By the time we arrived in Spain, we were exhausted by the 30-hour trip from Japan. It took us a few days of recovering in Barcelona before we returned to a regular sleep pattern and got back in condition to spend long days fishing in the . . .
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Notes from Spain, Days Two and Three: More Than Fish
Our last two days at Salvelinus in Spain have been a fascinating mixture of fishing and cultural experiences. On Tuesday, we fished in the morning at a confluence of a gorgeous, clear stream and one of its tributaries. Our guide, Aleix, walked us . . .
Read MorePhoto Essay: The Brown Trout of the Spanish Pyrenees
This dark, gorgeous beast fell for a small blue-winged olive imitation right a dusk. Look at those spots!
All photos by Sandy Hays
One of the difficult things about going on a fly-fishing expedition with a photographer is that you end up with many more great images than you can use in a single magazine or blog story, . . .
Read MoreVideo: Casting to Rising Rainbows in Spain
It’s every angler’s dream: a pod of big trout rising regularly in a nice, slow run. But we all find out pretty quickly that these fish can be extremely picky and wary. A poorly placed cast, a bit of . . .
Read MoreVideo: Brown Trout Small and. . .Huge
This video from the Spanish Pyrenees begins as you’d probably expect, given the locale, with an angler fishing a high mountain freestone stream and catching tiny wild trout. Next thing you. . .
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