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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
New Beaches
I haven’t written in a while because I haven’t been fishing in a while. In fact, I think this has been the longest I ... more
U.S. Tightens Up on Fishing Policy
U.S. tightens fishing policy, setting 2012 catch limits for all managed species By Juliet Eilperin, Published: Janua... 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
ISA Virus in Wild Salmon Update
For those of you who missed it, a few weeks ago a lab on Prince Edward Island in British Columbia discovered and infe... more
I Love Fish. No, seriously, I do.
I realized the other day that loving fish is probably not normal. Nonetheless, I love fish. I don't mean I love to ea... more
New Stick, No Fish
Just got back from 3.5 days of fishing the Deschutes, which is usually a pretty good bet for a fish or two anytime f... more
How To Not Freak Out Before A Trip
I am anal retentive. There, I said it. Now the healing can begin. I organize, make lists, assemble neat piles, f... 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
Save Bristol Bay, Please
Please RSVP and show your support, this dang mine has got to go. In the words of slick, scammin' jammin, Scotty Palm... 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
Big Trips - Hard Work - Big Rewards
It's late but I wanted to get something off my chest: Big trips can be hard work to organize, but they can take you ... more
I f*%$ing LOVE HATS
Here are a few from my collection, splayed out like Allen Iverson's car collection. Sweet right? more
Something Refreshing
After work tonight I was flipping through the new Idylwilde catalogue and I noticed that there was something missing.... more
An Old Man's Sport....
I have several friends from my college and mid-to-late 20 years who are "extreme" sport enthusiasts: mountaineering,... 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
Ahh the winds of change...
Some of our devoted readers may be aware that I switched jobs and am no longer managing the fly fishing department at... more
Some interesting data on Sockeye in B.C.
Have been communicating and following a lesser known and relatively new organization here in WA called Steelhead and ... 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
WDFW Worker Dies During Steelhead Survey
OLYMPIA - A fisheries worker for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) died yesterday (Aug. 18) while... 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
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
Permits, permits everywhere...
As many of you have probably heard, beginning July 1st of this year the State of Washington is requiring what it i... 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
Pebble Mine Fight Takes a Hit -- WTF--K!
House approves bill to undercut the Clean Water Act Printer-friendly versionSend to friend Date: 07/14/2011 Izaak W... more
Elwha Dam/Hatchery News
Seattle Times Elwha Op-Ed Click the link above for the original article in the times, but below is the original text... more
What is it about small water?
Why do so many of us hold small stream fishing so closely to our hearts? Is it the solitude? Perhaps the willingnes... 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
More on Invasive Species
WDFW conducting boat checks to stop aquatic invasive species OLYMPIA - People hauling boats to and from Washington w... more
Catch Magazine: Puget Sound Photo Essay
Catch Magazine issue #18 went live today and included along with a number of other visually stunning pieces is a pho... more
Simms to Reintroduce Felt Boots in 3 Models
I could heave a huge rock at Simms right now and still want to but the fact of the matter is they are listening to t... more
Todd Scharf Spey Video
Check this video out. It is a few years old but I came back across it the other day and remembered how cool it was... more
More Cedar, Dry Fly Tunes
Cedar has still been high but showing signs of glory and fishing well despite the rough access. Still stripping bugg... more
Old Dams Out, New Ones Coming In...?
So I am in a very privileged position to have a number of different agencies keeping me informed on what otherwise mi... more
June Hogs, Dry Fly (Streamers) Music
Nope nope not the Columbia's famous run of king's, but the hardy rainbows in the urban trout wonderland that is the C... more
Want An All Wild Run In The Sol Duc?
Take Action By Clicking Here! Click the link above to take action against the controversial Snider Creek Hatchery ... more
