Nick Parish | CFS Fly Fishing

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Making it Where can you hang your mug on the wall?

On making it: as a guide, a community member, a leader in stewardship: www.currentflowstate.com/making-it/ #flyfishing #rafting

“I’m not a wealthy fellow, and I don’t have any money to leave behind to any groups or even my family. But I can leave a better world and hopefully inspire people to do something in the future.” 🌎

(David Schogel, 85)

Beauty! (Both.)

The heart of this rot are the terrible reserveamerica.com and recreation.gov website experiences. I yearn for the day the people of this great nation can enjoy public areas free of bots, sniping, phantom holds, and the economic termites enabling them through digital product design malfeasance.

That's the spirit! 💀

Postfly advent calendar showing whimsical winter village scene with Santa fly fishing, and numbered doors containing flies

Anyone else get the Postfly advent calendar? Such a fun idea. I had no idea they did this. A friend's kid opened his first door yesterday and got a Flaming Meatball. #flyfishing #flytying

Yeah, I think you're probably right, that thought was going through my head as well. The "imitation of an emerging insect" deception is a maybe little less convincing lower in the water column? Honestly, these fish baffle me still.

One day, oh enlightened Llama, I aspire to the chill mindset while swinging flies. The physiological reflex is fine, I love swinging with the tenkara and single hand, but the idea a steelhead may be nearby has me edgy, every inch of the way, every cast.

That's a great idea point. I have a ton of Teeny-dyed PT and the hooks he marketed, I should tie some of those up.

Yes there is something wrong with me in terms of voluntarily making something challenging that I cannot do very effectively even harder. But isn’t that the name of the fly fishing game?

If it’s good enough for Yvon C. (who is probably presenting flies to anadromous fish who have never seen them before) it’s good enough for me.

A small rainbow trout in the river held in place by a fly fishing fly attached to some tippet

In other quixotic news I am committed to the Pheasant Tail Simplicity bit and will be attempting to catch a steelhead this winter on a swung PT soft hackle. Here’s a size 8 this resident rainbow picked up on the dangle over the weekend. #flyfishing #flytying

A decomposing salmon on a grassy riverbank

Monday after a four-day weekend has me like

This spring, a few of us from the club went fishing with Ukrainian frontline medics who were here for a much-needed mental break.
The organisation Repower NGO rotates them off the front, but the gear they had was broken or basically unusable.

You're right, that was an unclear association on my part! I love recommending the book to folks who are curious about the sport, as it's a great gateway drug to fly tying. I didn't intend to paint you as a non-angler, was hoping to amplify your enthusiasm.

The Feather Thief remains the best book to convince non-anglers to explore fly tying.

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Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off

‘Epic’: Salmon seen far upstream in Bay Area creek for first time in 70 years After the removal of small dams and the addition of fish ladders, salmon have been seen swimming further up a Bay Area creek than at anytime since the 1950s.

After 3 decades of work by Alameda Creek Alliance (& others), chinook salmon make it 20 miles upstream from San Francisco Bay, farther than ever since the 1950s!

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Decoding fly fishing tackle sizing: A complete guide Decoding the antiquated ways we inhabit in fly fishing, and measuring things, so it all matches up real nice.

I’m trying to write a funny headline for this fever dream of a post about absurd esoteric fly fishing specifications and measurements and can’t stop laughing about that meeting in the oval office. www.currentflowstate.com/fly-fishing-...

Are you gonna be in town??? I’d rather have you all to myself!

Winter Term is 50% full! If you're in the Portland area and want to start fly fishing in 2026, there's no better way to get going.

There’s also a sweetie of a dog involved, meet Tårtan. Which I think means “cake”? Who’s got that Svenska?

Register for Winter Term fly fishing classes Sign up for Winter Term class, come tie flies on Friday, read CFS in the Financial Times, and watch two Swedish brothers bust chops while contemplating the good life.

I really enjoyed the tone and pacing of ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS, this newsletter edition’s fly fishing film of the week. It’s so much richer than the bang-bang Hollywood action style currently en vogue. #flyfishing #flytying www.currentflowstate.com/winter-term-...

Also it has a cool dog.

Is this...shitposting?

Letter: Why Nevada is powerless to prevent history repeating itself From Nick Parish, Portland, OR, US

"Look mom! The FT published my letter..." ...yeah, it's a poop joke."

www.ft.com/content/67d4...

Hope you have a fun visit! 😉🚴‍♂️🚌

Your net is a crucial piece fly fishing gear It’s time to stop thinking about nets as a tool for playing offense. Nets protect fish, and ultimately protect your ego.

Nets are like cops: Never around when you need 'em: www.currentflowstate.com/net-effect-g...

A net's a crucial piece fly fishing gear It’s time to stop thinking about nets as a tool for playing offense. Nets protect fish, and ultimately protect your ego.

3,500 words on the conservation and psychological necessity of nets in fly fishing? What more could your Friday afternoon be crying out for?

www.currentflowstate.com/net-effect-g...