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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 "Washington"

EWA Featured Photographer -- Alex Collier

Our next guide staff member to share some of their photography passions is Alex Collier, our backcountry creek and al... more

Christmas on the Wenatchee

My Brother-in law and I have formed a very enjoyable Christmas tradition. Fishing. For the last three years, after me... more

EWA Featured Photographer -- Chris Ringlee

We have always felt one of the most important elements of fly fish guiding is not only knowledge of your sport and th... more

Skate The Fly -- Goes Big Time!

So it may have been evident for some time to some people that this was going to happen and to the rest it might be a ... more

Wild Steelhead Retention on 8 O.P. Rivers

1. We close most of our rivers for the month of May to protect wild steelhead during their most prolific spawning se... more

Fall Steelheading...Oh Yeah!

Fall Steelheading...Oh Yeah!

As fall arrives in our region, some anglers begin to feel a bit anxious, almost hormonal in a way. It's the change i... more

A Guide Laments - Issue #2

This doesn't look so bad I know, but keep reading... So we know it is a part of our job, a job we have chosen to da... more

Fly Anglers and their Dogs

A new photo contest from our good friend Greg Thomas at Anglers Tonic hopes to exploit the bond between man and canin... more

Urban Fly-Fish Guiding

My wife works for a big financial firm and when we go to holiday events with her co-workers, I dress up and look ev... more

Light Switches and Saltwater

So it isn't as though this is new but I get the feeling many have been sitting around, waiting to see if the fad of ... more

Tough Stuff

P-Line has been on the market for quite a while and hordes of gear fishermen can attest to the incredible performan... more

The art, skill and passion of Harry Lemire

Harry Lemire, legendary steelhead fly angler of the Pacific NW exudes his passion and reflections of decades angling... more

No More Training Wheels

I recently took up spey casting, and in doing so I learned a great deal about why fly fishing is important to me. ... more

Frank Smethurst, first winter run steelhead

Well over a decade ago, I moved to Telluride, Colorado in my former career (if you can call it that) as a ski race c... more

Way early but not complaining...

It is a bit early in the year to be focusing on the forks of the Snoqualmie but, when the flows are around 500 on t... more

First "Hatch" of the Year in Puget Sound

Hatches as most people consider them don't really occur in the the local saltwater of Puget Sound but for those of ... more

I Like Big Bugs

There is something about skwala stoneflies that just plain gets me excited! Maybe its because in a few select Western... more

Upper Yakima...

If you're looking for some fish to take your mind off of the pitiful state of the Puget Sound Steelhead for an afte... more

Washington Steelhead, IGFA and Joan Wulff

Tell me that the most recent issue of Fly Rod and Reel hasn't printed what I am sitting here reading, oh my GOD! Aft... more

Not just 1 dead wild steelhead!!!

Here in the wonderful state of Washington, we are still allowed to kill one wild steelhead a year. I am not sure the... more

Puget Sound, all season fishery, have we said that before?

The past couple of weeks, we have been focused on hitting the saltwater, more because it is nice to fish over fish ra... more

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