Nick Parish | CFS Fly Fishing
@nickparish.bsky.social
Author, editor, and angler from the Great Lakes, currently ranging near the Columbia River drainage in the Cascadia bioregion.
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Just got off the line with the incredibly gracious and cool Craig Mathews, part of our continued Pheasant Tail Simplicity love-fest. Stay tuned, our wide-ranging conversation—from roadkill to his all-time most-tied fly—drops in next week's newsletter. #flyfishing #flytying
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just got off the line with the incredibly gracious and cool Craig Mathews, part of our continued Pheasant Tail Simplicity love-fest. Stay tuned, our wide-ranging conversation—from roadkill to his all-time most-tied fly—drops in next week's newsletter. #flyfishing #flytying
Honestly this is going to need a few more pockets to be functional #flyfishing apparel.
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Honestly this is going to need a few more pockets to be functional #flyfishing apparel.
First grab of the year on the swing. I’m gonna get a fish this winter, by god. #flyfishing #steelhead
October 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
First grab of the year on the swing. I’m gonna get a fish this winter, by god. #flyfishing #steelhead
A lot of people say they would want to be Brad Pitt’s casting double in “A River Runs Through It,” but me, I’d be much better at the Rapid Double gig. #flyfishing
October 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A lot of people say they would want to be Brad Pitt’s casting double in “A River Runs Through It,” but me, I’d be much better at the Rapid Double gig. #flyfishing
I'm one of 34 creator journalists working together this month to assert ourselves and the value of independent media. Check out some of the cohort's projects, and diversify your media diet: projectc.biz/backindiemedia #FlyFishing #IndependentMedia
September 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm one of 34 creator journalists working together this month to assert ourselves and the value of independent media. Check out some of the cohort's projects, and diversify your media diet: projectc.biz/backindiemedia #FlyFishing #IndependentMedia
When #flyfishing meets #carryshitolympics, Tigger steps up.
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
When #flyfishing meets #carryshitolympics, Tigger steps up.
The kiddo and I wished Oregon's most famous fish a happy 85th birthday yesterday. #hermanforever #legendsneverdie
June 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The kiddo and I wished Oregon's most famous fish a happy 85th birthday yesterday. #hermanforever #legendsneverdie
Do me a favor, look up your favorite places. Spread the word.
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Do me a favor, look up your favorite places. Spread the word.
Annnd, here's the Metolius and Black Butte. Subdivisions, here we come.
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Annnd, here's the Metolius and Black Butte. Subdivisions, here we come.
Here's the area around Whitehorse Rapids, definitely a future kayak theme park. The Dalles Rod and Gun Club won't like that.
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Here's the area around Whitehorse Rapids, definitely a future kayak theme park. The Dalles Rod and Gun Club won't like that.
Here's the lower canyon, below Mack's. Plenty of spots for lodges and development in there.
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Here's the lower canyon, below Mack's. Plenty of spots for lodges and development in there.
Here's Beavertail (lower left) down to Mack's Canyon on the Lower Deschutes, a place I was #flyfishing last week. That'll be steelhead lodges or houses.
June 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Here's Beavertail (lower left) down to Mack's Canyon on the Lower Deschutes, a place I was #flyfishing last week. That'll be steelhead lodges or houses.
The second is from The Mission fly-fishing magazine's 50th Anniversary issue, which is here. It's chock-full of tips from their best photographers. I'll post a couple grabs but read the whole thing, I promise, it's like 20 pages long: issuu.com/themissionfl...
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The second is from The Mission fly-fishing magazine's 50th Anniversary issue, which is here. It's chock-full of tips from their best photographers. I'll post a couple grabs but read the whole thing, I promise, it's like 20 pages long: issuu.com/themissionfl...
I was eventually redeemed when a redside crushed my salmonfly and the hookset was guaranteed.
June 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I was eventually redeemed when a redside crushed my salmonfly and the hookset was guaranteed.
Some feathers are pretty worse for the wear. The 3x long (2x?) are kind of interesting.
May 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Some feathers are pretty worse for the wear. The 3x long (2x?) are kind of interesting.
I feel like a lot of these would still fish
May 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I feel like a lot of these would still fish
Recognize any?
May 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Recognize any?
You are hucking large would be hunks of meat to hungry critters. If it were a James Bond scene, this would be the hook-hand guy tossing chicken from drums into his crocodile pond in Live and Let Die.
May 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You are hucking large would be hunks of meat to hungry critters. If it were a James Bond scene, this would be the hook-hand guy tossing chicken from drums into his crocodile pond in Live and Let Die.
OK, here's digression part 2. Wet flies were probably the first kinds of flies ever developed. Or, rather, the first flies ever developed were fished wet. Here's more on that.
May 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
OK, here's digression part 2. Wet flies were probably the first kinds of flies ever developed. Or, rather, the first flies ever developed were fished wet. Here's more on that.
Here's a famous old photo from the American Museum of Fly Fishing of Lee Wulff diving into the Beaverkill in 1946 to debunk the myth that if you went into the water with waders on they'd suck you under.
May 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Here's a famous old photo from the American Museum of Fly Fishing of Lee Wulff diving into the Beaverkill in 1946 to debunk the myth that if you went into the water with waders on they'd suck you under.
happy new @craigmod.com day to those who celebrate
May 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
happy new @craigmod.com day to those who celebrate
Here's how I fish it:
May 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Here's how I fish it:
And, absolute glassy water, where cruising trout were nosing down tiny midges. Hell yeah.
April 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
And, absolute glassy water, where cruising trout were nosing down tiny midges. Hell yeah.
Carp season started early!
April 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Carp season started early!
If you need a little pick-me-up today, take ten minutes and enjoy Dr. Judy Li's love affair with streams and their inhabitants.
www.currentflowstate.com/newsletter/v...
It's a caddis jamboree from @oregonfieldguide.bsky.social.
#flyfishing #aquaticentomology #biology #fieldwork
www.currentflowstate.com/newsletter/v...
It's a caddis jamboree from @oregonfieldguide.bsky.social.
#flyfishing #aquaticentomology #biology #fieldwork
March 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
If you need a little pick-me-up today, take ten minutes and enjoy Dr. Judy Li's love affair with streams and their inhabitants.
www.currentflowstate.com/newsletter/v...
It's a caddis jamboree from @oregonfieldguide.bsky.social.
#flyfishing #aquaticentomology #biology #fieldwork
www.currentflowstate.com/newsletter/v...
It's a caddis jamboree from @oregonfieldguide.bsky.social.
#flyfishing #aquaticentomology #biology #fieldwork