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Welcome to our blog of all things we at Emerald Water Anglers touch and care about in the fly fishing world. This has been quite a journey the past 10+ years, scrolling back we have seen some things coming and we continue to make every effort to have the pulse of where this is sport is headed both here in the PWN and globally.

EWA News — Tagged "Emerald Water Anglers"

Pink & Coho Salmon Clinic - Aug. 20 @6:30pm

Free in store event here at EWA. Staff guide Jason Rolfe will discuss flies, techniques and locations to help your s... more

Brian Irwin Slide Show - Sept. 4 @7pm

Sept. 4, 2015 - Brian Irwin 7pm @ EWA Store DCIM100GOPRO Hailing from the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Bri... more

Trout Rod Reviews

Photo and Review by Alex Collier With Summer just around the corner (or already arrived depending on who you ask), m... more

Peeling 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 out... more

EWA 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 a... more

Flinging Frozen Flies

Well its that time of year again when all of our favorite streams are getting pretty frigid. Normally we have a... more

In 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... more

Value of a Wild Steelhead

Imagine if we were to have wild steelhead, our Washington state fish back to sustainable numbers around ... more

fishing river

Worthwhile?...Absolutely!

The opportunity arose for taking a few days, mid week to excuse myself from society and all of its attachments by ven... more

Hoh 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 "st... more

Steelhead 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, wha... more

Sacred Headwaters of the Skeena Protected!

Historic protection for BC’s Sacred Headwaters Announced FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 18 DECEMBER 2012 Contact - Melys... more

OR 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 manage... more

The Magnificent Steelhead

News Release Burke Museum, Wild Steelhead Coalition partner to raise awareness of “The Magnificent Steelhead” Mu... more

New 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 aro... more

Puget Sound saltwater trips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleDU6wOPB8 EWA guide Lucas St. Clair puts together a short snip-it of film highlighti... more

The Beginning....

Where the fancies of Emerald Water Anglers guide staff and close friends come together and meld our passion for fly a... more

Pebble Mine Meeting Tomorrow

For those unaware, the EPA made a significant find om the Pebble Mine issue a short time ago and now the time to spea... more

Be Careful....Getting Stoked About Fly Fishing Could Be Dangerous!

Something for those out there who get fired up about being on the water with a fly rod in hand! Stoked! If this is ... more

I want to give up....but I won't because I care and am stubborn!

Over the past couple of years, all the work and effort to educate those in our state including anglers, legislators a... more

Skykomish River Needs Your Help!

This shouldn't take those of you who will find this more than a mere second to decide to sign, so please do so: Oppo... more

Just How Stupid Can We Be....

This will be a short post as it should speak for itself. After a week in California I was lucky enough to return to ... more

Sol Duc River to be First Wild Salmonid Management Zone in WA

Now matter how you spin it, this is good news, my hope is that we will learn enough from this to force change on othe... more

Simms Finally to Sell Direct...It's About Time!

Word has been on the street for quite awhile that some large companies within the fly fishing industry were going to ... more

Seattle Times Gets Into Telling Anglers Where to Fish

The Seattle Times is now posting reports from I am not sure who on what was caught where and when both in saltwater (... more

Lose a Dam on One River, Get a New One on Another...

From a long time friend from Colorado, I got an email today where he has expressed is deep concern over the proposal ... more

Portion of Yakima River Closed Due to Illegal Steelhead Targeting

For those who live in the state of Washington, it is of little surprise to see or hear of poaching of water for our b... more

Hawaiian Bonefish Video, some hogs in there!

Good friend Coach Duff just put out a new short video of some of his fish in Oahu, where some of the largest bonefish... more

Walkin' the Dog

I've been playing with a new fly design for fishing the Baja, and really anywhere where there are large, cantankerous... more

Ghost Run: "How the Whole Shitaroo is Bound Together...."

This mini-documentary from Fitz Cahall and Brian Smith hit home for me in a number of ways. Brian uses the venue of ... more

Connect Film in Seattle special ticket offer from EWA!

Alright, time for the Friday before movie premier special. Emerald Water Anglers is buying 20 people their ticket on... more

Seattle Premier of Connect -- The new movie from Confluence Films!

Emerald Water Anglers is co hosting with Wild Steelhead Coalition the Seattle premier of Connect, the newest movie fr... more

Go Fishing this Weekend

There are Cutties and Salmon off the beaches, Chrome in the Puget Sounds rivers, Chrome in the East Side/upper Columb... more

Slizang

The brilliant minds over at Lo Fi Fly posted some funny shit today on their blog. If you don't have it on your daily ... more

Eastern WA Steelhead, here we go!

Upper Columbia, several other rivers to open for hatchery steelhead fishing We will be booking for this immediately ... more

I f*%$ing LOVE HATS

Here are a few from my collection, splayed out like Allen Iverson's car collection. Sweet right? more

Elwha River, Dam Removal, Hatchery and Wild Fish...headed to Court!

This is going to be an interesting year for the Elwha River and what should be one of the most prominent live experim... more

A creek Rod

I recently got a new rod for the creeks. This is a remodeled Tout Bum Rod from Orvis. Their 7'6" 1# Super Fine Touch ... more

Mt Hood is Burning

Thanks to our friends down in OR at Little Creek Outfitters for these amazing shoots of the fire that is burning on t... more

A Book Review

I am sure that many of you or the three of you that read this blog have seen or maybe even read the David Montgomer... more

More on the Elwha River

I have my own personal feelings on this matter but will let you read through and see where you end up. From the Seat... more

Commercial Striped Bass Fishing Prohibited

As a member of Stripers Forever, this is some good news for the New York area. Governor Cuomo Signs Law to Prohibit ... more

Recipe for Pinks on a Spey Rod

Pinks off a Puget Sound beach using a 2 handed rod is almost as fun as dollar lap dance night at Dreamgirls. If you ... more

EWA Featured Photographer -- Mike McCoy aka Dad!

I have spent my life in this sport having fly fished or been exposed to it since I was in diapers, led the entire tim... more

Welcome to my Laboratory!!!

A couple of months ago I posted about how my tying space was getting out of hand, how it was taking on a life of it... more

The Shadowcast Competition

http://vimeo.com/25882062 Perhaps an Emerald Water Anglers team needs to make an entry in this competition... more

Quick Creek Update

Went to check out some of my favorite creeks up North yesterday. Although the water is still high and very cold for ... more

World's Highest Fly Rod!

From People Magazine to Midcurrent comes this: Belgian paraglider and Red Bull X-Alps participant Thomas de Dorlodot... more

Baja

It is 6:30 pm and 88 degrees outside, a cool breeze is blowing across the tops of the palm trees as I sit here overlo... more

2nd Annual Bug Launcher Classic Casting Competition

Last year my dad spent countless hours engineering a very challenging and exciting fly casting course on his property... more