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"Everyone's Guide to Fly-fishing Photography"
"Winter Fly Fishing, Eh?"
"Arctic Grayling"
"Strike Indicators for Dry Flies"
"To Guide or Not to Guide"
"Fly Boxes"
"Whirling disease"
"More Than Just Casting"
"Clean, cold waters require special protection"
"Water temperature and trout feeding habits"
"Mountain whitefish"
"Wing it! Or not ..."
"Ya Gotta Love Them Midges – eh?"
"Pike on the Fly"
"Are You A Stomper?"
"Chasing Rainbows"
Flowers, Bugs and the "The Phenological Fly"
Mayfly Primer
Marking and approaching rising fish
Reading rise forms
On-stream Hook Removal
Dry-fly Fishing
Fly-fishing Etiquette
Down-Stream Swing
Fly-fishing with Novices
Waiting for John and the Olives
Saving the Ram
My Confirmation
Lake temperatures and Fish
Fly-Fishing in Lakes and Ponds
Wet-fly techniques in lakes
Some reflections on 1998. . .
Build Your Own Trout Net
Fixed! The Ram
Trout streams
Reading trout water
Why is winter so damn long?
Season Opener, 1999
Making memories and friendships
New pike regulations will help
New pike fly head and body technique
Whirling disease update
Where East Beats West!
Ever fished in a blizzard?
Fly-fishing for Prairie Pike (1)
Fly-fishing for Prairie Pike (2)
Fly-fishing for Prairie Pike (3)
Fly-fishing for Prairie Pike (4)
Fly-fishing for Prairie Pike (5-concluded)
Fare Thee Well My Friend
Another Opening Day in Canada
Brook Trout, Out in the Sticks
The World's Most Difficult Fly to Tie:
Beaver Tales
CHIEF NEEDABEH
Blue Ribbon Fly Fishing in Ontario
Coastal Treasure in Ontario
Coastal Techniques, Part 1
Coastal Techniques, Part 2
Lake Superior Streams
Correl Run (B.C.)
Correl Run concluded
Update on Clive
Fishing Lake Superior Streams
Flies for Lake Superior Streams
Recommended Rivers
More Lake Superior Streams
More River recommendations
Small Stream Strategies
Small Stream, continued
Small Stream, concluded
Migratory Browns, 1
Migratory Browns, 2
Migratory Browns, 3 (concluded)
Tradition and Innovation
CDC/Soft Hackle Hybrids
A Drain on Water
Saving Superior's Coastal Brook Trout
The best way to learn to fly fish is by doing it.(Part 1)
The best way to learn to fly fish is by doing it.(Part 2)
Saskatchewan's Inland Sea (Part 1)
Saskatchewan's Inland Sea (Part 2)
Greased Line Fishing
Atlantic Salmon and/or Aquaculture
Canadian Cane
Planning to prevent DISASTER
The Absolute Beginner - Fly Tying Tools
The Gimp Revisited
The Brochet
The Blue-Ribbon Grand, (Part 1)
The Blue-Ribbon Grand, (Part 2)
The Blue-Ribbon Grand, (Part 3)
The Blue-Ribbon Grand, conclusion
The Absolute Beginner - Fishing the Dry Fly
Spring Brook Trout - Big Water - Brook Trout
The Dinger
The Downtown Fly Fisher: Edmonton
The Downtown Fly Fisher: Edmonton, Part 2
The Dark Montreal
Australia, World Fly Fishing Championships
World Championships in 2000
Heaven is a Steelhead
Heaven is a Steelhead - Part 2
Heaven is a Steelhead - Part 3
Heaven is a Steelhead - Part 4
Heaven is a Steelhead, concluded
The Absolute Beginner - Panfish: A fun way to practice Stillwater techniques
Casting East of Montreal -The Rivers and Lakes of the Eastern Townships
Casting East of Montreal - Part 2
"B-cubed" Nymph
Reel Women
Sea-Run Brown Trout Fishing in Newfoundland
Sea-Run Brown Trout Fishing in Newfoundland, Part 2
Saskatchewan - The Southwestern Trout Streams, Part 1
Saskatchewan - The Southwestern Trout Streams, Part 2
Between the Leaves
Where To Start Fly Fishing When Away From Home (1)
Where To Start Fly Fishing When Away From Home (2)
Where To Start Fly Fishing When Away From Home (3)
Fishing the Lakes of the Kootenays
Improving Casting Distance
Muskie Quest
Muskie Quest - The Flies
Blue Lake Country, Part 1
Blue Lake Country, Part 2
The Canadian Brown & The Snowbird
Dry Flies and the St.Mary Cutthroat (British Columbia)
Dry Flies and the St. Mary Cutthroat, Part 2
September on the Miramichi
A Fly Fisher's Basic Entomology, Part One
Downtown Fly Fisher - Ottawa-Hull, Part 1
Downtown Fly Fisher - Ottawa-Hull, Part 2
Downstream from Ottawa
Dry Flies and the Elk River, Part 1
Dry Flies and the Elk River, Part 2
Great Canadian Flies - Pink Eve
Minipi Magic
Great Canadian Flies - Cedar Borer
King Chinook
The Haig-Brown Caterpillars
Steelhead - Lake Huron and Georgian Bay
Flies for Steelhead
Great Canadian Flies - Carey Special
Absolute Beginner, A Fly Fisher's Basic Entomology, Part Two
Stalking Spring Carp, Part 1
Stalking Spring Carp, Part 2
Ducky Darling
Downtown Fly Fisher - Vancouver, Part 1
Downtown Fly Fisher - Vancouver, Part 2
Great Canadian Flies - The Carey Special, Variations
Great Canadian Flies - Edwards' Sedge
Ganaraska River, Lake Ontario Stream
The High Desert Lakes of British Columbia, Part 1
The High Desert Lakes of British Columbia, Part 2
The High Desert Lakes of British Columbia, Part 3
Coho on the Fly, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Great Canadian Flies - Cowichan Special
KAMLOOPS Stillwater Trout
Saltwater Fly Rodders: Think Pink!
The Sparkle-Assed Usual
Abandon the Sport?
Lac Du Cerf, Part 1
Lac Du Cerf, Part 2
Downtown Fly Fisher - St.John's Newfoundland, Part 1
Downtown Fly Fisher - St.John's Newfoundland, Part 2
The Ubiquitous Woolly Bugger
Great Canadian Flies - Nation's Black
The Dream Season, Part 1
The Dream Season, Part 2
The Dream Season, Conclusion
Great Canadian Flies - Alevin, Yolk Sac or Egg 'n' I
Coast Mountain Journal
Excerpt from Fumbling With a Flyrod
Tempting Tackle-Busting Chums
Absolute Beginner: The Art of Being Sneaky
Pike on "Dry Flies"
Prairie Tarpon
Wind Blowing? Start Trolling!
Great Canadian Flies - Golden Girl
Small Mountain Streams
Great Slave Lake
Great Slave Lake, Part 2
The Beauchêne Smelt
The Downtown Fly Fisher - Winnipeg, part 1
The Downtown Fly Fisher - Winnipeg, part 2
Springtime Is Trout Time
Great Canadian Flies - Polar Bear Hairwings
Waterboatmen
Nipigon's Giant Brook Trout, Ontario
Nipigon's Giant Brook Trout, Part 2
Pinks and Sockeye Above Tidewater
Kokanee!
Jack Shaw: The Father of Chironomid Fishing
The Absolute Beginner: Reading The Water
Great Canadian Flies - American Coachman
Northern Ontario - Canada's best kept fly fishing secret
Flowers River Charm
Snowbird Destinations - Tico Trout, Part 1
Snowbird Destinations - Tico Trout, Part 2
Snowbird Destinations - Tico Trout, concluded
The Downtown Fly Fisher - Calgary, part 1
The Downtown Fly Fisher - Calgary, part 2
The Downtown Fly Fisher - Calgary, concluded
On-The-Water Hook Removal
Upper Saugeen River
Successful Lake Fishing
Wandering Aengus - An Evening to Remember
Walter in is My Backyard
Canadian Brass: The 'Cu'-Ronomid
Garpike
Editorial - Chris Marshall
Lake Whitefish On Dry Flies
More Canadian Articles

British Columbia Sea Run Cutthroat
An Angler Most Blasphemous
Skeena Steelhead
Summer Love Steelhead
In Praise of Mongrels (Fly Tying)
Lake Ontario Chinook: Small Stream Tactics
Bucktailing the Big Rainbows
Heat is Where the Home Water Is
Editorial Chris Marshall
British Columbia in November?
The Revenge
Fall
Wednesday
Fly-fishing for Atlantic Salmon, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec
The Angler of Manor Mill Dam
Sweating the Small Stuff
Salmon Valhalla in Belize
Micro-Shipman's Emerger
T-Bar
Beauty's But Skin Deep
Prince Edward Island's Brook Trout
Great Canadian Flies - Grey Fly
Fly-Ins, Part 1
Fly-Ins, Part 2
Fly-Ins, Part 3
Fly-Ins, Part 4
Fly-Ins, Part 5
Fly-Ins, Part 6
March on the Skeena, BC
Great Canadian Flies - Bounder
Editorial, Chris Marshall
The Eyed Snake Fly, part 1
The Eyed Snake Fly, part 2
Snowbirds in Patagonia
Parque Nacional Lanin: The Patagonian Lake District
Patagonia - Arrayan
Unity is a Beautiful Thing
The Memory
New pike fly head and body technique
Great Canadian Flies - Prawn Fly
Brook Trout
Ungava's Arctic Char
NWT Walleye on the Fly
Great Canadian Flies - Cumming's Fancy
The Big Girls of the Territories
Serendipity Flies and the Snowshoe IOBO Humpy
The Hair Loop Bomber
Pink Salmon in British Columbia
The Oldman River System
Anatomy of a Fly - Claret & Black
The Greying of Our Sport
The Snowshoe Wedgie
Monster Specials
Fly Fishing in and Around Ontario's Bay of Quinte, Part 1
Fly Fishing in and Around Ontario's Bay of Quinte, Part 2
Ontario's French River Area
Great Canadian Flies - Dark Caddis
Fishing The Sunshine Coast Of BC Canada
The Angler of Manor Mill Dam
Editorial by Chris Marshall
Hamill's Killer: A Canadian Variation
Great Canadian Flies - The Coquihalla Orange
Great Lakes Spring Steelhead
North of Superior
Lake Erie Streams
Lake Erie Streams,2
The Bill Nation Kamloops Area Lakes, Part 1
The Bill Nation Kamloops Area Lakes, Part 2
The Bill Nation Kamloops Area Lakes, Part 3
The Bill Nation Kamloops Area Lakes, Part 4
The Fraser Valley's Lonesome Crappie
Clark's Deer Hair Nymph
MR Black and Orange
Canadian National Fly Fishing Championship '04
Fishing the Dean River, BC
West Coast Fall
Southern Ontario Fall Report
The Monster of the Black Lagoon
The Angler of Manor Mill Dam
The Lake Erie Perch Fry
Fly Fishing Northern Canada, Part 1
Fly Fishing Northern Canada, Part 2
Fly Fishing Northern Canada, Part 3
Fishing at Lac Champdore in northern Quebec
Why We Fish
A New Beginning
Callibaetis Mayfly Nymph
Why We Fish II – Sharing our passion
Fishing Horror Story - Or How to Choose a Guide
Rainbow Renewal
Drift 'n Drag
Presentation...the moment of truth
A Fly Tying Story - Why We Tye
Alberta's Golden Trout
Same River...New Eyes
Food for Thought
With All Due Respect
How About Some Pointless Fishing?
My Home Waters Aren't Your Home Waters
How to Effectively "Not" Fish a Pool
A (Salmon) Fishing Story or Quality not Quanity
Does Fly Fishing Imitate Life
First Time Fishing Story
Guilty by Association - Breaking Down Perceptions
The Canadian Catskills Coffin Fly
It's a Dawg's Life But Someone's Gotta Do It!
If Keeping a Fish to Eat, Do It Properly!
A Moment in Time
Tactics for Great Lakes Browns
The Stimulated Madam X
Saint Joe's Deceiver: Deadly for Pike
Wandering Aengus, Sucker Run
Lake St. Joseph's Trophy Pike
Stream Lines
New Found Respect for the Pirates
A Year in the Life of a Fanatic
Christmas for a Northern Fly Fisher
Life in the comfort zone - A resolution for 2006
Role models - Some ramblings and a Rant
Classics – A Heritage Not Lost
Anatomy of a Tragedy
Good Enough
The Look
Chance Encounters of the Pleasant Kind
A Fishing Journal
What's a Dawg to Do?
This Never Gets Old
Memories and anticipation...
The Men's Club on Glass Pool
The Long Dead Drift
The Fish of Ten Thousand Casts - Breaking the Myth
Rock(s)'n Roll
Dumb Luck
Timing...Sometimes It Just (Doesn't) Come Together
Just a Bunch of Fly Fishers
The Great Equalizer
Home Away From Home
Olfactory triggers...
Editorial, Chris Marshall
Access to Our Passion
Sanctuary
The River Report
Myth Busted
A First!
The Sound(s) of Silence
Simple As It Gets
Boob Tube
Phil Rowley and the Herl May
Resource management - A Science or an Art?
Quebec Fish-In '06, Part 1
Quebec Fish-In '06, Part 2
Quebec Fish-In '06, Part 3
The Quebec 2006 Fish-In (part 4 of 4)
A Day
That One Fish
Black, Orange & Jungle Cock
The Greatest Show On Earth
It's a Small World and a river runs through most of it
The Warden
Relax, It's not just about fishing
First impressions
Just a Simple Angler Plodding Along
Esox lucius on the Fly
Thanksgiving in December
The Strike
Ring in the New
Java Jive
The Perfect Cast
Gearing up for Atlantics
The Afternoon Nap
The Road Home
Wading Staffs and Wading Safety
The Dawn of a New Season!
Well, There's Your Problem
Clear Your Head
Decisions
Casting Practice
The Shore Lunch
Home waters. Do you know yours?
The Table Is Turned
Passing It Along
Morning Time - Don't Miss It
Time Warp
A Good Night's Sleep
Point of Observation
Extras are Free
Fishing alone
Back to School
Gadgets
Aha Moment
Do as I say, not as I do.
Another Year in the Life of a FAOL'er
The Journey or the Destination?
The Thrill
Giving or Getting
The Angler of Manor Mill Dam
Happy New Year
Gadgets II
The Fly Fishing Partner
Big Steelhead Week Skeena Region BC
Strategy and Tactics
Community
With All Due Respect (r)
How to Effectively "Not" Fish a Pool (r)
Summer In Skeena Country
Coming Home
Brook Trout
The 2008 Election
The Dreaded Words
A Canadian Thanksgiving 2008 Recap
From Atlantic Salmon to a River of Loggers and Kids
From the Tying Bench
Inspiration and True Grit
Chance encounters II
Discovery and Sharing
The Pressure Is On!
The Spirit of Giving
Ring in the New –2009 edition
Stream Etiquette
The Girls Club
As Simple as it Gets (II)
The Fly Shop
Hooked!
The Show—Chance encounters III
Hooked for Life
It's a Rat Race!
Reading the Water, Part 1
Reading the Water, Part 2
Reading the Water, Part 3
Reading the Water, Part 4
Gearing Up for the Season
Stop and Smell the Flowers
Evolution of the Species

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