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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"
Why Fly Fishing by Claire Topalian
Having only a romantic notion of “FLY-FISHING” running through my imagination, I am bent on learning the sport. ... more
Upcoming Events - August
October 24, 2019 -- Get to Know Your NGO -- @ EWA Fly Shop -- 7pm - FREE There is a lot going on in our region ... more
Carping in WA - The Fish - by Bill Marts
The Fish Common Carp – Cyprinus carpio (no, not Di Caprio) was introduced to the USA in the early to mid-19th... more
Upcoming Events -- March
Holy emerging insects, can you believe it is already March? We can't either! It has been a rough winter but as... more
Upcoming Events - January
Tie One On Fly Tying Events @ EWA Store - $20 January 8, 2018 -- Wiggle Minnow - register here February 5, 2019 -- S... more
Upcoming Events - October
Wow, fall has arrived quite quickly, so fast in fact we didn't even get up an upcoming events for the month of Septe... more
EWA Fly Fishing Events - May
EWA Fly Fishing events coming up in May and beyond...here are some things to put on your calendar for sure! As we h... more
Upcoming Events - October
Upcoming events in November and beyond... November 16, 2017 -- Writer's on the Fly - Cascadia Tour - $10 @ EWA Stor... more
Travel Journal: Greenland Fly Fishing
Fly fishing whether I really want to admit it or not is embedded in my DNA. My doctor actually found it on my DNA l... more
1st Annual Washington Carp Jamboree
Yep, you read it correct, we are excited to announce the newest Carp on the Fly tournament to come to Washington. C... more
EWA Spey Clave - Saturday February 11th
EWA Spey Clave Saturday February 11th, 2017 10am - 3pm Ben Howard Boat Launch on the Skykomish River (see map below... more
Upcoming Events - November
We are crazy excited to announce we have finally hired our Women's Program Coordinator which means our women's even... more
Upcoming Events - September
September 8th - Getting into Spey Casting - 7pm @EWA - FREE Reid Curry will address the myriad of lines, head, knots... more
Travel Journal: Tanzania - Tigerfish
Fly fishing travel has become my newest passion within the industry. It sounds cliche but simply learning to fly fi... more
Upcoming Events - December
December 11th -- Winter Fishing on Puget Sound -- 6:30pm @ EWA Store -- FREE EWA guide Alex Collier will discuss wint... more
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
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
Gear Review: R.L. Winston Nexus Rods
Anyone familiar with the fly fishing industry knows the reputation of the R.L. Winston fly rod company: buttery smo... 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
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
Yakima Steelhead...Ponder This!
Bob Margulis of the Wild Steelhead Coalition just passed along a note from someone that I thought might be of interes... 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
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
Beyond Season's End...A Bleak Look Ahead at Washington's Water Future
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGcrkWMwASg&context=C4ed8105ADvjVQa1PpcFO4fMWbFIHKsAbLMMdeKlEXCKNf28H7YcQ= This m... 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
New WDFW Website for Salmon Conservation
OLYMPIA - Finding current information about the state's salmon runs and tracking ongoing efforts to recover at-risk s... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Klickitat River Hatchery Increases
From our friends at Wild Steelhead Coalition... Dear Friends and Supporters of Wild Steelhead, Some of you may alr... more
More on Invasive Species
WDFW conducting boat checks to stop aquatic invasive species OLYMPIA - People hauling boats to and from Washington w... more
Not "Really" Fly Fishing
Big, heavy lead eye flies, thirty foot sections of T-14 that are impossible to cast, 10-12 wt fast action rods, cho... more
Tying Flies at FFF
Puget Sound Baitfish Pattern Tying Video Just back from the FFF show in E-burg. Dave and I did a little impromptu tyi... more
For the Love of Fish...
Anyone reading this or any other blog from our industry is in the same boat to some degree, we love to fly fish. Man... more
Impacts of Hatchery Steelhead on Wild Steelhead in the Skagit Watershed
This is a fairly regional topic but a hot one for sure. Wild Steelhead Coalition is hosting an event on May 4th at 6... more
Eastern WA Steelhead Closures
Upper Columbia River above Priest Rapids Dam and tributaries close to steelhead fishing April 1 Action: Close... more
UP's and down's of our fishing world...
There is a ton going on in the angling community and while some of it is very vivid and in our face here, others may ... more
Spun Ostrich Tube Fly
Click the link to view the new video: Spun Ostrich Tube Fly This is a simple tube fly utilizing the ProTubes flex... more
Tube Flies, Pro Style and Custom Fly Lessons!
Pro Tubes Reverse Marabou Tube Fly Click on the link to watch the new video! I recently got a bunch of Flexitubes f... more
Green, Puyallup, White and Carbon to close EARLY -- no surprise here
With the state of our steelhead in the Puget Sound area, it is of no surprise that the following rivers are closing e... more
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