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Category: Waters

Keeping the Tradition Alive

May 28, 2022 Michael

The Saturday before Memorial Day. For fly fishers in Washington State, this day means the opening of the new season,…

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Posted in: Fish, Flies, Nature, Waters Filed under: Dry Fly Fishing, Waters

Asahel Curtis Find

Michael

Okay… it’s not like the picnic area at Asahel Curtis/Denny Creek was lost, hidden, or new. I had seen the…

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Posted in: Nature, Waters Filed under: Dry Fly Fishing

More Scouting while Driving…

May 20, 2022 Michael

Finally Friday, thankfully. Another week with travel to Seattle. Not a horrible week, in terms of the workload and meetings,…

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Posted in: Nature, Trips, Waters

Almost Missed and Extras

May 17, 2022 Michael

As much of a nature, fly fishing, photography, sky-watching junkie as I am… … I almost missed the eclipse that…

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Posted in: Nature, Special Events, Waters

The Pass, the Present, and the Future…

May 14, 2022 Michael

Yet another week where I ended up having to be in Seattle. As (almost) always, the drive there and back…

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Posted in: Nature, Random, Trips, Waters Filed under: Dry Fly Fishing, sunset, Waters

Closing In…

May 9, 2022 Michael

According to my countdown app, I have roughly 18.5 days to go, before Fly Fishing season kicks off (as I…

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Posted in: Nature, Waters

Mixed Sunday

May 5, 2022 Michael

This past Sunday was the last full day, before our daughter started down the road of her military enlistment. Not…

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Posted in: Special Events, Waters

Another Re-visit and Breather

April 29, 2022 Michael

Some days, you just need a place to stop, soak up the sound and feel of nature, and let things…

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Posted in: Nature, Waters Filed under: Dry Fly Fishing, dryflyfishing, Waters

YRC, today

April 17, 2022 Michael

Quick drive up to Ellensburg, today. An ask from one of our daughters, which I took as an excuse to…

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Posted in: Flies, Nature, Waters

“They” made me do it…

April 10, 2022 Michael

We took a drive to Seattle, yesterday. It was time to deliver our daughter’s friend to her home, then we…

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Posted in: Nature, Trips, Waters

Revisit and More Detail

April 1, 2022 Michael

Yesterday was a great day to get out, on my way back from Seattle, and explore in more detail the…

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Posted in: Flies, Nature, Trips, Waters Filed under: Dry Fly Fishing, dryflyfishing, Waters

Yakima River in Late March

March 27, 2022 Michael

In my part of the state, the Yakima River is the only one that is fishable all year, per the…

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Posted in: Fish, Flies, Nature, Waters Filed under: Dry Fly Fishing, dryfly, dryflyfishing, Rainbow Trout, Waters, Yakima River, Yakima River Canyon

February Scouting…

February 18, 2022 Michael

This was a Seattle week for me. Not a long visit, but productive. It also, however, showed me what an…

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Posted in: Nature, Random, Waters Filed under: canyon, cle elum, dryfly, dryflyfishing, river, sunset, yakima

246 Years!

November 10, 2021 Michael 1 Comment

Happy Birthday, USMC! And thank you to all those Devil Dogs that have served, and still serve, our nation.

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Posted in: Waters

November 4th Skies

November 4, 2021 Michael

Just a quick note, to invite you to see a series of pics from today’s evolution of weather. Take a…

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