Story and Photography by Nick Didlick Dave’s Dream Dave’s Dream a.k.a. the Pitt River Special is a Steelhead Fly pattern that has proven itself for me over a number of steelheading seasons. A sparsely dressed fly, Dave’s Dream resembles a Comet Fly and works well in clear...

River Monsters – Book Review by Mark Hume True Stories of the Ones That Didn’t Get Away. Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters on Animal Planet. Da Capo Press. US $26; Cnd $30. Jeremy Wade has just about as much fun fishing as you possibly could without getting killed. Not that he...

Book Review by Mark Hume Babine – A 50-Year Celebration of a World-Renowned Steelhead and Trout River. By Pierce Clegg & Peter McMullan. Frank Amato Publications Inc. Perhaps it took new comers to see the true value of a great river that British Columbians had been taking for granted...

Upper Columbia Flyfisher – Book Review by Mark Hume Notes, Stories & Secrets from the Shining Reach. Steven Bird. Frank Amato Publications, Inc. US $35. This lovely little book came out last year and somehow got overlooked for a review. But perhaps that is appropriate given that the...

Story and Photography by Nick Didlick Kelsey’s Hope, A River Never Sleeps favorite is a streamer fly pattern developed and tested over ten years of fresh water Coho Salmon fishing. It can be tied in various sizes for the different water conditions fall fly fishers encounter while...

Story and Photography by Nick Didlick Last month in this space we referred to a newly developed fly called Claire’s Clothes. We had a number of letters asking for the details on how it was tied, one reader wrote in asking what I used for the legs referring to it tongue in cheeck as...

Book Review by Mark Hume The 24 Greatest Flies You Don’t Leave Home Without (an indispensable guide) By Robert J. Sousa. Husking Bee Books. $24.95. Order online at www.24GreatestFlies.com or email info@huskingbeebooks.com Any fly fisherman with more than a few years experience could...