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A River of Memories

Photo by Jim Mize My previous trip to the Chattooga River...

Curing a Fly-Fishing Skeptic

I'll admit to being a skeptic as a twelve-year-old kid...

Ode to A Boat Dog: The Life of The Duke

The first thing he did was dive off the boat. This wasn’t...

Suburban and Urban Streams: Fish Hiding in Plain Sight

Roughly a year ago, I wrote about Native Fish Coalition’s...

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Patagonian Rhapsody: Gonzo Guiding In Chile

“Is this the right bus?” I sometimes have moments in life where I wonder how the hell I got where I am. I think...

"Tiny Terrors," by William G. Tapply

Or: How I Learned to Stop Trolling and Love the Midge Back when we were just starting out as trout fishermen and...

Strip, Strip, BOOM: How I Became a Streamer Junkie

I’ve always been a bit of an aggressive guy. Not to the level where I go around knocking off cowboy’s hats or...

"You Never Forget Your First Love," by Phil Monahan

The first brook trout I ever saw was about three inches long, little bigger than a baitfish really. But the memory of...

A Sixty-Year-Old Dry Fly

I started tying flies when I was about twelve, long before the internet captured all the information in the world and...

"Change-of-Season Trout," by Bob Romano

The air this morning is still, the temperature warmer than might be expected for October. While sipping tea from a...

“Porcupine Brook,” by William G. Tapply

Tiny trout and worms are the first step to a life of fly fishing. And more. I happened upon Porcupine Brook while...

"Sleeping with the Fishes"

Most anglers consider themselves above the petty squabbles that so often erupt in the fly-fishing community, content...