Atlantic Salmon Flies

Headed to the Queen of Rivers, Norway's Alta      This coming August marks my tenth wedding anniversary. It has been a great ten...

Tales from a bygone era Last fall, I bought several used books to help me get through the long, cold winter months. I added every rea...

Upper Wood River (Arcadia, RI) When I was thirteen years old, I hooked my first trout on a fly. I was fishing western Rhode Island...

Historic Atlantic Salmon Rivers of New England (courtesy of NOAA) At one time, all six New England states had runs of Atlantic salmon....

2014 Salmon Fly Box Far Left: Singles, Sizes 2-8 Leaf Page 1: Singles & doubles; sizes 10-12 Here we go again. A new season means...

Clockwise from upper left: Catch-A-Me Lodge, Bette Jane, Chipper Lodge, Cockburn, Golden Girl, Mezmerizer       If we were to play a...

An eclectic mix from around the globe Pictured above is my box of flies for CT sea run brown trout fishing 2013. Like I said, I'm ...

Yet another victim of the infamous HM Sunray Variant  Warm, cold, warm, cold...I think we've about seen the last of the warm weat...

I. Classic Rosy Dawn 4/0 II. Modern Rosy Dawn - Temple Dog 1.25" plastic tube III. Postmodern Rosy's Spawn D...

A big box o' doubles Though I mainly plan on fishing various tube flies while in Russia, I couldn't help but tie a box of dou...

A Chinese-made C&F knockoff, not yet overflowing with flies Well, here she is in all her glory. Even though it's a phony C&F wa...

A classic Wheatley fly box, overflowing with flies This Richard Wheatley box has served me well over the past two seasons. It has always f...