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Casting clinic this Sunday
If you want to sharpen your casting skills or try out some of the new Echo rods, you…
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Humpies head upriver
Two different people who don’t fish – a colleague and my dentist – remarked today at how the…
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Special triploid fishery on the Columbia did its job
The special fishery for triploid rainbow below Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia closed Aug. 26. State biologist…
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Puget Sound crab season ends Monday in most areas
Most areas of Puget Sound will close to recreational crabbing at the end of the day on Sept.…
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Whidbey angler dies after landing ‘fish of my dreams’
Catching the fish of your dreams is supposed to be a happy event, but there was a sad…
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The ‘cathedral’ of trout fishing
Here’s a nice piece by Mike Fannin of The Kansas City Star on his first try at fly…
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Beach fishing can be peaceful, effective
Fishing on the beach may be sort of the last frontier for local fly fishing, says David Williams,…
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It’s not called ‘Humpy Hollow’ for nothing
My friend O’Claire took his boat out at mid-morning on Sunday and landed 11 pink salmon in just…
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Fishing’s eggheads to meet Sept. 4-8 in Seattle
Some 4,000 scientists and technicians from the American Fisheries Society will meet Sept. 4 through 8 in Seattle…
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Carp don’t get no respect
Growing up near Cleveland, Ohio, in its heyday as a major polluter, I saw a lot of carp.…
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Nice Dragon Lake fish
Some of the biggest trout I’ve ever seen have come from Dragon Lake in British Columbia. Through the…
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Pinks move north to Stillaguamish, Skagit
It appears that the pink salmon have moved from the south Puget Sound to Snohomish County saltwater areas…
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Fly fishing industry head concerned about cutbacks in environmental spending
Here’s a story from Bob Marshall of the The Times-Picayune in New Orleans about the environmental concerns of…
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Fishing report: Kayak Point, Stillaguamish River
I checked the saltwater at Kayak Point and the freshwater in the lower Stillaguamish River on Saturday afternoon…
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More pink flies
At last night’s meeting of the Northwest Fly Anglers, I got to watch David Williams tie some of…
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Everything I know about pink salmon
I presented a program last night about fly fishing for pink salmon for the Northwest Fly Anglers, a…
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Pink run idling at Port Angeles
I’ve talked with several people about the state’s pink salmon run today, most notably Herald Outdoor writer Wayne…
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Fishing, hunting fees to increase
The base cost of most Washington hunting and fishing licenses will go up on Sept. 1, the first…
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Derby contestant wins $5,000
Lake Stevens resident Mike Claymore won $5,000 in the ongoing Ucluelet, B.C., Salmon Derby for the largest fish…
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Cover up while fishing
When is fishing a crime? Certainly when you need a license and didn’t buy one. But it can…