Yoga Has Taught Me About Fly Fishing
How many times have you been caught daydreaming by a fish? Maybe you were lost in the rhythm of cast, step, swing when a steelhead grabbed your fly and you pulled it right back out of the fish’s...
View ArticleHoh Steelhead…From River to Plate!
Wow, if you haven’t seen this yet, you should probably sit down for it. It will never cease to amaze us how this “story” of consuming native steelhead manages to make itself present in mainstream...
View ArticleWorthwhile?…Absolutely!
The opportunity arose for taking a few days, mid week to excuse myself from society and all of its attachments by venturing off the grid on the Oregon coast in search of wild steelhead on a small, very...
View ArticleFly Fishing Travel — Part 1 — Tropical
So by now I have done my fair amount of travel to various locales around the world, many actually. Probably the one thing I see most commonly is new anglers to the travel world over or under pack for...
View ArticleFly Fishing Travel — Part 1 — Tropical
So by now I have done my fair amount of travel to various locales around the world, many actually. Probably the one thing I see most commonly is new anglers to the travel world over or under pack for...
View ArticleYakima Steelhead…Ponder This!
Bob Margulis of the Wild Steelhead Coalition just passed along a note from someone that I thought might be of interest to those in the anadromous world regarding steelhead in the Columbia Basin in...
View ArticleValue of a Wild Steelhead
Jonathan, So best of luck down there this evening buddy and here is my take on what the state and WDFW should be thinking about when it comes to the importance of those wild fish: 1 angler from out of...
View ArticleIn 1969, the steelhead was declared Washington’s official “state fish.”
Somehow this seems to mean nothing to people. In general, when an object or living species is recognized as a iconic figure of a country, region or state, it is extremely rare if not never something...
View ArticleFlinging Frozen Flies
Well its that time of year again when all of our favorite streams are getting pretty frigid. Normally we have an over abundance of rain giving us small windows of productive days on the water. This...
View ArticleEWA New Store Grand Opening Event
It has FINALLY happened…we have opened a full scale retail store to support our 15 year business in the guiding and fly fishing travel market. This coming Saturday and Sunday come meet our...
View ArticlePeeling Back the Layers
In angling, at best, we just barely scratch the surface. We stand in the river or on a beach, yet remain on the outskirts, dashing in here or there, each new piece of understanding simply another...
View ArticleFind An Estuary
Find an estuary. Walk down the long gravel path, past the rotting caddy shack, and through the low beach shrubs. There should be gulls in the air and on the water and the light should be low. The...
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