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Emergers. Four Ways to Fish the Forgotten Fly.

Sheets of light sliced through cracks in the steep rock walls and cut through clouds of insects above the river. Thousands of dull blue-grey wings sparkled in and out of the rays shifting through the shadows. Sometimes a breeze carried warmth from where the sun still hit the grass outside canyon to where I waded in the cool evening air.

On August 18, 2020 • By Jason Shemchuk

Tactics and Techniques

Five Techniques to Make Your Catch and Release Count.

“Pop! A fish!” It startled me. He waded only a few yards ahead. The river barely reached his tiny shins. We had fished this stretch most of the morning because of it. I was focused on the bend in the river and working out my plan to set him up where the shallow riffle reached a ledge and faster water from the outside flowed in to make a place trout would hold.

On August 13, 2020 • By Jason Shemchuk

Tactics and Techniques

Fish the Whole Drift.

A wince. Perhaps a groan. And then another cast. “Ahhh. That was a fish.” We have all missed a trout we were not expecting. Unprepared. Distracted. Complacent. But there are two times it happens that should not surprise us. Two parts of the drift that are sometimes forgotten. Forgotten by us, but not the trout.

On July 24, 2020 • By Jason Shemchuk

Lessons Learned (Stories)

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.

On July 15, 2020 • By Jason Shemchuk

Wadeoutthere Philosophy

A Wadeoutthere Story.

“Why don’t you write Jas?”

On June 19, 2020 • By Jason Shemchuk

Tactics and Techniques

Don’t Fear the Skunk. Part 2 of 2. Two Strategies to Avoid It.

Just when I think I have something figured out, the river shows me how much I still have to learn.

On May 27, 2020 • By Jason Shemchuk

Tactics and Techniques

Seven Tips for Spotting Trout.

Stop. Wait. There’s a fish there. You see him?

On May 15, 2020 • By Jason Shemchuk

Wadeoutthere Philosophy

Don’t Fear the Skunk. Part 1 of 2. It Happens.

Getting skunked. It happens. But it’s not about catching fish, right? It’s about wading through a beautiful trout stream. The stillness of being alone with your own thoughts in nature. The rhythms of casting and mending line. Spending time with the people you care about. Are these not the special reasons we go fly fishing? Sure they are… but I still want to catch fish.

On May 13, 2020 • By Jason Shemchuk

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