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Please be patient as we make changes to this site

We are working out the kinks of a new system.  The site will operate better when it is finished, but for now, there are some glitches in the site.  Thanks for your interest in Skagitmaster.com and our products.   JM  

Can You Relate?

FORCES By Jeff Mishler Two maniacal steelheaders often share levels of interest, similar equipment, casting styles they’ve developed through trial and error to fit their body type, internal clocks, temperament, and who knows what else. The inevitable relationship dynamic of this sharing is analogous to something I remember from high school math and can be […]

Fly Fishing Glossary for the 21st Century

Jay told me this book is for anyone living with or partnered with someone addicted to fly fishing.  Makes sense.  I’m sure half of what I say when chatting with other steelheaders makes no sense to an outsider.  But I have read much of this book and highly recommend it  to anyone who loves to […]

Skagit Master Volume 4 revisited!

It’s been some time since I viewed the material but when I do I’m reminded how much one can learn from these shows.  So I’m gonna post some links to previews.  If you haven’t seen them, check them out: Then come back to: https://skagitmaster.com/ And buy a membership so you can live stream all of […]

Keep your friends close. And others? Well you decide.

The Clan by Jeff Mishler By keeping our steelheading clan small, we avoid tossing around the Tinted Window Treatment because we don’t really care if one of us knows where the other has been hiding out. What’s the tinted window treatment? Remember that time you were cruising down the freeway and noticed in your truck’s […]

If you care about the Lower Deschutes River….

My buddy Dave Moskowitz and the staff at DRA are working hard to make sure our wonderful treasure known as the Lower Deschutes River, is managed for the long haul. The Deschutes River Alliance was formed when concerned stakeholders noted that there was no long term management plan for the river while observing substantial changes in […]

Another Casting Flaw…D Loop Crashes On The Water

by Jeff Mishler I spent some time last week helping a new-to-the-sport angler/buddy work on his casting.  My initial intent was to find a fresh steelhead for him, but his casting flaws brought the line, leader and fly down from the sky in a heap, keeping his fly too close to his casting position for […]

Photos I Like

I haven’t loaded any photos onto this site from my fishing adventures for a while. I’ll start with a few, see how it goes, then add more if it feels right.   JM

New Skagit Master 4 clip on Youtube

Check out this new clip Tom Larimer and his good buddy Dave Pinczkowski hit their favorite rivers in the fall hoping to connect with a few steelhead. Tom talks about water temps and presentations.  

Check your $%#&!

by Jeff Mishler In the dinner tent of one of our Russian steelhead expeditions, Pete Soverel proclaimed to the weary clan of weather beaten anglers, “If you loose the fish because the terminal gear fails, that’s operator error”.  Interpretation: You failed the process of landing the fish if the leader parted, because you didn’t check […]

New Running Lines for Cold Water Steelheading

I love to fish mono behind my shooting heads.  It’s effortless to jack casts of any length and have total control over the swing because mono, being so light, is easy to manipulate when the line is laid out on the water.  But if you fish mono a lot, you know that winter steelheading with […]

New Water Media, LLC begins development of “Headwind”.

A documentary featuring some amazing women in fly fishing. Thanks to Patagonia for getting on board.  I’m looking for others to help produce this documentary intended for festival audiences: “Headwind” (working title) A Documentary Film (in development) Format:  HD Video Length: 60 minutes Produced by:  New Water Media, LLC Jeff Mishler—Owner   “Headwind”(working title)  Portraits […]

What’s in Your Box?

I don’t trout fish as much as I use to, but when I do, I live by these simple ideals: Choose—Thoughts on Trout Flies Jeff Mishler Store bought or custom tied, these days, either way, rarely does a good fisherman carry a vest load of crappy flies to the river: Fly shops, magazines, blogs, guides, […]

Trouble Shoot Your Spey Casting Flaws

July 18, 2013 Casting Issue: Your fly nearly takes your hat off on the forward stroke. This is common when these things happen: 1) You place the anchor too far away from your casting position while thinking, “If I just move it farther away, I’m safer”. The tendency then, is to put too much power […]

Amazing, slow sinking, best casting still water line I have ever used!

This goes against the grain of this site, but I do love to cast a single hander long distances and make long slow retrieves for anything that swims. Thanks to Simon Gawesworth, I’ve been jacking those casts with this line: http://www.rioproducts.com/fly-lines/saltwater/coldwater/outbound-short/ The WF/10/SI overloads a 9 foot 10 weight perfectly.  The bullet taper turns over […]

SM4 ready to ship May 28th

Anyone interested in pre orders of the DVD?  I will flip the switch on the point of sale if I get enough feedback. SM4 features Tom Larimer and a bunch of his steelheading buddies as they travel from the rivers of Wisconsin to Steelhead Alley in Ohio, swinging flies for midwest Steelhead.   Dave Pinczkowski, […]

Skagit Master 4 Update!

I finished editing the show!  Man, that was a project.  Tom and his buddies did a great job and I can’t wait to get some feedback from the first who buy this one.   In fact, there’s so much stuff in the show that we might have to make it a 2 disk set!  It […]