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Scales | EWA Blog
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
Upcoming Events - April
April 7th, 2016 - IF4 @ Tini Biggs - 7pm - $15 The International Fly Fishing Film Festival hosted at Tini Biggs and... more
Upcoming Events - February
February 3rd, 2016 — Fly Fishing Film Tour @Admiral Theater, West Seattle — 7pm – 10pm — $15 Yes, you read this corr... more
Upcoming Events - January
January 10, 17, 24 -- Casting at Lincoln Park -- 10am -- FREE Please RSVP for these classes as we like to keep them ... more
Scott Meridian Fly Rod 908 Rocks!
The sun was beating down on my back, wind blowing 25+ miles per hour. I hear my guide, Calvin, shouting over the wi... more
Upcoming Events - December
December 11th -- Winter Fishing on Puget Sound -- 6:30pm @ EWA Store -- FREE EWA guide Alex Collier will discuss wint... more
Upcoming Events - November 2015
November 12th -- West Seattle Artwalk -- At EWA 7-9pm -- FREE We will have on display work from several artists with... more
Upcoming Events - October 2015
October 15th - Steelheading in the PNW with Reid Curry @ 6:30pm at EWA Store - FREE Come in and listen as Reid disc... more
September Events
Sept. 4th - Writer and photographer Brian Irwin will be in the store to discuss his global travels and corresponding ... more
Fall Women's Events
Sept. 11th, 2015 - Women's Creek Outing with Abbie Schuster - 2 spaces open, call store to register Oct. 15th, 2015 -... 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
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
Upcoming Events - July 2015
July 16th - Fly Fishing Puget Sound for Salmon: It's almost that time of year! Pinks will be here first, with Coho a... more
Upcoming Events - June 2015
Summer is upon us and we have some great presentations and events with some wonderful people coming up this season.... more
2015 EWA Fly Fest Schedule
We are excited to see everyone at our first annual EWA Fly Fest tomorrow, Saturday May 30th! The event will be from 1... more
Upcoming Events | May 2015
Writers on the Fly Thursday, May 14th, 7pm, FREE Join host Jason Rolfe for an evening of readings, art, beer and... 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
Find An Estuary
Find an estuary. Walk down the long gravel path, past the rotting caddy shack, and through the low beach shrubs. The... 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
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
Fly Fishing Travel — Part 1 — Tropical
So by now I have done my fair amount of travel to various locales around the world, many actually. Probably the one t... more
In The News | Hatch Magazine
Fly Fishing Puget Sound In this day and age, more and more people seem to be finding their way into fly fishing and... more
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
The Art of Mindfulness: What Yoga Has Taught Me About Fly Fishing
How many times have you been caught daydreaming by a fish? Maybe you were lost in the rhythm of cast, step, swing wh... 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
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
Billfish Get a Huge Nod From US Govt.
We all like to catch them (why else would you be reading this ??!!) - and the best way to continue the sport and ens... 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
Hankering for Some Spey Casting...Do it Indoors!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg_XLAyLzqY Tim Rajeff gives an introduction to spey casting with the micro practice r... 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
The Beginning....
Where the fancies of Emerald Water Anglers guide staff and close friends come together and meld our passion for fly a... more
Keep fighting for Bristol Bay
I arrived a little after 2pm and there was a lengthy queue to enter the Jackson Federal Building. Twenty places back ... 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
Do something rad
Ponder two simple suffixes: –er, –ist. The former comprises the angler, climber, skier, hiker while the latter inc... 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
