Nick Parish | Current Flow State Fly Fishing

Not just in media, overall. The amount of interest / attention to climate change has plummeted. Maybe people are distracted by more immediate things, but last year was Oregon's third hottest year in records dating back to 1895. Almost every year since 2020 has been in the top 10.

How Trump’s big climate finding repeal could actually hurt big oil Without federal climate regulation, fossil fuel industry may be more vulnerable to local lawsuits

Turns out the now-struck endangerment finding and federal EPA statutes were used as arguments against local litigation around fossil fuel harms, which, Dharna Noor writes, has local groups refocusing: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

With no population growth and a history of new local legislation to benefit its major data center tenant, Google, the city of The Dalles in Oregon is facing outcry as it attempts to acquire significant acreage and water rights in the Mount Hood National Forest: www.sfgate.com/national-par...

If your fly cast keeps falling short when you try to push for more distance, this lesson isolates the exact mechanical error that kills line speed. Many angl... This Tiny Mistake Is Stealing Your Fly Casting Distance

Quick double-haul tip from Captain Chris Meyers: Don't let your hands get too far apart on the back cast, or that'll rob you of the line tension you need to start bending the rod immediately on the forward casting stroke.

Gear Perspective: Think of Your Fly Rod as a Guitar, Not a Golf Club | MidCurrent Fly fishing often seems to chase the rest of the outdoor industry, hoping that by mimicking its messaging it will magically find a larger market. In reality,

Over at Midcurrent angler and musician Rick Mikesell suggests that golf and golf clubs aren't the right analog for fly fishing and fly rods. The relationship of the rod to the sport is more akin to that of the guitar and the musician. midcurrent.com/v2/gear-pers...

By Myrek Zastavnyi WARWICK / GREENWOOD LAKE — A quiet winter afternoon on Greenwood Lake may have produced a catch for the record books. Warwick resident Viktor Gelman, owner of Warwick's Chocolate Factory, landed what officials say could become the new New Jersey state record on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. The fish was officially weighed…

A friend who lives on Greenwood Lake sent me this notice about a potential state record northern pike (it's a musky?) and my first thought was whether it could qualify for both New York and New Jersey state records, since the lake spans the state border: www.wvdispatch.com/2026/02/warw...

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: