Feeding the Trees at Humility Creek

This article was originally title "Humility Creek" in the Feb-March 2011 issue of Fly Fisherman magazine.

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Humility Creek is not its real name. It’s just a better name. Besides, if I used its real name, you might recognize the stream.

Let me describe Humility Creek and you’ll understand. For starters, casting here reminds me of throwing a thread through a straw. The trees on Humility Creek reach across to shake hands, leaving a narrow, crooked tunnel underneath. Going forward and back, your line has to unfurl inside this feathery channel of branches. Typically, this must be attempted while hunched over, peering around some obstacle, and...

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