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Jason Shemchuk
Reattack

Let Them Rest.

I had two goals on the river that day. First, catch trout. Nothing new there. Second, scout a place to take my five year old son fly fishing. My first objective influenced the second. Thus, I drove the shortest distance possible to a Colorado trout stream and sought a shallow stretch of water that would be close to the truck and fish well.
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On July 23, 2022 • By
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Lessons Learned (Stories)

What to Do When a Big Fish Runs Downstream

“He’s comin’ to you Pop.” My brother yelled it as he reeled in his line and I barreled towards him. I was slipping, sliding, wading and floating my way downstream while I fought to keep the rod tip up, but out of the overhanging branches and tall grass along a high bank that hugged waist-high water on the Yakima River. I had a big fish on and was moving downstream quick to keep it that way.
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On July 18, 2022 • By
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Sight Fishing - Part 2. Observation
Tactics and Techniques

Sight Fishing – Part 2. Observation

Is there a fish in this water?  Will I catch one?  It’s these questions that bring hope and wonder to the process of fishing.  Sight fishing changes things.  We see a fish, cast to it, and because we have eliminated the one giant variable that we are constantly dealing with when fishing, we expect to catch the fish we see.  Or at least our frustrations peak when we don't.  It's called sight fishing for a reason, but the observation has just begun once we find the fish we’ll cast to, and there’s wonder in hope in that as well.    
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On May 31, 2022 • By
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