Flies & Lies

Fishing

High, fast and deep

Adjusting to fish at record water levels

July 1, 2023 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

Sometimes ya just gotta laugh

Fishing, and failing, in Belize

May 5, 2023 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

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Staying safe and dry

on fishing after a record snow pack

March 31, 2023 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

200 and counting

Looking back on 200 columns I feel sure it’s hard for you to imagine a columnist being without words. Yet,…

February 4, 2023 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

Tie one on

advice to begin tying flies

January 6, 2023 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

There’s more to fly fishing than catching

getting out can be rewarding

September 2, 2022 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

Articulation makes a good fly

Experimenting and finding realistic movements while fly fishing

August 5, 2022 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

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Hooked on no hook

A fly fishing experiment with the hooks cut off

July 1, 2022 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

A return to civility and bonefish

Bahamas starting to recover from Hurricane Dorian

June 1, 2022 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

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Catching carp in the Arizona canal

fishing in the Phoenix metro aided by a guide

March 4, 2022 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

Tips for a first-time buyer

Deciding where you’ll fly-fish is a good first step Let’s say someone near and dear to you gave you a…

February 4, 2022 • Don Oliver

Fishing

It was a good Christmas

Holidays and young generations offer hope for the future

December 31, 2021 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

Receiving and giving

A fly fisherman reflects on the past year

December 4, 2021 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

Fishing

Hidden in plain sight

gravel pits now filled with trout

November 5, 2021 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

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Fishing

Old friends meeting my new friend

My balance has become suspect, and my mental age sometimes has me wandering off. As always, I followed SWMBO’s advice…

August 1, 2020 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

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Uneducated fish on the San Juan River

A friend emailed me and told me a friend of his had emailed him to say, “17,000 uneducated trout had…

February 3, 2018 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter

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Fly fishing Navajo Lake, don’t miss it

So, on July 30, 1958, construction began on Navajo Lake. Five years later, on April 20, 1963, Navajo Lake was…

June 2, 2017 • Don Oliver — Staff reporter