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My name is Diane Stephens. I am Roger Stephens' surviving spouse. Those who knew Roger know that he was an avid fly fisherman. Over the many years he amassed an enormous amount of fly tying equipment. I am looking for a teenager who has a genuine passion for tying flies, but who cannot afford...

Gravel bars and extensive shelf areas are often excellent locations for catching very large sea-run cutthroat every year. There is one gravel bar that I have caught many large sea-run cutthroat(+20 inches with the largest being 23 1/2 inches) over the last 25 years. IMHO It is the best sea-run...

This photo shows a clouser minnow tied on a tube with attachments which give it 1 1/2 to 2 inches side to side movement. The attachments which are shown below pattern) are 10 mm pearl sequin(buy at craft stores) and a small section of junction tubing with one end cut at 45 degree angle. When...

I have two 9 ft. 6 wt. Stealth rods which I bought from Bjorn many years ago. They are a medium/fast action rod that is easy to feel loaded after two false casts. It will cast light/bulky top water patterns a long ways. The Stealth 6 wt. rod is the best casting rod which I have or had by...

Looks like you were using tele skis. Did you have to skin up and was the snow heavy? I use to tele ski the slopes below panorama pt. and the west side of Mazama ridge every winter. Roger

Bjorn's dad(George) opened the fly shop in the mid 1970's. When his dad retired, Bjorn took the shop over. He took it to a whole new level. He helped me out with fly tying technics and fly fishing equipment. He was a dealer for Gary La Ffontaine rods and the Stealth rod IMHO is one of best...

Here is a photo and write-up of the above amphipod pattern which is on page 135 of Fly Fishing for Pacific Salmon II By Les Johnson and Bruce Ferguson. Roger

IMHO you are seeing resident coho feeding on amphipods. Resident coho in the northern part of marine area 13 often can be feeding on the water surface as they eat these amphipods in the winter and early spring. However, I have occasionally seen resident coho feeding on amphipods in the...

The picture shows a 23 1/2 inch(measured) approximately 4 to 4 1/2 lb. sea-run cutthroat which I landed Oct. 2008 on a top water skater sand lance pattern. The fish strike the fly like a toilet flush and took off into tidal current. It was well into the backing onto the reel within 1 0 to 15...

Skinned up my telemark skis many year ago and made some turns on the west side of Mazama Ridge opposite the Paradise parking lot on Mt. Rainer. That slope and the bowl on the east side of the ridge often had great powder snow. Was up there often every winter. Roger

Hot spotting? Are you okay :) Roger

Using a top water pattern where shell fish nets are on the bottom will allow you to fish over these nets and not hook them. I have had excellent success fishing for sea-run cutthroat with top water patterns where bottom nets are present. Usually the nets are in water that is 6 to 8 feet in...

I have fished that beach across from the abandoned golf coarse many times from my boat for resident and adult coho, sea-run cutthroat, and chum. The sea-run cutthroat fishing is excellent when the chum are staging along that shoreline about 100 yards below you in water that is 8 feet or less...

Great looking fly! It should fish as well and have a 40 to 60% hook up ratio like my T.W. Sand Shrimp pattern. It is my go to pattern when fishing top water flies for sea-run cutthroat. It only takes a couple of minutes to tie the pattern. The flat bottom foam head will allow the pattern...

great video! I recognize some of your fishing locations. I talk to Kelly Cunningham sometimes and he says that you and his daughter will be getting married next year. Congrats! It sounds like your fly fishing business is doing well. Miss not seeing you stopping by Kelly's house across the...

In the late 1960's to early 1970's I lived in Reno while attending The University of Nevada. During those years I had excellent fly fishing on the Truckee River in Nevada in the evening from mid-summer through early fall particularly when there was no wind . The may fly and caddis hatches were...

Thanks for your concerns! I am an "old Fud" who will be 87 years old the end of Oct. and am still above ground. Actually I am going to be cremated and have my ashes spread on a meadow on mazama ridge near Paradise on Mt. Rainer to nourish some wild flowers. I have not been fishing on Puget...

Delia Squid was designed by Jeff Delia who is an expert sea-run cutthroat fly fisher. H e has landed many + 20 inch fish on this pattern and is his go to sea-run cutthroat fly. I have modified his pattern to be a tube top water fly. I call the pattern T.W.(top water) sand shrimp. Sand...

Thanks for the compliment! In the past I have had a 40 to 60% hookup ratio if a sea run cutthroat attempt to strike this pattern. I have landed many fish in the 20 inch range. I fish top water patterns over 90% of the time and it is my go to top water pattern. In the near future I will post...

I have a Echo ION XL 9' 6wt. that I use on Puget Sound to fish for coho salmon and sea-run cutthroat. I am a pretty good caster under favorable wind conditions and can sometimes cast plus or minus 100 feet of line. All I can say is it a cannon for casting a lot of line with 2 false casts while...