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Swimphing Sculpins for Pigs

[caption id="attachment_6397" align="aligncenter" width="640" caption="Stung by the Danny Boy"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_6398" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Brian is effective with 2 sculpin rig"][/caption] This fall I did a little additional testing of the Danny Boy. Love the way it swims and so did this big pig rainbow.   Most folks fish sculpins on the swing or ...

Morrish Reports on Bolivia

[caption id="attachment_5154" align="aligncenter" width="666" caption="No noodling in Bolivia"][/caption] Zach, I just returned from Tsimane in Bolivia and I have to say it was the single most interesting and rewarding trip of my fishing career. For me, it had all the elements: True virgin wilderness; noble non-westernized indigenous people; ridiculous biomass/diversity; challenging and ...

Morrish’s New Stone Dries

Hi Zach In regards to developing the Morrish Fluttering and Morrish Still Stones.  I really spent a lot time looking at stoneflies when working on this pattern and I discovered some cool things. First off, giant stoneflies have skinny little heads and big fat bodies. Second, they are pretty darn dark, ...

Dry Fly Action for Winters? It Happens!

[caption id="attachment_4494" align="aligncenter" width="666" caption="It must be the BC bud because this can't be happening!"][/caption] Zach - wanted to give you an update on going dry this winter. No, I did not quit drinking, that would be lame but I finally fulfilled my quest to catch winter steelhead on skaters. I ...

Ken Morrish Asks for Everyones Support in Opposing Proposed Pebble Mine

Dear Friends of Fish and Wild Places, In an effort to help stop the Proposed Pebble Mine, I hope that you might take a look at, and pass along to all interested parties, the following essay that I have written about Alaska and the Pebble project. Click Here for Slide Show Flow is ...