Katy's Writings is a collection of links to articles my lovely, talented wife has had published by various companies. She shares her thoughts about parenting, depression, finding balance in life, and navigating this crazy time in our lives. Please feel free to share these writings with those you love. Thanks, Mike
By Jeff Hickman
SPEY CASTING IS A PROCESS REQUIRING SEVERAL STEPS TO BE FULLY COMPLETED IN
A SEQUENCE.
To effectively and consistently make good spey ca...
If you do nothing else this weekend, watch Listers. Even if you aren't
into birdwatching. The Reiser brothers have a creative masterpiece here.
Press PL...
THE legend, Flip Pallot is THE legend of the Keys and the Everglades. He
single-handedly represented the most generous spirit, inviting you into his
worl...
we gave dry flies a break and chose streamers instead. the flows were up a
bit which made wading a challenge but we were able to get into some fish,
incl...
In this video, Simon ties an awesome late summer beetle pattern. Beetles
and other terrestrials make up a large portion of a trout’s diet in the
summer. Th...
A slight variation of a standard Elk Hair or Deer Hair Caddis, this pattern
from Poul Jorgensen’s “Dry Flies for the New Millennium” has a dubbed head
inst...
Dive DEEEP for the Donks
There are many ways to fish chironomids, but in our opinion, there isn't
any better way to fish them than on a midge tip fly lin...
I am still alive guys! I haven't been doing much on this page since it
seems like everything shifted over to Facebook and Instagram. If you are
are sti...
Recently I had the good fortune to be in Nashville, Tennessee and of
course, I found myself sneaking into an excellent local fly shop. Fly
South is tu...
A lot has happened since my last post in June. My pediatric rotation
FINALLY finished- it was a very long three months with no free time.
Treatment pla...
So I finally decided to get serious about completing the Utah Cutt Slam.
Headed out to Woodruff Creek Reservoir. Fishing was pretty slow but I did
manage t...
Where do you want to go this year fishing for fish? Where would you want to
live, that way you could chase trout when you get off work? Do you really
need ...
We are excited to announce a fundraising event this summer on the Green
River, the first annual Gourmet on the Green! It is this coming weekend!
You may ha...
Had pretty good coverage across the state over the past few weeks, fishing
from border to border Literally, just a stones throw from either side of
Canada ...
It was tough fishing but we went and we caught fish!
I say it was tough for at least two reasons. The visibility was the main
thing that made it tough f...
As many may know I started up an online Fly Shop in the last couple years,
and I recently redesigned the website. I believe the new design is a big
improv...
Headed to Kona for my brothers wedding and after that my family spent a
week in Kauai. I was excited about this because I wanted to go bonefishing.
I didn'...
After catching my sweetest trout to date, which ended up being a tiger
trout on a mouse pattern, Derek was way excited for me. He has painted a
lot in the ...