Step 1 - Grab a jig hook of choice and pair it with the proper sized bead, in this case a 3mm slotted tungsten bead with a size 16 jig hook. Start your thread behind the bead and dress your hook shank with wraps down to the hook point. Step...

We live on a busy planet. That’s a fact we cannot change. Something we can change, however, is the way we protect our increasingly finite natural resources. Here in the American west, our watersheds are becoming the targets of increased attention. Thanks to heavy pressure from our expanding population and...

It’s early November and we’re hanging out around an open cooler along the banks a familiar stretch of river in a very special place. The temperature is actually pretty mild today, all things considered, and the unobscured midday sun did a pretty good job of erasing almost every bit of...

It’s the first cold morning of the season. The pines that line the long, dirt road sulk beneath a heavy blanket of October snow. We park at the rim of the canyon and rig up.

With summer in full swing and and temperatures rising everywhere across the states an excellent pattern to use during runoff is the 20”er. The 20”er is a stonefly imitation and though it works great year round at your favorite tailwater, it is runoff season where all fish are keying in...