About Come-back Steelhead Flies By: Mark Bachmann Years ago, I was guiding two ladies who were a couple of pretty crafty steelhead anglers, Jan and...

Are Lightweight Steelhead Spey Rods Practical? No matter the answer, small rods are a lot of fun, especially when larger fish are involved. Light...

This is how to choose the right size Spey rod.

Get out early, or stay late, be sneaky and above all, keep your fly in the right water.

Timothy Lake: Old Fishing Hole, New Adventure By Mark Bachmann Patty and I have been fishing Timothy Lake (on the Oak Grove fork of the Clackamas...

A comparison of Skagit and Scandinavian shooting head line design, casting and fishing philosophies The science of Spey casting/fishing seems to...

When fishing lakes, the wrong fly in the right place (depth) will often out fish the right fly in the wrong place (depth).

Converting Euro Nymph to Trout Spey By: Mark Bachmann Well, I thought that the idea was original; using a long Euro Nymph rod with a short Skagit...