Nick Parish | Current Flow State Fly Fishing

Senate Vote Tests Future of Boundary Waters Protections Explore the significance of the Boundary waters vote and how it shapes environmental policies and future decisions.

The Boundary Waters vote this week is the canary in the copper mine, uranium mine, whatever toxic extractive resource grab metaphor you want to use. Let your Senator know where you stand: www.circleofblue.org/2026/water-p...

Death to shitty flow How junk food flow states and being stuck in the machine zone prevent us from achieving excellence in life, and our angling.

It was the fishiest Olympics ever, and that got me thinking about good flow vs. shitty flow: www.currentflowstate.com/death-to-shi...

Scatter plot showing the date of peak cherry blossom in Kyoto, Japan from 812 to present, with a 20-year average trend line. The trend line shows a sharp decline in recent decades, with blossoms now peaking around late March to early April — earlier than at any point in the 1,200-year record.

Also in PDX. Our magnolias are going too. Cherries make me especially sad after seeing this chart:

Death to shitty flow How junk food flow states and being stuck in the machine zone prevent us from achieving excellence in life, and our angling.

New in the Weekly Update: Death To Shitty Flow www.currentflowstate.com/death-to-shi...

A deal has come together that would allow Oregon to purchase Abiqua Falls and 200 acres of surrounding forest for a new park, in a bill being considered this week by the legislature.

The deal includes an agreement with Mt. Angel Abbey that put the falls up for sale: tinyurl.com/4fufhm7n

Cecil Heacox’s Charmed Circle articles Last weekend I read Ed Ostapczuk’s Ramblings of a Charmed Circle Flyfisher. Recommended! In it, Ed writes: In 1969, I read a two-part article written by Cecil E. Heacox that appeared in the M…

I really wanted to read Cecil Heacox's classic Charmed Circle articles from the March/April 1969 issues of Outdoor Life, but I couldn't find them anywhere online. So I tracked down physical copies and scanned them so you can read them, too. cagrimmett.com/2026/03/01/c... #flyfishing

HST still echoing.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live…is…victory.” Howard Zinn

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live…is…victory.” Howard Zinn

You really only need one fly box In Praise of C&F Design, the ultimate fly organization system

What does it say about me as an angler that the most fancy things I regular spend money on are premium fly boxes from Japan? New on CFS, a gear-gush: www.currentflowstate.com/you-only-nee... #flyfishing #flytying

Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Won't Get ESA Protection—Despite "Moderate Risk of Extinction" | MidCurrent NOAA's decision not to list OP steelhead under the ESA has conservation groups reviewing legal options and demanding immediate action from state and tribal co-managers — all while the peak of the wild winter run is underway. Image by Hone Creative

The mental gymnastics needed by NOAA to look at abysmal steelhead returns on the Olympic Peninsula and the habitat challenges they face, and determine while they're at moderate risk of extinction in the next 40-60 years they shouldn't today be given ESA is beyond. midcurrent.com/2026/02/16/o...

Plan Your Spring Bass Fly Fishing Trip Now Plan your spring bass fly fishing trip in February for best results. Learn optimal timing, top destinations, spawn windows, and essential flies for bass on the fly.

You should develop a smallmouth bass practice. They're great fun on a fly rod, and eager participants in the spring pre-spawn period, once water temperatures reach 50 degrees. Midcurrent's Marshall Cutchin wrote about how to start: midcurrent.com/v2/how-to-pl...

Yeah, good point--I got a Goodwill haul from my Mother-in-Law a couple years ago and besides being raggedy with age the hooks definitely seem more prone to breakage. And, also, maybe, they seem like more complicated patterns to tie?

More oldies.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Get exclusive, extended, and ad-free HUGE co... More Forgotten Flies

Do you fish old flies? I have a weird bias against them. I can't explain it. The gut feeling that they're less effective. All nonsense, of course. I thought this was good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzYM...

A Mysterious Salmon-Killing Affliction is a Mystery No More - bioGraphic In California, scientists tracked the source of a severe vitamin deficiency that’s killing endangered fish.

Salmon need a balanced diet too, Alastair Bland decodes a paper describing how the lack of vitamin B1, or thiamine, is impacting winter run populations of Sacramento River winter-run chinook. The culprit? Too many anchovies. www.biographic.com/a-mysterious...

Check In on your angling and advocacy Pre-season is the best time to recalibrate, set new angling goals, and realign your advocacy aims.

Now's a good time of the year for a little intention-setting and accountability for what you're trying to do with your fishing this year. Here's how: www.currentflowstate.com/check-in-on-...

Killing sea lions won't help salmon much, but it is plenty of chum for her base.

if dan rayfield successfully kills the liberation day tariffs it would be the second time in five years that an oregon politician has bailed out the entire united states economy

The five words every grifter fears: I WANT MY MONEY BACK

Hey Sacramento / Bay area folks! On March 5th, @caltrout.bsky.social is leading a tour of floodplain habitat improvements on the lower Sacramento River to aid juvenile salmon: secure.caltrout.org/nx/portal/ne...

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LinkedIn post from Patagonia (1,221,442 followers, posted 4 days ago) announcing a partnership with Flow Trip Magazine for "The Home Issue" — a 140-page publication featuring planet- and community-minded content, sport ambassador interviews, and stories about returning to wild places. A link to purchase is included, with photos credited to Tom Servais and Andrew Burr. The post includes a collage of four outdoor adventure images: a surfer riding an enormous, barrel-shaped blue wave (labeled "Page 78"); a person fly fishing from a raft on a river; a rock climber ascending a red canyon wall alongside a quote from Patagonia climbing ambassador Tommy Caldwell about Yosemite National Park; and a mountaineer in red gear climbing a snowy, icy slope.

I truly didn't have Patagonia sponsoring sponcon for Adam Neumann's new Andreessen Horowitz-backed real estate venture on my 2026 bingo card. But finance bros, you _cannot_ get an embroidered Nano Puff vest.

You'll have those days. You try everything and you still don't catch any trout on a fly rod. What did you do wrong? Watch as Tom Rosenbauer goes through h... How To Get Skunked

📽️ This week's video pick is a playful chat with the GOAT Tom called "How to Get Skunked." You may already feel like an expert (if there's anything I know...), but this quickie is worth watching. Because even His Holiness Tom gets skunked, in Patagonia no less:

Satellite imagery is one of the most powerful tools available to investigators, journalists, researchers, and those looking at our amazing world, not because... 6 Free Satellite Imagery Tools Every Investigator Should Know

Access to satellite imagery has changed how we scout for fly fishing spots. Ben Strick introduces six free satellite imagery tools that can be really useful in scouting places to fish. Historic ice-out dates for high mountain lakes, watching changes from floods, or river meander development, etc.:

Wearing a wig and biodegradable beads with okra seeds inside

Happy #MardiGras from New Orleans! I’m wearing my biodegradable beads from the Kato lab 🥼 🧪 @lsu.bsky.social @lsuscience.bsky.social

These beads have okra seeds inside and you can plant the entire chain which is made of microalgae (made in a 3D printer)

#geauxtigers

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

it me.

I was young and needed the money.

Tenkara-curious? Recent Oregon transplant / Lady Tenkara Bum / Friend of CFS / Amanda Hoffner is talking at a Tap Talk event from the Marys River Watershed Council Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 at Common Fields in Corvalis: www.instagram.com/reel/DUs3n3y...