November in Gig Harbor is typically cold and wet – the start of what I’ve called The Dark Ages. But it also marks the annual return of chum salmon to Donkey Creek and other streams in the Gig Harbor area,…

I haven’t posted in over one month as I felt I’ve had nothing interesting to say. A new year – but the same old problems. Current events are boring (US domestic politics); ridiculous (a San Francisco proposal to pay its…

There are a number of principles for fly fishing on Puget Sound for searun cutthroat trout. Two of the more basic principles are: fish only when there is moving water (meaning a good tidal exchange, i.e., “height”); and learn the…