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Rest the Water: Remembering John Gierach
At least once a year I visit an ancient cedar grove on the banks of the Lochsa River where I fish for cutthroat trout...
Meet the New MidCurrent Editor-in-Chief
Although I joined MidCurrent on December 1, I’ve spent the last few weeks working in the background on a few special...
Small Streams
Over the last few years, I've found myself gravitating toward those little streams where wild trout seem to thrive. You...
Desert Bobber Fishing: Rediscovering A Love for Nymphing on Pyramid Lake
I hate nymphing with strike indicators. It's not that I don't believe in the technique or have some sort of "dry or...
Barnwood Slam
Editor's note: For backstory to enrich your reading of "Barnwood Slam", please read "Barnwood" published here on...
Craving Chrome: A Steelheader's Guide to Glorious Suffering
Just hearing the word "steelhead" stirs something deep in many fly anglers' souls. These fish haunt the edges of our...
Fathers and Sons
A few years after we moved into our home, Trish and I finished off the basement, creating two rooms, one for her art...
Barnwood
My neighbor retired last month. This is his fourth or fifth retirement. Then he goes back to the office. Such things...