The Ultimate Fly fishing rig.

The Glasair SII is the ultimate fly fishing rig leave the floats on and land in those alpine lakes and fish where most people have to hike two days to get to or put the tundra wheels on and land on that gravel bar on the Dean River for some great fly in Steelheading. Glasair lets you buy their Kit and participate in the build process in their Customer Assembly Center ("CAC") and in two weeks build your own plane. In the two weeks to Taxi program. Go see Scott at the Seattle Boat Show and he will give you the skinny on the plane that can take you and a buddy and 600lbs of gear to remote areas were few people can fish.

Greg Thomas Interview on Ask about Fly Fishing.com

Fly Fishing for Steelhead in the Queen Charlotte Islands and the Dean River
interview with Greg Thomas of Anglers tonic.com

Greg Thomas had the opportunity of a lifetime this year fishing Steelhead in British Columbia. Last winter  he's fished the Queen Charlotte Islands and in July he fished the Dean River on the British Columbia coast. Greg’s trip to the Dean River just happened to be during the best week in a decade for fish numbers and Greg had 13 fish to the beach in three days. Listen to Greg’s adventures and you'll learn how to reach these amazing fisheries were Steelhead in numbers is a common occurrence. the interview is brought to you by Ask About Fly Fishing.com Check them out They have a great internet radio program with some great experts in the fly fishing world spilling their guts.

Quality Art with a Kick

One of my favorite blogs Moldy Chum did a post a few weeks back on what they called the worlds sweetest flask. The guys at Moldy Chum rock the blog world but in this matter I think they are mistaken.
Here is the worlds most money flask!

this flask is hand tooled and hand painted leather by Marc Crapo of Fly Wallets.com. Whatever you call him Marc, Mac, Rowdy the one thing you must call him when it comes to ART is Super Bad Ass. Check out Marc’s work on his site Fly Wallets.com and get your order in you will be glad you did.


By: Zane Wyll, fly fishing, Washington,drift,brown trout,rainbow,searun cutthroat,steelhead,skiff,flies,fly wallet, swing,nymph,Skagit,Stilly,Sauk,Pass lake,Washington fly fishing,catch and release,fishing with friends,fishing report,fishing trips,free fishing, military fish free,premier fly fishing, west,Idaho,Montana,Mexico,Pesca,bonefish,Snook,driftboat,oars,flyrod,reel.

I love days like this.

I got up this morning and it was a beautiful winter day. The sun was out and the air was calm seemed like the perfect day to head to Pass Lake and get some fishing in. I arrived at the lake around 9am and had the place to myself for the first hour and a half. I was fishing a green sparkle bugger and having no luck so I switched to a large black Zuddler cone head. That seemed to be the ticket on my second cast to the bank I hooked something large and it took me strait to the bottom and seemed to wrap me on a log or branch. I gave the fish some line and some patience and it came unwrapped after another 5 min. I had a 19in brown to hand

A half hour and 30 casts later further down the bank my fly gets hammered again. This time the fish just wants to run and puts up on hell of a fight after a couple good runs I bring a 21in brown to the net.

What a day this is shaping up to be great sunshine no wind and to nice browns caught. The brown fishing ended here no more browns today but I did manage two nice rainbows.



I love days like this throwing big meaty streamers for big fish. What a day.

By: Zane Will, fly fishing, Washington,drift,brown trout,rainbow,searun cutthroat,steelhead,skiff,flies,fly wallet, swing,nymph,Skagit,Stilly,Sauk,Pass lake,Washington fly fishing,catch and release,fishing with friends,fishing report,fishing trips,free fishing, military fish free,premier fly fishing, west,Idaho,Montana,Mexico,Pesca,bonefish,Snook,drift boat,oars,fly rod,reel.

Pacific Northwest’s Forest Service Rental Program!

Whether it is winter, spring, summer, or fall, you can experience all of the seasons in a historic Forest Service cabin or fire lookout. Once operated as fully staffed lookouts or remote ranger stations, many of these rentals provide an opportunity to live the life of a ranger or fire lookout.
These recreation rentals are offered to the public under the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Rental fees are retained locally to help maintain and preserve these historic properties.


These are some random pictures of American River Guard Station and a view from one of the many fire lookouts available for rent.
Cabin rental fees avarage between $50 and $60 per night you can get all the information and locations at http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/recreation/rentals/ have a great time and drop FLY LIFE a report on your trip.



By: Zane Wyll, fly fishing, Washington,drift,brown trout,rainbow,searun cutthroat,steelhead,skiff,flies,fly wallet, swing,nymph,Skagit,Stilly,Sauk,Pass lake,Washington fly fishing,catch and release,fishing with friends,fishing report,fishing trips,free fishing, military fish free,premier fly fishing, west,Idaho,Montana,Mexico,Pesca,bonefish,Snook,driftboat,oars,flyrod,reel

A one two punch that’s hard to beat.

My office is located right across the street from Seabear wild salmon in Anacortes WA. They stock FISH TALE ORGANIC ALES. It is a blessing and a curse as FISH TALE is a Quality brewed and exceptional tasting line of ales and Seabear smoked salmon is a delight to the taste buds and the combination of the two is almost irresistible even more so when its 20 paces away. Give FISHTALE ORGANIC ALES a try and check out Seabear’s wild Salmon for some great seafood options from the Pacific Northwest.

 

By: Zane Wyll, fly fishing, Washington,drift,brown trout,rainbow,searun cutthroat,steelhead,skiff,flies,fly wallet, swing,nymph,Skagit,Stilly,Sauk,Pass lake,Washington fly fishing,catch and release,fishing with friends,fishing report,fishing trips,free fishing, military fish free,premier fly fishing, west,Idaho,Montana,Mexico,Pesca,bonefish,Snook,driftboat,oars,flyrod,reel

New Years Day Search For Steel.

It is my tradition to head out the morning of New Years day to try my luck on a local river. I enjoy this particular day as it is less crowded. Most of the other fisherman are home watching football or recovering from partaking in to many spirits the night before. I normally spend the day alone but this year my brother Jason decided to forgo football for the day and chase some steel. We were to meet at 7am and head out. I woke up when Jason called me to ask were I was so needless to say I was an hour late. The river we fished had changed dramatically from the floods we had here in western Washington last month.
 
It was a beautiful day on the water with the sun out and crystal clear sky's. It was cold I am talking ice in the guides cold. We worked hard for fish and were reward with a dolly and a couple white fish but no steel today.


It was a great day on the water and I was very happy to have the company of my brother. Thanks Jas

Fly Life wishes you and yours a happy new year!

By: Zane Wyll, fly fishing, Washington,drift,brown trout,rainbow,searun cutthroat,steelhead,skiff,flies,fly wallet, swing,nymph,Skagit,Stilly,Sauk,Pass lake,Washington fly fishing,catch and release,fishing with friends,fishing report,fishing trips,free fishing, military fish free,premier fly fishing, west,Idaho,Montana,Mexico,Pesca,bonefish,Snook,driftboat,oars,flyrod,reel.