Education Committee Articles

By Ken Moore, Education Committee Do trout have a favorite fly? I am often asked this question by beginning clients while guiding. Every guide is searching for that one unique fly that elicits a hook-up for their clients. On any given day, I cannot predict what a trout will choose to chow on. I do […]

By Ken Moore, Education Committee At its finest, trout season is a pack full of dry flies, a floating line, and a bend in the river ahead.” says an advertisement from Rio products. For some nothing signifies summer better than watching a dry fly engulfed by a gluttonous trout. I fully agree, but in this

By Ken Moore, Education Committee For some, the reason we go fishing is to put fish in the net. The tug may be the drug but there is nothing better than seeing that fish in the net up close and personal. We were taught to set that hook, raise the rod high, and hope to

By Ken Moore Some of our most formative experiences come from time on the water. I believe it is part of the gravitational pull that every fly fisherman consciously or unconsciously understands. So why do we hang up our waders at the end of the fall season? Winter fly fishing has all the same goals

By Ken Moore One thing that I have consistently observed with my fishing buddies is that no one is paying attention to the temperature of the water. Friends, water temperature and oxygen levels (which we will discuss at a later date) drive everything from trout behavior and location to the very insects that they eat.

By Ken Moore Finally, spring is here and I’m ready to get out the door and I bet you are too. So where are you heading? The rivers are running high, the banks are blown out, and the water is so off-colored that you are certain there is no way a fish would see your

By Rick Newman I strive to improve Spokane Fly Fishers offerings and events. Recently I have been striving to revive our Education Program. Kurt Tempel did a wonderful job of educating our members while he held the post of Education Chairman. His life and work responsibilities have reduced his availability and he has retired from

By Ken Moore Recently I was reviewing my fishing journal from last year when I was reminded of a fishing trip taken on the St. Joe River. My notes revealed the coolness of the fall morning, the sun breaking through the fog that was on the water. The leaves were in full fall colors and