15.4 Issue Departments

15.4 Issue Departments

Badgers, Coyotes, Eagles and Bears

Rises

Badgers, Coyotes, Eagles and Bears

Taper

Confluence

Taper

Something Red or Blue

Cutbank

Something Red or Blue

“This fish was too big for the first net Katie Knick tried to land it with. Luckily one of us always carried a net that could fit even the biggest fish this lake had to offer. She was usually the one who needed it the most.” Photo: Nick Basaraba

OPEN WATER

Felt But Never Touched

Tailout

Tailout

Tailout

California’s Smith River and its tributary streams support healthy populations of coastal cutthroat and rainbows. In the upper reaches of the Smith River watershed, you can find solitude, natural beauty and native trout willing to take the fly.

Cutbank

Big Redwoods and Small Cutthroat

The macro lens: for when you want to be absolutely certain your blood knot seated correctly.

OPEN WATER

Blood Knot

Department of Fish and Games

Editor's Note

Department of Fish and Games