Stories fromthe water.
Trip reports, essays, and member spotlights from the women of Black Swan Anglers. Written between casts, posted when we get home.
Why We Tie Our Own
A fly box full of bugs you tied yourself is a different kind of confidence. Here's why the vise is where the fishing really starts.
The Soft Hackle Comeback
The old patterns are winning again. Why a fly that predates your grandfather is out-fishing the fancy stuff on every river we fish.
A Beginner's First Fish
Dayna picked up a rod for the first time on a Saturday. By Sunday afternoon she'd landed her first trout on a fly she tied herself.
Red Fish, Cold Water
Every autumn the Kokanee turn from silver to fire-engine red and push up the Gunnison by the thousands. Here's what the run is really like, and why it's the most addicting fishing we do all year.
A letter from the river,once a month.
The Fly Line is our monthly dispatch: a featured fly pattern, a short essay, an upcoming trip, and the one piece of water worth the drive this month. No noise. No fuss. Just the river.
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