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How to not look like an idiot when you first start learning to fly fish
Three ways to conquer the self-consciousness that comes with beginning fly fishing and start building your fly fishing practice
Nick Parish
Forever seeking flow.
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Fly fishing and problem solving
Moving beyond the engineering mindset, and trying to embrace frustration as a key function of learning
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The Five Permissions: How to be a great fishing friend
Take me fishing. A simple request, a schmaltzy commercial, a pivotal role. Here are five permissions you can give yourself and your fishing friend to create space for connection.
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Forest fires and fly fishing
Do forest fires hurt fly fishing? An update from the Clackamas river fire zone.
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Fools rush in: on finding, hooking, and losing a trophy trout
Reflections on an epic face-plant, remembering Bill Walton
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Opening days
Opening up, setting intentions for the new season
Writing
The best fly-fishing books ever written
A definitive, once-and-for-all, not at all biased list of all the fly-fishing books that matter, from books for the fly-fishing curious beginner to technical methods and romantic lore
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Signs of summer: Salmonflies are on!
It's big bug time on the Deschutes, the most wonderful time of the year.
Learn
Pillar 1: Mindset
Start here. Why do we fish? How do we venture boldly into the outdoors?
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Pillar 2: Environment
Where do fish live? How can we find them? All about watersheds, rivers, and all those who live in them.
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Pillar 3: Tools
What stuff do I need? Less than you think.
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Pillar 4: Technique
Casting, dry flies, nymphing, streamers and more.