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Kids Fish-In
It’s been a few years since I’ve volunteered to help kids catch fish at the annual Kids Fish-In…
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Lake Riley access
Reader Bill Schlink said he took his small boat to Lake Riley a week after the trout opener…
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Hot springer fishing
Hot fishing right now for spring chinook above Bonneville Dam at the mouth of the Wind River and…
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Teaching fly fishing
I worry because most of the members of my fly fishing club are reaching geezer status. Ditto for…
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Now that’s a catch
Here’s a look at a photo I received in my inbox the other day. That’s Arlington resident Sam…
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Casting nine holes
I’ve heard of playing nine holes, but I’d never seen anyone cast nine holes before I went to…
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Yakima kings update
Two sections of the Yakima River will open shortly to hatchery spring chinook, according to state biologist John…
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Kokanee heating up
Action is picking up for kokanee fishermen on Lake Stevens, with warming water temperatures, just in time for…
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Spring chinook update
A late Columbia River run of spring chinook, delayed by cold, turbid water conditions on the big river,…
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Nice Oregon steelhead
Jeanne Metzger, a long-time Herald newsroom editor who is now retired, sent a recent note and photo of…
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Taking better fishing photos
Brian O’Keefe from Oregon has been taking photographs outdoors since he was a very young man. And while…
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The wild and scenic Illabot
If Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Rick Larsen have their way, Illabot Creek in Skagit County will be…
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Special hunt applications due May 18
Remember that special hunt applications must be in by May 18. Arlington resident Sam Ingram said that seniors,…
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Last of the razor clam digs?
The current — and possibly the last of the season — coastal razor clam dig continues through May…
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The Evening Star
Here’s a look at Tak Shimazu’s version of The Evening Star, a classic fly created to catch Atlantic…
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Tak Shimizu makes hooks the old fashioned way
I always learn a ton at the FFF fly fishing fair each year. This year, perhaps the most…
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Vanity plates part deux
Here’s a couple more fly fishers license plates from the FFF fair in Ellensburg last weekend.
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Fly fishers and their vanity plates
Hobbyists like their vanity plates, and that’s certainly true for fly fishers. The parking lot of the Fly…
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Kids derby winners
The weather was good and the crowds came out in force for the Lake Tye Kids Fish-in on…
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Desert lakes fishing OK
I took an extra day off on my way to the Federation of Fly Fishers fair in Ellensburg…