The Classical Angler

Fly-Fishing stories and Essays by Erik Helm.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

New tube fly and a quote

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First the quote: "When you visit strange waters, go alone.... Play the game out with the stream! Go to it completely handicapped by all...
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Through the mud brightly...

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Well, not quite so brightly as I wanted. Still have not caught a steelhead. Conditions are really quite poor, and water clarity downstream f...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Wrong species...

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Oops. I fished several of the best runs on the river on Friday afternoon under cloudy skies. Nada. I managed to snag a salmon just getting l...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

This pretty much sums it up...

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Yuck. That is all I have to say about the fishing conditions now. Muddy and low. That is my new gonatid squid pattern with which I snagged a...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

New gonatid squid tube

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I came up with this color combination and really like the results. Sometimes when I experiment, the results are less than satisfying, but th...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Wee Clave in the bog

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This past weekend I attended the Tightlines flyshop 1st annual spey clave, held both in their shop and on the algae and muddy banks of the F...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Why.... A philosophical look at Flyfishing

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A philosophical look at fly fishing; Awhile ago, while watching a spin fisherman walk far too quickly down a pretty stretch of my local smal...
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Erik Helm
Driftless, Wisconsin, United States
I am a middle aged hyper-creative writer, angler, and hopeless romantic.
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