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Recently I had the pleasure of spending a spring day on Hilltop Lake. Hilltop is located just outside of the town of George in Washington State. Access is managed through Red's Fly Shop (509-933-2300) with both a DIY option and a guided option. For this day I would be doing the DIY option...

A no-frills 8'4" 7wt Bass rod...or is it something more? Echo says the "B" in their new “Eight Four-B” fly rods stands for Bass, but it's the dead of winter. I set out to see what else the B could stand for, taking it on beaches, boats, and even steelhead rivers. So, is the Eight Four...

Happy to say we are blessed with another amazing SBS of what looks like a killer spin on a classic by @Kfish Hook: Ahrex SA 280 Minnow #1/0 or similar short shank hooks Thread: Semperfli Nanosilk 6/0 white Tail: 6 olive hackles, 2 grizzly olive hackle, 1 wide webby olive hackle Flash: Polar...

Playing the Stillwater Game from Scratch Pt 1: Gearing Up Lakes for the Rest of Us... The rest of us – let’s start there. You fly fish, but recently picked it up, we’ll say you are somewhere in year one. Or maybe you’re somewhat of a veteran fly fisher, but the allure of lakes never really...

Skagit Bull Trout Primer Ch 1: The Early Years In the North Cascades it is winter. On a Skagit basin stream located above 2,000 feet elevation, the forest floor and stream banks have been snow covered for months and the water itself stands just barely above freezing. The clean and stable gravel...

There are more than 1,500 lakes in Washington State above 2,500 feet in elevation. Many of these high lakes are stocked or have natural trout populations. Here's what you need to know to take advantage of this opportunity. The fish WDFW doesn't stock brook trout any more in high lakes because...