Blogs about: Steelhead Sanity
The Copenhagen Sages of Weymouth
SamF wrote 1 week ago: No Quandries on Solitude They were hooking fish at the Holmes hole this morning – at least th … more →
Notes
SamF wrote 2 weeks ago: Quick river note: Both of the inland rivers were coming up this morning – I saw it before I le … more →
A visit to the orient.
SamF wrote 3 weeks ago: Looking down through East-West as the fog parts to a sunny fall day. At 4:30 this morning I woke fro … more →
Quick note from the 'valley
SamF wrote 3 weeks ago: Fished the valley section of a tributary river today. Overcast skies and about an hour of rain midda … more →
passing notes....
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SamF wrote 1 month ago: Early morning fog giving way to sunrise on a tributary river. I stopped here to rig up and discern t … more →
Halloween Ebbings
SamF wrote 1 month ago: By mid-afternoon, a heavy, misting fog lays across the river, killing the faint breeze that had been … more →
Making treats
SamF wrote 1 month ago: There it is … mid-day at Cockrobbin Island – standing on the bridge and barely a breath … more →
Sketching Halloween's Coming
SamF wrote 1 month ago: Fishing the wide water Dark, quiet mornings linger almost to lunchtime before bright skies appear fr … more →
Almost...
SamF wrote 3 months ago: Watching the river cool a bit each morning… still too warm to swing a fly through the low flow … more →
Visiting my therapist and losing the last bit of composure
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SamF wrote 7 months ago: I went to see my therapist today. I’m always anxious to go and always arrive on time. My therapist d … more →
Springtime on the River
SamF wrote 8 months ago: A few photos from the past few days. With a setting like this, fickle fishing is not really a conce … more →
Thirty minutes of timeless water
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SamF wrote 8 months ago: I’m sitting next to the classroom window on the third floor. From this vantage point I can see how t … more →
A season gone by
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SamF wrote 8 months ago: All those favorite river stretches are some 2,000 miles away from here – I had to take a peek … more →
Quick update
SamF wrote 9 months ago: Thinking of playing on the river next weekend? Think again: THE MODELS ARE INDICATING MOST OF THE R … more →
Elbow weather
SamF wrote 9 months ago: Ok, we need the rain and the snow, and my elbow needs a break. But now I’m certain that if I … more →
Thoughts on tying steelhead flies with coot
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SamF wrote 10 months ago: For the most part, the coot has fallen out of the winter repertoire – the largest spey-type pa … more →
River ailments
SamF wrote 10 months ago: I have developed a sore right elbow from lobbing a tungsten-tipped fly line with a small bird tether … more →
What is it?
SamF wrote 10 months ago: Imitating no particular creature, pieces of fur and feather wrapped around a hook explode to life wh … more →
