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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 "Category_Emerald Water Anglers"
A Fought for Bone
Here's a nice fish landed yesterday. Now for the story. The day before I was supposed to fish with this guy (Ta... more
Tight Quarters - Volume 1
As a fly fishing guide, and one taking this profession seriously, I love nothing more than clients new to the sport.... 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
Recycled Beadheads
While tying nymphs for an upcoming trip I ran out of beadheads. Why I procrastinate and wait until midnight the... more
Surf Fishing in SoCal
Well, going in, I knew this wouldn't be the easiest of fisheries to tackle. Open exposure to the Pacific Ocean, head... 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
Busted in Mexico
So the title doesn't quite explain the whole idea of this post. Yes, I have been busted in Mexico for not being ver... 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
Thank you spineless cowards...
Not much to say here other than I can't believe the levels some will stoop to. If you keyed one of our company sub... more
Sometimes you just wanna catch a fish
This past weekend I flew down to San Francisco for my buddy's (www.reddheadflyfishing.com) birthday. We drove up to ... 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
Stroft leaders and monofilament, oh yeah!
As someone who spends a lot of time fishing in extremely varied conditions and locations locally and internationally... 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
Sometimes, all you get is a blowfish...
First trip of 2010 to Hawaii and what a doozie. First, weather was all over the place, super high winds one day to ... more
All Puget Sound rivers to close early, as expected
WDFW NEWS RELEASE Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 http://w... 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
Target Stores Drop Farmed Salmon
Target stores to sell Alaska salmon, drop farmed productFRESH: Chain removes all farmed fish from stores in an "envir... 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
About CCA, Everyone in PNW Should Read This
Bill Monroe: Does CCA's bet in gill-net gamble indicate its hand was forced? By Bill Monroe, Special to The Oregonia... more
Mother Nature catching her limit...
Every year fishermen flock to the North Cascade Highway system outside of Bellingham to try their luck at the sal... more
New York City, Pebble Mine, and Fishmongers
On a recent visit back east I got a funny feeling from being so far from Northwest steelhead water. Let's just cal... 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
Shoulda Been There Yesterday
As a fishermen you spend a lot of your time looking for that special place where no other angler has been before; vir... more
New species to target, and they are native!
So while pursuing hatchery steelhead on the Cowlitz River this past month or so, looking for those large, beautiful c... more
My New Years Resolution
I don’t think I’ve ever made a new years resolution. I usually try to make resolutions as they occur to me, instead ... more
Happy New Year
To everyone out there, have a fun, wet and memorable New Years Eve this evening. We look forward to a new year with ... more
Cloudveil finally joins with Recycled Waders
After a couple of years of us trying to get Cloudveil to send Recycled Waders (RW) their defunct or unrepairable wade... more
Food for Thought -- buy frozen!?
Catch of the Freezer By ASTRID SCHOLZ, ULF SONESSON and PETER TYEDMERS New York Times Go local. Eat organic. Buy f... more
Deschutes Trip
A week or so ago Dylan and I headed down to the big D looking for some steel and we found what we were in search of... more
Roots, you can't deny them...
Being that the Holiday Season is here, I enjoy looking back upon where and how I grew up and road I chose in life. M... more
3 anglers per guide, WHY?
After getting off the phone with good friend and fellow steelhead guide Marty Sheppard, our conversation continued to... more
WDFW adding new steelhead endorsement fee in 2010
WDFW will be adding an additional stamp for steelhead and salmon anglers, in addition to their steelhead and salmon c... more
Honduras photo essay
For a long time I guided with Steve Brown in Telluride on the San Miguel and Gunnison Rivers. In the past few years h... more
Looking Back...or Forward
One of the few things I enjoy at the same level as fly fishing is hiking into the wilderness, often in search of a ... more
11 Pounds and Hotter than Fishgrease......
I just said goodbye to Dave McCoy and his lovely family a few days ago. We chased some of these big Hawaiian Bones f... more
EWA on the John Day River, Oregon
Dave can talk all he wants about his epic Ronde adventure, but in other news the John Day this fall was nothing short... more
Experiential Conservation
The bird dove towards my head at 60 miles per hour, screaming its head off. At the last second she swerved away from ... more
Pebble Mine just won't go away...
From the Seattle P.I. online: Fight is on between pro-fish camp, mine defenders By MARY PEMBERTON ASSOCIATED PRESS W... more
Rain...it's that time of year, should still fish...
This is the time of year where the full time anglers, and guides for that matter become separated from the rest of t... more
Hawaii - Again!
3 times in a year to the Hawaiian isles for bones and unlike every other place on the planet I have bonefished, it do... more
Grande Ronde - Oregon Style
Everyone in this part of the country has heard of and likely fished the Grande Ronde, mostly below Troy or just above... more
Back from India
Wow, what a trip and you can interpret trip however you like, it would be appropriate. Such an amazing country, MUST ... more
Airlines xecs obviously don't flyfish
Had to post just one more thing here before I step on the plane. Trip after trip, it becomes quite evident to me th... more
Off to India for Golden Mahseer
Well, the day I thought would take forever to get here has arrived. I am leaving for India tomorrow for nearly 3 week... more
Lake in the Dunes
As you descend into the valley and gaze out into the seemingly endless Oregon desert, the white alkali salt pan of Su... more
