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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
EWA Staff Cook-Off--Awesome Event!
For the first half of my guiding career I worked for services who went to great lengths to put the food they served c... more
Great Fishing in the Sound
All I have to say is thank god for SRC's! It has been a wonderful season out here on the beaches so far and while a... more
The very definition of "disturbing"
I hope you will excuse the fact that this is my second post in a few weeks that is related to the youth that I work w... more
Food For Thought
Check out this video filmed by Shark Diver Magazine of Sailfish getting after a school of bait. Gets me pumped for m... more
Dry Fly Music
My audio companionship has varied greatly over the last few weeks: Mike and Mike, King Tubby, Mariners games, playoff... more
King County to Require PFD's This Summer on All Rivers--Nice!
Over the past 12 years, I have spent countless hours and time rescuing many non anglers and surprising anglers alive ... 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
Ah, the tropics and the fish that live there...
After returning from a good friends lodge in Honduras for a week of fantastic bone and permit fishing, I was delighte... more
Save Bristol Bay and ExOfficio Event-June 9
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Early AM Payoff
Salt fished well today. Listened to Mike and Mike on the way. I love Mike and Mike. Even when it's Memorial Day an... more
Dry Fly Music
Had a great week on the creeks. Nice fish, new water, happy clients. These guys were taking dries dead drifted, sub... more
If you teach a kid to fish...
Over the last few Summers I have had the chance to take Elementary and Middle School-aged students from the Rainier V... more
Summer Stream Fun
I noticed something funny the other day. When I lived in Sacramento, where the mercury continually reaches above 100... more
Patagonia looking at Dams for Power
From Midcurrent today came a brief piece with some great links to some issues that may affect some of the better regi... more
Fishing Tackel?
I thought that I might share something that I noticed this while walking to the PCC store near my house. If you're a... more
Happy Mother's Day
Mother, You’re not very common, fly fishing mother. You should know that; on this day, your day, mother’s day. How ... more
Stories and Memories
My grandfather is dying. It's a perfectly normal thing for a person in their 90s to do, but thinking about losing him... 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
EWA Featured Photographer -- Blake McHenry
I met Blake years ago when he mailed me an application and resume to work for us. I was immediately drawn to a number... more
Did Ya Catch Anything?
I've had some variation this encounter about a million times in my life: Friend: "How was fishing?" Me: "It was awes... more
The Magic of the Sound
I turned a friend of mine on to the Salt today on various beaches around Puget Sound. When the bite is on there are v... 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
EWA Featured Photographer -- Quinton Dowling
It has been a bit busy around here so posts have been down a bit unfortunately. Today, finally getting around to sho... more
It is About the Fish
It is about catching fish. That’s why we take flies with us. Fly fishermen tend to say, “oh, it’s not about catchin... more
Skagit River and Seattle City Light
I just received this letter from Seattle City Light and am pleased with the actions they have chosen to take along th... more
This is Fly Hats
Git one now if yous wants one 'cause they ain't gonna las too long!! This is Fly Pro Style Limited Edition twenty ... more
The Yakima in February
Sunday was the perfect day to be out on the Yakima. I took my Dad out for a float in my new drift boat and tried to t... more
Skate the Fly T.V. Episode #5 -- Chris Santella
Episode #5 now live on the web and all I will say is I don't remember much after the first few minutes of the podca... more
See the Pink Spots
See the short flick here! Ted's Dolly Movie A Emerald Water Anglers photo shoot. 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
Redington CPX Spey Rods: Definite Bang for the Buck!
Since August of 2010 I have been casting and fishing with the new(ish) Redington CPX 12'9" 7 wt and 13'3" 8 wt rods.... more
The fight continues in West Virginia...
As a West Virginian by birth, it's been hard to watch and hear about the environmental issues swirling around West Vi... 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
Skagit's closing go on an' get it
Just a touch farther! more
Getting wet on the O.P.
I picked my brother in law up at the airport at 9:50 pm. He was on a flight in from LA where he spent the day with hi... more
Steelhead OFF Menu, Kudos to Ray's
I am really happy to say that Ray's Boathouse Restaurant here in Seattle reconsidered their plan to put wild steelhea... more
Homegrown geniuses
This doesn't really have anything to do with Fly fishing, or does it? 56 beers in 60 seconds more
Wild Steelhead on the Menu -- AGAIN!
Brought to light by our beloved friends at Moldy Chum, iconic Seattle waterfront restaurant Ray's Boathouse has chose... more
Dodging Snowflakes and Normalcy
Even though my back was turned to the gentleman posing the question as I stood organizing the gear in my car on the 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
New Flies, Beautiful Flies, Steelhead Flies.
I like to swing for steelhead for many reasons, but one of my favorite reasons is simply because it allows me to fish... more
An ode to bent rods...
Sitting here going through thousands of unedited photos from all over the world I was struck by the number of times I... more
Rainy January
It's been a few weeks now since I have seen a fish. Not too surprising but I did get the urge to wet wade a creek and... more
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
New Year Fishing
In the recent issue of The Fly Fish Journal there is an article written by Jim Hepworth where he says that "guides te... more
