Recent content by Leland Miyawaki

I’ve got these three going at the moment. I had to get The Good Shepherd after seeing the film, Greyhound. And Bill Bryson is a pretty fun read. Leland

If steelhead are fish of a thousand casts, consider this: A thousand casts a single hander means three of four casts are false casts. With a two-hander, there are no false casts therefore every cast is a fishing cast. Now they are a fish of 250 casts . . . or so it should be. :)

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Take a look at the Cortland Specialty Compact lines. I have been fishing the floater for years. Leland.

A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko The true story of a spectacular misadventure in the Grand Canyon. Leland

He’s living in Denver. Search for him on Facebook. He has been posting threre. Leland

Sorry to hear this. Roger and I fished a few times down in his home waters. We traded notes on our respective topwater flies through the years and we did a joint seminar at Orvis Bellevue. He was a real hoot and will be missed. Leland

“Those goddam elitist flyfisherman think they can anywhere anytime they want . . . “ Leland

I have fished the 7, 8, and 10 wt TFO Blitz rods for PNW salmon off the beach and Cuban bonefish and tarpon. They are fast and designed and built to cast weighted flies in the wind and fight big fish as well. You cannot go wrong with the Blitzs. Pay attention to your reels, however. That’s where...

Ask them to order some for you

Use it ir lose it

It’s all in here, written 37 years ago. Leland

What happened to the Kraken vaunted chip and chase, hard hitting, forechecking, fastest four lines in the league, that took them to the playoffs last season? I know it’s difficult to sustain. Did Hackstol dump it to return to a more traditional style of play? I know it’s only two games but I...

All my flies are impressionistic. It’s why I call the “Van Gogh Flies”

Go Kraken!