Jay WaldenNov 25, 2018November 25, 2018Winter light. I post-holed through the the ice, where the slough crossed the trail for the last ten yards, before heading up the hill. At...
Jay WaldenNov 19, 2018November 18, 2018Somethings just bear repeating, and the following issue that I referenced a few weeks back, falls into that category. I'm talking about...
Jay WaldenNov 11, 2018November 11, 2018More so than any other behavior of fish, the single one you are most likely to witness, is that of the emerger take. This unmistakable...
Jay WaldenNov 4, 2018November 4, 2018First of all, I'm not that kind of guy—the kid of guy that goes out there and then comes home from the river and spends and...
Jay WaldenOct 28, 2018October 28, 2018The Toughest Fish in the World. Recently, while encountering and catching a number of fish rising to small midges, my eye was drawn to a...
Jay WaldenOct 21, 2018October 21, 2018The same, only different. I can't think of a single river (and I've fished a lot of them) that undergoes so many changes on a regular...
Jay WaldenOct 14, 2018October 14, 2018More cowbell! Working in a fly shop on one of America's most popular trout streams, I am am often presented with that age old dilemma...
Jay WaldenOct 7, 2018October 7, 2018The Ghost of the Upper Flats. Since we are approaching Halloween, I thought I'd entertain you with a good old fashioned ghost story....
Jay WaldenSep 30, 2018September 30, 2018Livin' out here, you try to always keep two of everything you need to stay alive, but occasionally you're gonna have to make that dreaded...
Jay WaldenSep 23, 2018September 23, 2018"If you're gonna tell a story, come at it with some attitude man."—Miles Davis. For those of you that read this column on a weekly...