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March 18, 2012 / Last updated : January 19, 2025 Rich Johnson Fly Patterns

Tubular Smolt

The Tubular Smolt came from my desire to have a fly that imitated the young fish I grew up seeing in the shallows of lakes. In my younger days we had small Flatfish and Rapalas for our ultra-light spinning rods. Once I started fly fishing I missed that basic minnow shape, and the desire to […]

January 10, 2012 / Last updated : January 10, 2012 Rich Johnson Videos

Youtube Fishing Music

Song from www.fishingmusic.com. Ben Winship & David Thompson wrote this piece for their album Fishing Music II. It’s a great album with a pretty wide range of music. This one is hilarious! Give it a listen and head over to their store at http://store.benwinship.com/ to buy a copy of this one and their first – […]

January 11, 2011 / Last updated : January 11, 2011 Rich Johnson Fishing Trips

Video from our friend Greg Heister

Fly Fishing – Silvers On The Fly from Greg Heister on Vimeo. Greg lived here in Alaska with us for many years. Now a resident of Spokane he fishes here when he can. This video is part of a series Greg produces called Seasons On the Fly. It’s shown on Versus weekends and covers fly […]

January 11, 2011 / Last updated : January 11, 2011 Rich Johnson Conservation

Small Hydro Dams = Great Idea… NOT!!!

Watch this… Small Hydro Power from Tom11 Films on Vimeo. So now what do you think?